Restaurant POS and technology news, trends, best practices.

It started with one small pizza store in a town of 1800 people in 1981. Now, more than 30 years later, Pizza Ranch operates 163 locations in nine states. The chain, and its franchisees, have made an investment in business information and management tools with SpeedLine POS. Continue reading for more on how Pizza Ranch uses SpeedLine to drive business results.

In a View from the Trenches guest post today, we have Wayne Rempel, owner of JP’s Pizza in Alberta, Canada. SpeedLine POS user and all around marketing guru, Wayne shares marketing best practices, and how he uses his SpeedLine POS to build sales. Read on for Wayne’s approach to building a marketing strategy from the bottom up.

Dennis Sheil, an engineer in the construction industry, purchased a Pizza Factory franchise in 2003 with his wife, sister, and brother-in-law. All of them have careers outside of the restaurant. Because they can’t be in the restaurant every day, Dennis and his partners rely on their full-time manager to run their business. There was a POS system in the restaurant when Dennis took over, but its limitations soon became apparent. After extensive research, SpeedLine POS was their choice for the future. Read on for the difference the right POS made for Pizza Factory.

At his first International Pizza Expo, SpeedLine sales account executive David Hick got over his wide-eyes quickly and took advantage of the opportunity to learn more about the industry and how point of sale and technology can help restaurant operators succeed in new ways. Here he weighs in on one of the hot topics we heard on the show floor, at the Beer and Bull, and in many of the sessions offered to attendees. Continue reading for David’s take on gluten free and how your POS and help you capture this market segment. 

Most restaurant operators painstakingly research their options before they choose a POS provider. That makes it even more frustrating for those, like Mike and Niko Frangos of Rascal House Pizza, who discover too late that they’ve hooked up with the wrong partner. Read on for more on the new insights Rascal House brought to the review process the second time around.