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Digital disruption continues within the restaurant industry, and the problem is not limited to fast-casual restaurants. All restaurants face uncertainty as third-party aggregators, including Grub Hub, Favor, Uber Eats and DoorDash, continue to capture more of the delivery market. In some cases, market share among aggregators may reach 80% or more. At the same time, struggling restaurant operators try to find ways to make third-party partnerships profitable, even at the cost of under-reporting sales to franchisors. However, POS integration can help decrease franchisee under-reporting and alleviate problems with profitability in the era of omnichannel restaurants.

Technology has become synonymous with the modern world, and restaurants are not immune to the changes driven by digital transformation. Accurately, the use of omnichannel integrated food ordering platforms can solve many of the complex challenges presented by third-party aggregators and an increasing array of...

Company-owned apps, third-party delivery services, desktop, and mobile websites, and texting emojis make up some options customers have for ordering their favorite foods. Unfortunately, restaurant operators continue to fall behind their competitors for a common reason; their POS was not originally designed with integration with...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peak-time restaurant operations are becoming more commonplace as the world moves toward omnichannel restaurant ordering. Omnichannel restaurant ordering refers to the ability of customers to order their favorite foods and products from any channel, including online, in-store, mobile apps, web-based browsers, third-party delivery service providers...

As explained by Restaurant Dive, the overall restaurant market is not expected to grow significantly in 2019, but that does not mean demand will stay stagnant. According to QSR magazine, the notion of third-party delivery is rising to become its own market, relying heavily on the ability of the restaurant industry to provide its products. Think of the traditional supply chain. When online ordering surges, brick-and-mortars may remain stagnant and reap the rewards of an overhead-less establishment. The same applies to the rise of third-party restaurant delivery. To maintain competitive advantage, restaurant operators need to understand the top trends in third-party restaurant delivery apps and build their operations around them.