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​With a variety of pizza sizes, crust types, sauces, dozens of topping choices and other options pizza menus are one of the most difficult menu databases to build. With Aldelo Express POS, operators can create a new store, build a comprehensive pizza POS menu, and add soft drink menu items in less than 30 minutes. With Aldelo Express merchants spend less time setting up their POS system and more time serving their customer base.

The Aldelo Express Pizza POS solution supports simple and fast order entry with:

• Up to 10 serving sizes
• Unlimited crust types
• Unlimited sauces
• Custom topping choices
• Specialty pizzas such as build-your-own, meat lovers, and more
• Image-based pizza POS menu item buttons

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From early adoption of point of sale touch screens, QR code-based system linking and setup, and facial AI recognition-based security, Aldelo has long served everyday business owners with innovative technology solutions for their food service operation. Today, Aldelo continues to lead the restaurant point of sale industry by incorporating AI-based technology into the Aldelo Express Cloud POS back-office environment.

The newly released Aldelo Express AI-Based Menu Item Completion feature speeds up the menu creation process for food service operators. As artificial intelligence (AI) technology continues to be developed, the new Aldelo Express AI-Based Menu Item Completion feature is one of the first uses of AI technology made specifically available to benefit everyday restaurant owners.

How it Works

Much like a search engine auto-complete function, instead of manually typing the full name of every menu item during the menu creation process, the Aldelo Express AI-Based Menu Item Completion feature uses AI technology to detect the word being typed and present several menu item naming options for operators to choose from.

​This means that operators spend less time building and editing their restaurant’s menu and more time focusing on the day-to-day needs of their operation.

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Inventory management is crucial to the success of any restaurant. It is important to keep track of all the items in stock to ensure that they are being used efficiently, and to avoid waste and overspending on products that will end up being thrown away.

​Here are 10 ways you can control inventory in your restaurant:

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Labor savings is a critical component of running a successful restaurant, and it can make all the difference between profitability and failure. The restaurant industry is notoriously competitive, and with rising food costs and overheads, operators need to find ways to cut costs wherever possible. Labor is a significant expense for restaurants, and finding ways to reduce labor costs without compromising the quality of food or customer service can be vital to a restaurant’s long-term success.

Here are 5 ways restaurants can save money on restaurant labor costs without sacrificing customer service:

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As a restaurant owner, you are always looking for ways to attract new customers and keep your regulars coming back for more. One way to accomplish this is through the implementation of a loyalty program with one or several campaigns. A loyalty program rewards customers for their repeat business, which leads to increased customer retention, increased customer satisfaction, and ultimately, increased revenue. In this post, we will review 5 steps to successfully implementing a restaurant loyalty program and how you can make more money with restaurant loyalty programs.​

Step 1: Identify Your Goals and Objectives

Before implementing a loyalty program, it's important to identify your goals and objectives. What do you hope to achieve by implementing a loyalty program? Are you looking to increase customer retention, boost customer spending, or both? Once you have a clear idea of your objectives, you can begin designing your program.

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As a restaurant owner, you know that the point of sale (POS) system is the backbone of your 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 POS system that is proven, efficient, and effective.

Aldelo Express is one such POS system that has gained popularity among restaurant owners due to its comprehensive features and user-friendly interface. Plus, unlike its competition, Aldelo Express includes POS features, modules, and access to valuable third-party integrations at zero additional cost.

​Here are some of the reasons why Aldelo Express is a superior POS solution for restaurants:

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​​Why is Aldelo Express the best cloud point of sale platform on the market?

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Getting comfortable with a new point of sale system takes time, especially when exploring certain functions and navigating new features. That’s why Aldelo offers new merchants one-on-one merchant onboarding support throughout their first year of use, live 24/7 technical phone and email support over the life of their POS system, and unlimited access to hundreds of training videos available through Aldelo University.

The Aldelo Express POS system also provides built-in tutorial videos and “helpful hints” when merchants or their staff are looking for a quick refresher or guidance on how to use certain Aldelo Express POS modules, features, or functions. This is especially useful when training or remotely supporting new staff. Once enabled in the Aldelo Express cloud back-office, users are able to view training/tutorial videos available directly through Aldelo Express iPad POS devices.

​Aldelo Express iPad POS devices provide tutorial videos covering modules such as:

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Labor is the most controllable expense a restaurant has, but lack of control managing daily time cards can be detrimental to a restaurant’s bottom line. With Aldelo Express POS, restaurant owners control daily labor schedules and prevent employees from “riding the clock” by managing the clock-in and clock-out processes with digital time cards.

With the Aldelo Express Digital Time Card Module, managers can restrict employee clock-in and clock-out periods and require manager approval if an employee misses a specific clock-in or clock-out “grace period.” Merchants can also prevent staff from clocking-in for fellow workers if they are running late, eliminating “buddy punching.”

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​Aldelo’s suite of products and solutions meet any restaurant application and are also ideal for quick-service, bars, food trucks, pizzerias, golf clubs, pop ups, food courts, stadiums, and more.

When merchants require help, users have access to Aldelo’s “live” 24/7 technical support network via email or phone. Aldelo’s knowledgeable and trained staff are always available and ready to assist users with their needs.

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The fundamental purpose of a point-of-sale system is to secure the restaurant. Merchants that use Aldelo Express POS effectively prevent profit leakage in their restaurant with multi-level security features.

5. Secure Employee Clock Ins

Require restaurant employees to clock in before signing into the point of sale and taking orders. Aldelo Express POS supports login via PIN, QR code badge scan, and facial ai recognition.

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Labor is the number one way restaurant owners can directly control their costs. That’s why Aldelo Express POS includes a Labor Schedule Module as part of its suite of native restaurant management solutions.

​Here are the top 5 benefits of the Aldelo Express POS Labor Schedule Module:

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​The end of the year brings increased business and excitement as restaurant owners and staff work hard to serve an influx of customers and prepare for the coming year. For business owners, reflecting on the past year and writing down specific and measurable goals for their business makes them more likely to succeed in the coming year.

Aldelo is committed to helping merchants succeed. Unlike some point-of-sale software vendors whose direct contact ends after the system is installed, Aldelo supports restaurant owners throughout their initial year of use and beyond. Aldelo does this to ensure that merchants utilize the Aldelo Express native POS solutions, modules, and features that help their business thrive and grow. Plus, Aldelo merchants receive unlimited software updates and feature releases year-round, ensuring they are always operating with the latest-version POS software.

​Here are 5 considerations for restaurant owners as they prepare for the coming year:

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Managing a restaurant’s inventory consistently and accurately can “make” or “break” its success. That’s why the best inventory solutions not only accurately monitor back-office purchases, deliveries, and usage, but enable managers easy access to view inventory levels in real-time.

The Aldelo Express Inventory Module offers restaurant owners and operators a simple and effective way to accurately manage their business inventory. As an included module with the Aldelo Express POS platform, the Aldelo Express Inventory Module provides business owners a significant return on their investment.

​Here are 3 ways the Aldelo Express Inventory Module can help restaurant owners avoid inventory mismatch.

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For many restaurant owners, providing enhanced takeout and delivery services has been an essential step of growth for their business. However, when processing takeout and delivery orders, employees and managers may struggle to keep track of non-food items such as utensils, seasoning packets, napkins, plates, etc. resulting in uneven inventory control, potential waste or theft, and the risk of forgetting specific order “accessories” that are essential to a positive dining experience.

Aldelo Express POS offers owners and operators an easy solution with the Aldelo Express Tag Along Items feature that automatically applies one or multiple non-food items to a specific menu item. Not only does this remind employees to place “accessory” items into to-go order packaging, but it allows managers to easily track and manage non-food items through the Aldelo Express Inventory Module.

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Thanksgiving Day is one of the most popular U.S. holidays. Each year on the fourth Thursday of November, millions of Americans travel to share a meal with their family and friends. In the days surrounding Thanksgiving Day, many customers turn to their favorite local restaurants for convenient and complimentary food and drink items that save them time – and spare them additional kitchen clean-up. As a result, restaurants can gain additional customers by promoting their restaurant’s online ordering, takeout, and delivery services this November.

Aldelo Express POS is a E2E cloud-based restaurant technology platform that supports both in-store and off-premises restaurant services. Using iPad and Android-based point-of-sale hardware, merchants choose from a variety of merchant-facing and customer-facing ordering and digital payment solutions that work together to run a complete restaurant operation. This includes several native cloud POS modules and features such as:

• Delivery Module, including Order Dispatching, Driver Tracking, and Digital Mapping
• QR Code-Based Masa+ Online Ordering and Digital Payments
• Native Inventory and Recipe Module
• “Matrix” Menu Module for Creating Hundreds if Menu Items in Minutes
• Advanced Pricing Module for Easy Digital Menu Management
• Third-Party Integration Solutions
• And More

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As restaurant owners and operators navigate ever-changing prices in and around the restaurant industry, the Aldelo Express Global Price Change Module enables restaurants to easily maintain a profitable menu by accurately responding to both customer demand and changing food costs.

From the Aldelo Express cloud back-office, owners and operators can make broad price changes across their restaurant’s menu, rather than adjusting the costs for individual food and drink items. Users can increase or decrease prices for individual items, groups, and categories, adjusting item prices by percentage or dollar value in seconds.

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Aldelo referral partners that offer Aldelo Express POS quickly gain more customers by providing an unparalleled cloud-based restaurant technology platform. Through a full-featured app marketplace that consists of powerful native POS solutions and several valuable third-party integrations, Aldelo referral partners equip their merchants to successfully monitor, manage, and customize an E2E restaurant operation in any market.

As customers rely on on-demand self-services, the growing number of restaurant owners are turning to native and third-party online ordering and digital payments solutions. To help referral partners strengthen their portfolio of customer-centric services, Aldelo has recently added Uber Eats to its network of approved third-party integrations for its cloud-based Aldelo Express POS platform.

The result is providing referral partners and their customers with more options for implementing online ordering and delivery solutions that compliment and enhance their existing Aldelo Express POS system.

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When first introduced, gift cards were distributed and owned by major credit card companies. Eventually, developers in the point-of-sale industry began offering gift cards as an integrated POS solution to enable business owners greater control maintaining gift card programs, campaigns, and protecting gift card cash infusions exclusively for their store(s). Today, gift cards are a billion-dollar industry that generate a massive amount of revenue for restaurant owners each year.

Aldelo was one of the first point-of-sale developers in the industry to introduce an integrated digital gift card solution into its cloud-based Aldelo Express POS platform. For restaurant owners, this meant eliminating costly per-swipe and related fees owed to their credit card processor.

​There are many third-party open-loop (open market) gift card solutions available in the market with varying business models and associated consumer rewards. Participating in these gift card programs provide restaurants with some additional exposure but carry added costs and offer limited control. Restaurant owners have learned that by having a native POS closed-loop (specific to a restaurant or restaurant group) gift card solution they gain complete control over an important revenue stream for the business.