How to think about your finances when you're starting or running a restaurant.

A guide to accounting and finance for restaurant operators

Accounting & Finance

Keep track of revenue and expenses efficiently in one place.

Alternative Revenue

Discover platforms designed to help your business realize new methods for increasing revenue.

An introduction to corporate catering for restaurant operators looking to diversify. 

A guide to catering and events for restaurants

Catering & Events

Streamline your event and catering management processes and open new revenue opportunities.

It stands for 'customer relationship management,' but that's just the beginning. 

Restaurant CRM 101: What Is a CRM? Benefits and Best Software Solutions

Customer Loyalty (CRM)

Collect customer insights and unlock new ways to keep them coming back for more.

Food safety, always a bedrock value of the restaurant industry, has never been more imperative. Here's how technology can help.

A Guide to Food Safety Solutions for Restaurant Operators

Food Safety

Adhere to food safety best practices to safeguard your customers and reputation.

Technologies focused on tracking and cutting food waste can save your restaurant time, money, and the shame of tossing out food.

A guide to food waste management solutions for restaurants

Food Waste Management

Explore services to help monitor, analyze, and minimize your business’ food waste and maximize profits.

The world of ghost kitchens is fast-growing but still largely hidden. Here's what you need to know to get started.

A guide to shared and ghost kitchens for restaurant operators

Ghost Kitchens

7shifts

Restaurant management software that simplifies scheduling, tracks job applicants, and standardizes employee tasks across locations to improve communications and accountability. 

Get the help you need to grow your business via a virtual restaurant.

What every restaurant operator needs to know about the roles and uses of human resources.

A guide to human resources for restaurant operators

Human Resources

Keep track of scheduling, communicate with your team, ensure compliance with labor laws, and more.

Innovation & Emerging Technologies

Sign up through Back of House and get up to 60 days with no license fees.

CloudKitchens

CloudKitchens provides permitted turn-key kitchen spaces across the U.S. and Canada to help restaurateurs quickly expand and scale their delivery, take-out, and catering businesses.  

Benbria

Benbria Using a variety of mobile, in-store, and on-property technologies – including SMS, email, Web, mobile app and kiosk – Loop™ enables brands to capture and direct real-time customer requests, concerns and suggestions.

Explore exciting new technologies that are helping restaurants.

An introduction to how your restaurant can use technology to streamline the way you buy and track inventory

A guide to solutions for restaurant inventory and menu development

Inventory & Menu Development

Analyze costs, manage supply shipments, and optimize menu items with ease.

Online Ordering & Delivery

Discover platforms that have the power to extend the reach of your business via digital marketplaces.

An easy-to-understand beginner's guide to restaurant POS systems.

Restaurant POS Systems: Things Every New Restaurateur Should Know

POS & Payments

Keep track of everything your restaurant buys and sells, in the most effective, efficient way possible.

A Guide to Purchasing Solutions for Restaurants

Purchasing

Manage multiple vendors and locations in one central location.

The basics of restaurant reservation systems and event management software for restaurants

A Reservation Software Guide for Restaurants

Reservations

Automate your reservations and event management processes and improve your on-premise experience.

The robot revolution has arrived in restaurants, and you're going to want to get up to speed on what it means

A guide to solutions for restaurant robotics and automation

Robotics and Automation

Automate front-of-house and back-of-house tasks and push your operation into the future.

Everyone you know uses social and search apps to spread the word about restaurants. Here's how you can get in the game.

A guide to restaurant solutions for search and discovery

Search and Discovery

Invest in tools to increase your reach and discoverability while fostering customer relationships.

The basics on the tools for managing, hiring, and retaining personnel at your restaurant.

A guide to HR and staffing solutions for restaurant operators

Staffing

Automate tasks like hiring, record-keeping, and compliance.

Ways to keep your restaurant equipment working properly — and to catch problems before they happen.

A Guide to Support and Maintenance Solutions for Restaurants

Support & Maintenance

Discover tools for both mitigation and preventative maintenance to minimize issues and any potential ripple effects.

The automated programs that can dialogue with a person are voice bots, and they might have something to say for your restaurant.

A guide to voice bot technologies for restaurants

Voice Bot Technology

Cut down on the time your staff spends answering phones and taking orders.

Websites & Marketing

Your website is foundational to your brand, so make sure it’s working for you.

Yelp

Sociavore

Snackpass

Zenput

Tavolo

SevenRooms

WISK

SpotOn

15% Discount exclusive for Back of House subscribers + free onboarding

Workstream

Thanx

Xendoo

Looking for robotics or automation solutions to help your restaurant? Back of House has a variety of options, with reviews from other operators and fast, simple demo requests.

Robotics & Automation Solutions for Restaurants | BOH

Looking for ways that customers can find your restaurant more easily online? These search and discovery  solutions can help.

Search & Discovery Tools for Restaurants | BoH

Looking for food waste management solutions for your restaurant? Browse our options to help reduce your operating costs, with reviews from other operators.

Food Waste Management Solutions for Restaurants | BOH

Looking for the best purchasing software for your restaurant? Back of House can help connect you with the right solution from your business, with reviews from other operators.

Best Purchasing Software for Restaurants | BOH

Looking for voice bot or chat bot solutions for your restaurant? Back of House has an array of options, with reviews from other operators.

Voice Bot Technology Solutions for Restaurants | BoH

Choose delivery platforms, POS systems, and more of the best restaurant technology out there with advice from our community of independent restaurateurs.



Back of House - Compare The Latest Restaurant Technology

XtraCHEF

Suite of automated financial and operational management tools make it easier for an operator to better control food costs and maximize margins.

Get $100 gift card when you complete a demo.

Yelp Guest Manager, helps restaurants manage all of their front-of-house operations across the entire dining experience through one fully integrated solution. LIMITED TIME: Visit the website, schedule, and complete a demo to receive a $100 gift card. -->

Squarespace

Robust tools and templates for creating websites, running ecommerce, and digital marketing.

Restaurant website builder with contactless ordering, ecommerce & more

Mobile online ordering platform with digital menus, loyalty system, more

Operations execution software for multi-unit restaurants, c-stores, grocers

Tavolo is an app that introduces contactless dining and pickup by allowing users to reserve a table, order menu items, and pay for meals at restaurants they love.

Wyze

Affordable wireless camera, smart home product manufacturer

Zenreach

Marketing platform that uses WiFi networks to count foot traffic and reach new and existing customers.

A Guest Experience and Retention platform that helps hospitality operators create exceptional experiences that boost profitability and repeat business. 

Xero

Online accounting software that connects you to all things business: accountants, bookkeepers, banks, enterprise & apps.

Provider of an inventory management technology designed to centralize hospitality operations.

Digital platform to help convert physical customers to loyal online customers.

Create a custom solution that combines the hardware and software needed for your restaurant

popmenu

Engage guests with an unforgettable digital menu experience, website, and/or automated remarketing.

Yodeck

The cloud-based digital signage platform that helps you design, schedule and display content affordably & professionally from the web

An end-to-end hiring platform that helps you recruit faster and onboard smarter. With Workstream’s automation technologies and two-way texting capabilities, you’ll turn applicants into employees right from your phone and reduce your hiring time by 70%.

Thanx helps brands grow customer lifetime value with easy-to-use lifecycle marketing campaigns and automations, focusing customer loyalty tools on access, status, and personalization over rote discounts. 

All-in-one bookkeeping and tax solution. Xendoo provides timely financial insights, so business owners can make informed decisions faster and focus on growing their business. 

The perfect payment system for your restaurant will depend on a mix of software, hardware, features, and cost. We have the low-down.

5 of the Best POS Systems for Restaurants, by Category

An explainer on the difference between restaurant front and back of house

Back of House vs. Front of House in a Restaurant: What’s the Difference?

From software to training staff accordingly, here is everything you need to know to make your restaurant a well-oiled reservation-taking machine.

Everything You Need to Know About Restaurant Reservation Management

An independent guide to finding national and regional food suppliers. We define the kinds of restaurant suppliers, pros and cons of each, and how to choose which national and regional food suppliers to work with.

How to find national and regional restaurant food suppliers

While the idea of delivery drones and robotic kitchens may feel like something out of The Jetsons, it’s becoming the new normal for many restaurant operators.

10 Restaurants Leading the Way on Automation and Robotics

The holidays are upon your restaurant. Here are ways to get the most juice from them before the end of the year. 

5 Ways to Boost Holiday Revenue with E-Commerce

This type of UV light may help sanitize your restaurant's air and surfaces.

Can UV Light Make Restaurants Safer During COVID?

Even the best-run restaurants throw out something like 20% of the food they buy. Here's how to bring that number down (and your profits up).

How Can Restaurants Reduce Food Waste? With Waste Management Planning 

Tracking inventory is essential to running a restaurant. Here’s everything you need to know about how to do restaurant food inventory management the right way. 

How To Do Restaurant Food Inventory Management Right

The top websites in the restaurant world, plus the key features that set them apart from the rest.

 The Best Restaurant Websites (And What Makes Them Great)

A complete guide on how to calculate restaurant food costs and why it’s so important for independent restaurant owners and operators to track. 

How to Calculate Food Cost for Your Restaurant

Here's how to turn tables, diplomatically.

10 Tips to Improve Table Turnover Rate During Covid-19 (or Any Time)

A quiet robot revolution has quietly been gathering steam in restaurants. Here's what you need to know as automation becomes increasingly the norm.

Robots and Automation in the Restaurant Industry: What to Know

An interview with 86 Repairs' head of marketing and co-founder

86 Repairs' Joe Gallagher & Ariel Upton on Always Showing Up For Operators

7 food-service companies on the forefront of virtual, cloud, and ghost kitchen technology.

7 Cloud Kitchen & Virtual Restaurant Companies You Should Know

Restaurant delivery apps went from gimmick to staple in almost no time. Here's how to get oriented on these business-to-customer platforms.

A guide to restaurant ordering and delivery marketplaces

An interview with the company's co-founder and CEO about how he helps restaurants wrangle and use their data to make money.

As Wisely's Mike Vichich Sees It, It's All About "Recency, Frequency, and Spend" for Restaurants

You know the third-party delivery services aren't working for free. But how much does their business model affect menu prices — even for people who never use the apps?

Do Grubhub or DoorDash Increase Menu Prices?

An interview with the company's founder about the future of digital marketing in the restaurant industry.

Bikky's Abhinav Kapur on How Data Can Help Restaurants Succeed (Especially During COVID)

Get more people in the door, get people out the door faster, and get them to spend more money. It's not rocket science, but you have to start somewhere. Here's how.

6 Ways to Increase Restaurant Sales: Tips and Advice

A complete guide to the ins and outs of this new restaurant business model.

Cloud Kitchens: Here's Everything You Need to Know

Everyone is a restaurant critic these days. Here's how to handle a bad online review with grace and savvy.

How to Respond to Bad Restaurant Reviews (and Turn Them to Your Advantage) 

Learn how to staff your restaurant the right way with our complete guide to hiring, training, scheduling and more.

How To Staff A Restaurant Right: Positions, Training, Scheduling & More

Social media tools have become essential for restaurants. Here are the ones you should be using.

6 Social Media Tools Every Restaurant Operator Should Use

The pandemic has made clean air a paramount concern in restaurants. Here's how to price, maintain, and support this critical system, now and into the future.

Everything You Need to Know About Restaurant Air Conditioning and Ventilation During Covid

Restaurant owners are facing an exceedingly competitive labor market right now. Our experts explain how to thrive when you're hiring. 

5 Essential Keys to Restaurant Hiring Now, from Our Expert-Led Webinar 

Some concrete steps you can take to get new people in the front door of your restaurant (cheaply!)

How to Grow Your Restaurant's Customer Base: 6 Affordable Ways to Expand

Strike an auditory balance between deafening and dead. 

7 Ways to Control or Reduce Restaurant Noise

Virtual and augmented reality may still sound like science fiction, but for restaurants, they offer an immediate chance to connect with customers in new, exciting ways.

3 Ways Restaurants Are Using Virtual and Augmented Reality

The bubble tent was a welcome savior for many restaurants in late 2020. Should you invest in them long-term?

Bubble Dining: Should Your Restaurant Use Bubble Tents for Outdoor Dining?

Stay up-to-date on the constantly changing world of restaurant technology.

A Guide to the Latest Restaurant Technology Changing the Industry

From super-simple to bells-and-whistles, these are the platforms to consider when building your restaurant's website 

The Best Platforms to Use to Build Your Restaurant's Website

More restaurants are using mobile payments for transactions. Here's what you need to know.

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