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The restaurant industry is experiencing a transformative shift driven by technological advancements. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a particularly pivotal force, providing solutions that help everyday restaurants streamline operations, enhance accuracy, and ultimately improve customer satisfaction and bottom-line profits.

Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale (POS), a leader in restaurant technology solutions, has been at the forefront of the AI transformation in the restaurant industry, offering an industry-leading and native suite of innovative AI Automation Services. One such innovation is the AI Tip Adjust Automation tool. Aldelo Express AI Tip Adjust Automation is redefining how restaurants handle guest checks and tips, paving the way for more efficient and error-free dining operations.

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In the restaurant industry, accurately managing payroll and time cards is critical to maintain profitability and operational efficiency. Traditional methods of clocking in and out, such as swipe cards or manual entries, are prone to errors and abuse, such as employee "buddy punching," where one employee clocks in or out for another. To address these issues, Aldelo Express has introduced an innovative AI Facial Recognition Login solution, revolutionizing how restaurants manage their payroll and timekeeping.

The Problem of Buddy Punching

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​In an era where efficiency and innovation drive success, restaurant owners are increasingly seeking tools that can streamline operations without compromising on quality. Aldelo, a leader in point-of-sale (POS) technology for the food service industry, has once again set the standard by incorporating artificial intelligence into its Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale system. One of multiple AI Automation Services available through Aldelo Express, the Aldelo Express AI Menu Item Prediction solution enhances the way operators build and update their restaurant menus.

A New Era of Menu Management
Aldelo’s AI Menu Item Prediction solution is a game-changer for restaurant operators who grapple with the time-consuming process of menu management. Traditionally, entering menu items into a point-of-sale database requires meticulous manual input, which can lead to errors or inconsistencies across different locations, digital menus, or point-of-sale devices. But with the introduction of AI-powered menu technology, Aldelo Express helps speed up the menu creation and updating process.

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Efficiently and securely managing operations is crucial in any business, but especially in the food service industry, where employees and guests frequently come and go. Theft, both internal and external, can truly make or break a restaurant’s profitability and overall success. To combat this inevitable and persistent threat, Aldelo Express offers an innovative AI Facial Recognition Login solution. Since its debut in December 2021, this industry-leading AI Automation Service has not only enhanced security for modern restaurants, but also streamlined operations for managers and employees, offering a robust defense against theft and unauthorized access to the Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale system.

​Let’s explore how Aldelo Express's AI Facial Recognition technology empowers restaurant operators to better secure their operation:

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As restaurant owners searching for scalable point-of-sale solutions continually gravitate towards affordable mobile, handheld, and/or cloud-based technology solutions, Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale stands out as a full-featured, industry-leading, iPad- and Android-based technology platform. Users find that Aldelo Express’s ever-growing arsenal of software developments help streamline and simplify their food service operations by synchronizing in-person, back-office, and off-premises services into a seamless operation, managing every Aldelo Express solution from a single web-based cloud back-office environment.

​The best part is, restaurant owners can gain access to the Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale platform by using ultra-competitive Aldelo Pay or Aldelo Partner merchant services, according to the unique needs of their business.

Here is why Aldelo Express is a restaurant owner’s most valuable investment:

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Menu costing is a critical process of evaluating the profitability of each menu item and making informed business decisions that enhance revenue and operational efficiency. In particularly dense or competitive restaurant markets, costing a restaurant menu every 3-6 months can make the difference between a surviving business and a thriving one. Aldelo Express offers comprehensive menu costing solutions with advanced menu management and back-office reporting features.

​Let’s take a look at how Aldelo Express menu management and back-office reports make menu costing a breeze:

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Working with digital menus is unavoidable in the modern era. Even if a restaurant uses physical printed menus for their customers, maintaining a digital point-of-sale system requires managing a digital menu! But making changes to restaurant menus is time-consuming and costly. This becomes especially relevant when restaurants are adjusting to changing supply costs, labor costs, state or federal legislation, or creating specialty menus tailored to happy hours, special events, and seasonal or limited-time specials. Therefore, having a way to update digital menus in minutes or hours instead of days or weeks can bring critical enhancements to a restaurant’s efficiency and long-term success.

Fortunately, Aldelo Express offers multiple menu management tools that allow restaurants to easily make menu adjustments in advance or on-the-fly. Whether creating a new menu, updating prices, adding new items, or scheduling automatic changes for happy hour or special event pricing, Aldelo Express offers powerful menu management tools to ensure that every digital menu in the restaurant or on the restaurant’s Masa+ online platform is consistent and up-to-date.

Let’s dive into how Aldelo Express makes complex menu management simple – super simple:

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Running a food truck demands an efficient, reliable, and versatile point-of-sale (POS) system. Aldelo Express Food Truck POS stands out in the market by offering a suite of features designed to meet the unique needs of modern food truck operators.

​Here are the top features and solutions that make Aldelo Express an exceptional choice for any modern food truck:

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Restaurant owners know that the point-of-sale system is the backbone of a business. It handles everything from taking orders and payments to inventory management, and from customer data collection to financial reporting. That’s why it’s so important to choose a point-of-sale system that is proven, efficient, and effective.

​Aldelo Express is a cloud point-of-sale system that has gained popularity among restaurant owners due to its comprehensive features and user-friendly interface. Plus, Aldelo Express supports dozens of natively developed point-of-sale features and modules, and provides access to valuable third-party integrations.

Here are some of the reasons why Aldelo Express is a superior point-of-sale solution for restaurants:

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In August, summer plans find their peak before winding down to settle into autumn. Customers trying to soak up their final days of vacation head out before the beginning of the school year, autumn athletics, and harvest festivals.

​To match the fun and whimsy of summer, restaurants can promote their business as a central gathering place, marketing their food and drinks on amusing and festive “national days.” August is host to multiple national days centered on sweet and summery flavors that are ideal opportunities to promote a last summer surge of foot traffic to cool indoor restaurant venues and vibrant outdoor dining areas, helping customers embrace the final days of summer with family and friends at their favorite local restaurants.

Consider these sweet-centric national days to market your restaurant in August 2024:

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With bar point-of-sale devices that support traditional countertop and roaming bar environments, Aldelo Express offers modern solutions and features that keep bars, pubs, and clubs running smoothly. Aldelo also helps bar owners take their business a step further with seamlessly integrated online ordering and delivery solutions and valuable third-party integration options that give business owners added control of their bar, pub, and club operation.

​Here are 5 reasons why bars, pubs, and clubs need Aldelo Express Bar POS solutions:

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Digital menus have revolutionized the dining experience in modern restaurants, offering a multitude of benefits that enhance operational efficiency, improve customer satisfaction, and bolster operational management. Let’s explore the key advantages that digital menus bring to modern restaurants.

Improved Customer Experience
One of the most significant benefits of digital menus is the improved customer experience. Digital menus are visually appealing, featuring high-quality images and detailed descriptions of each dish. This helps customers make more informed choices and often increases their satisfaction with their orders when their food and drinks look like menu item images. Additionally, digital menus can be updated in real-time to reflect current offerings, ensuring that customers are always aware of the latest additions and specials.

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Managing a bar menu can be a complex task, often requiring frequent updates, additions, and modifications. Aldelo Express simplifies this process with its user-friendly interface, providing bar owners and staff with an intuitive platform for easy menu management. From adding new items to adjusting prices or showcasing seasonal specials, the system ensures that the menu remains current and dynamic. This seamless menu management feature allows bars to adapt swiftly to changing trends and customer preferences, fostering a dynamic and attractive offering.

Bars are constantly seeking ways to enhance efficiency and provide unparalleled experiences for their patrons. But with so many drink varieties offered by a single establishment, building, managing, and updating a bar point-of-sale can take hours and, in some instances, even days! But not so with Aldelo Express Bar Point-of-Sale!

Easy Menu Management
Aldelo Express merchants spend less time setting up their bar point-of-sale system and more time serving their customer base. With Aldelo Express Bar Point-of-Sale, operators can create a new store, build a comprehensive bar point-of-sale menu, and even add food items 30 minutes or less using:

• AI Menu Builder – for scan-and-go menu builds and updates
• Matrix Items – for fast creation of multiple items under a single menu item
• Voice-to-Text menu building – for speedy back-office menu changes
• AI Menu Item Prediction – for faster back-office menu item naming

Let’s take a deeper look at these valuable features…

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Spring cleaning isn't just for homes – it's equally important for businesses, and especially for restaurant operations! As many partake in “Spring Cleaning” to embrace the freshness of spring, it's also a perfect time to declutter and streamline operations in your restaurant. In the digital market, leveraging the power of technology is key. Aldelo Express offers a comprehensive suite of native cloud point-of-sale solutions, as well as a variety of third-party integrator solutions, that can significantly simplify your restaurant operations and help your business grow.

​Here's how to spring clean your restaurant operation with Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale:

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Restaurant operators often look to point-of-sale technology to manage operations, enhance productivity, and stay ahead of their competition, responding to their customers and an ever-evolving restaurant landscape. One such technological solution that is gaining popularity among restaurant owners is the Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale platform.

In this blog post, we'll explore how restaurants can use Aldelo Express to elevate their restaurant business and leverage their sales strategies.

Offer Consistent Customer Services: Contactless Ordering & Payments
From ordering takeout on the way home from work, dining out with friends, or ordering delivery for a fun night in, customers are drawn to contactless ordering and payments that are convenient and fast. With Aldelo Express, restaurant owners offer consistent and speedy dining services from the comfort of their smartphone, computer, or tablet device. The Aldelo Express Masa+ Online Ordering platform supports QR code digital menus, online ordering, and digital payment options, allowing restaurants to cater to tech-savvy consumers inside the restaurant or off-premises. When used inside the dining environment, Masa+ helps restaurants serve a high number of customers, even when operating with fewer staff. The result is increased service efficiency, consistency, and satisfaction for customers ordering in-store and remotely.

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The Aldelo Express AI Menu Builder is revolutionizing the way restaurants update and manage their menus, providing an efficient, accurate, and user-friendly experience through a “scan-and-go” method. Traditional methods of menu updates involve manual entry, which is not only time-consuming but also prone to errors. The Aldelo Express AI Menu Builder significantly reduces the chances of inconsistencies between printed physical menus and digital menus, ensuring that the Aldelo Express menu database is a true reflection of the restaurant's offerings.

Here's a look at how this innovative tool helps both independent and multi-unit restaurant operators quickly create and maintain consistent menus – including menu item prices – so they can “spring clean” their restaurant menu to provide fresh menu offerings.

How the Aldelo Express AI Menu Builder Works
Whether updating existing menu items or adding new menu offerings, the AI Menu Builder process begins with a simple scan of the restaurant’s physical printed menu. The Aldelo Express AI Menu Builder then utilizes sophisticated algorithms and artificial intelligence technology to analyze the scanned image. It's not just about recognizing text; the Aldelo Express AI Menu Builder identifies and learns menu layouts, item categorizations, and pricing structures to determine menu item names, descriptions, and prices. This level of comprehension is pivotal in accurately translating a physical menu into the point-of-sale system.

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A complete point-of-sale system is essential to running a successful restaurant or bar operation. Not only do merchant-facing and customer-facing ordering and payment services enable these businesses to effectively meet the demands of their customers, but a modern point-of-sale solution will actually help you increase your sales and bottom-line profits by effectively controlling the three “P’s” of a business: People, Payments, and Products. Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale helps restaurant owners increase sales by stopping theft, enforcing proper pricing for each menu item, enhancing inventory visibility and management, and encouraging customers to return to the business with integrated Masa+ Gift Card and Loyalty programs.

​Here are the top ways Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale can increase sales for your restaurant or bar:

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The restaurant industry is an ever-evolving landscape that requires constant adaptation and innovation. In a world where customer satisfaction is paramount, restaurateurs are constantly searching for solutions to streamline their operations and improve the overall dining experience. Aldelo Express, a comprehensive Point-of-Sale (POS) system, serves as a powerful tool that offers a myriad of features to enhance the customer experience. This article takes an in-depth look at the various features of Aldelo Express, focusing on how they contribute to a superior dining experience.

AI Automation Services: Secure and Efficient Operations
Aldelo Express POS is known for its constant innovation and development. In December 2021, Aldelo announced its first AI Automation Service for restaurants: "Facial Recognition Login" ​-- the first of its kind in the restaurant industry. Since then, Aldelo has added new AI Automation Services to its arsenal: "Menu Item Prediction," "Tip Adjust Automation," and “Menu Builder” available to merchants using Aldelo Express POS.

• Secure “Facial Recognition Login”: Customize access to the point of sale, employee time cards, and specific manager functions.
• Efficient “Menu Item Prediction”: Speed up the POS menu-building process.
• Accurate “Tip Adjust Automation”: Eliminate time spent manually finding, entering, or editing inaccurate “Tip” or “Total” values written on customer receipts.
• Powerful “Menu Builder”: Create and edit menus with the snap of a picture.

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​Looking to boost your sales? Here are five expert tips that you can incorporate into your business strategy to make a noticeable difference in your operations and bottom line:

• host limited-time discounts for special events
• use a native loyalty program
• promote popular items
• host and promote online exclusive deals
• analyze and adjust to customer trends

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Let’s take a closer look at how using these 5 tips (along with Aldelo Express and Masa+) can help maximize your profits…

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​Restaurants are an integral part of any society’s social fabric. They serve as a meeting point for people to gather, share a meal, and socialize. Despite their importance, many restaurants fail to thrive and eventually go out of business. In fact, the restaurant industry is notoriously hard to navigate, and statistics show that roughly 60% of new restaurants fail within the first year of operation. The reasons for failure vary, but there are some common threads that run through most restaurant failures. In this blog post, we’ll examine some of the most common reasons why restaurants fail or go out of business, and how Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale (POS) helps operators succeed.
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Weak Selling Proposition
Restaurants that fail to distinguish themselves from their competitors are likely to struggle. A restaurant’s unique selling proposition (USP) is what sets it apart from other restaurants in the area. A restaurant’s USP can be its menu, its ambiance, or its service. Without a clear USP, a restaurant may struggle to attract customers and generate revenue.

Merchants that use Masa+ customize a unique online storefront to fit the “look and feel” of their restaurant brand. This includes vibrant images of the dining environment, food, drinks, and the restaurant logo.

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The restaurant industry demands constant innovation and efficiency, so having the right technology to support growth is more than a luxury; it's a necessity. Aldelo Express, a comprehensive restaurant point-of-sale (POS) system, brings to the table a set of features specifically designed to foster growth for all types of food service operations.

Aldelo Express Cloud POS provides unmatched scalability, supplying a unique ability to handle an unlimited number of POS terminals, handheld devices, and support for up to 20 kitchen printers and 20 kitchen display screens (KDS).

Introduction to the Aldelo Express Restaurant POS System
Aldelo Express is a cloud-based restaurant POS system designed for all types of food service operations. With data synchronization across non-proprietary iPad and Android-based POS hardware, it streamlines the dining experience, enhances service, increases efficiency, and boosts sales without limiting proprietary hardware costs and/or capabilities.

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​The restaurant industry has been undergoing a significant transformation in recent years, with technological advancements taking center stage. Among these, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a game-changer for various restaurant operations.

​One of the areas that have witnessed a remarkable shift is the process of handling guest checks and tip amounts. An AI Automation Service from Aldelo Express Cloud POS for recognizing handwritten tips on guest checks is revolutionizing the way restaurants conduct their financial transactions by helping restaurants quickly close guest checks and ensure the accuracy of tip amounts, leading to improved efficiency and enhanced customer satisfaction.

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Streamlining Guest Check Processes with AI Tip Adjust Automation:
Traditionally, the process of computing and entering guest check and tip amounts was manual, leaving room for human error and time-consuming calculations. However, with the advent of AI technology, nearly the entire process is now automated. AI Tip Adjust Automation Service from Aldelo Express is designed to recognize and interpret handwritten tips on guest checks, thus eliminating the need for manual data entry and reducing processing time significantly.

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​​In the ever-evolving landscape of the restaurant industry, point of sale technology developments are essential to enhancing restaurant efficiency, customer experience, and overall profitability. Since its first Windows-based system of 1999, Aldelo has been at the forefront of developing leading-edge top-tier point of sale (POS) solutions for the restaurant industry. The commitment is met through continual year-round development of innovative point of sale solutions for all restaurant applications. In this blog post, we'll explore seven of Aldelo's cutting-edge contributions of 2023.

​1. AI-Based Menu Item Prediction: POS Conformity and Consistency
Announced April 2023

Once again, in 2023 Aldelo took the concept of managing a restaurant to a whole new level with its second AI Automation Service: Menu Item Prediction, following the Aldelo Express AI Facial Recognition Login service released in 2021. As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to be developed, the 2023 release of Aldelo Express AI-Based Menu Item Prediction provides yet another ground-breaking use of AI technology made specifically available to everyday restaurant owners.