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What a Restaurant POS System Costs With Every Add-On Turned On
A restaurant owner's walk through what a POS system costs with every add-on switched on: plans, devices, payroll, hardware and card processing.
Server-Based vs Cloud POS: Why the Diner Moved From Aldelo to Square
What a server-based and a cloud POS each ask of a restaurant owner, and why the Heritage Diner moved from Aldelo to…
How to Calculate Food Cost Percentage
The food cost percentage formula, a worked example, and the counting mistake the Heritage Diner made before it started tracking food cost…
Selling Handmade Leather Goods Online Since 2010
A maker's account of selling custom leather briefcases online, the mistake of too many options, and how to keep custom work repeatable…
Google Business Profile for a Restaurant: A Setup Checklist
A step-by-step Google Business Profile checklist for restaurants, built on Google's help pages and the menu mistake that cost the Heritage Diner…
Shopify or WooCommerce for a Small Shop
Shopify is a rented store someone else maintains. WooCommerce is free software you host and update yourself. Here is how upkeep, payments…
Training Restaurant Staff on a New POS System
Practice before live shifts, split training by role, teach permissions and the bad moments, and keep refreshing. What vendor guides say about…
Writing Product Descriptions for Handmade Goods
Handmade sellers get two kinds of description advice: sell the story, or describe only the product. A look at both, using real…
Does a Small Restaurant Need a Website?
A restaurant can live without its own website, but it cannot live with a wrong menu on Google. What Google and Square…
Restaurant Menu Pricing Without Guessing
Plate cost, food cost percentage and contribution margin are the three numbers behind a priced menu. Worked examples from a textbook and…