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In the first months of the coronavirus pandemic, restaurants survived solely on serving food and drinks via takeout and delivery. Though traditional dining experiences were on hiatus, customers who wanted to support local businesses and access easy meals did not hesitate to continue frequenting their favorite local restaurants. Most ordered online or over the phone, making purchases to try new flavors, take a break from cooking, and preserve some of familiarity by continuing pre-pandemic routines until businesses opened up for indoor dining again.
Nearly two years later, in a new era of restaurant dining, customers still rely on takeout, pick up, and delivery orders. By promoting off-premises digital ordering services, restaurants quickly expand their customer base within their local community, while customers continue to enjoy the convenience of remote ordering and pickup services.
A new way customers are enjoying off-premises dining is by ordering meals for the week from sit-down, takeout, and delivery restaurants, helping both the business and their household. Restaurants receive higher ticket averages while customers enjoy the convenience of ready-to-eat appetizers, entrees, and desserts throughout the week.
Because diners “eat with their eyes” while perusing options before ordering food and drinks, restaurants that promote readily-available to-go orders from digital menus that feature vibrant item images increase customer satisfaction and per-ticket averages.
Nearly two years later, in a new era of restaurant dining, customers still rely on takeout, pick up, and delivery orders. By promoting off-premises digital ordering services, restaurants quickly expand their customer base within their local community, while customers continue to enjoy the convenience of remote ordering and pickup services.
A new way customers are enjoying off-premises dining is by ordering meals for the week from sit-down, takeout, and delivery restaurants, helping both the business and their household. Restaurants receive higher ticket averages while customers enjoy the convenience of ready-to-eat appetizers, entrees, and desserts throughout the week.
Because diners “eat with their eyes” while perusing options before ordering food and drinks, restaurants that promote readily-available to-go orders from digital menus that feature vibrant item images increase customer satisfaction and per-ticket averages.
Takeout orders allow customers to enjoy the convenience of ready-to-eat appetizers, entrees, and desserts throughout the week
Multi-store restaurants that use Aldelo Express Cloud POS and Masa+ digital ordering and payment solutions can easily make changes to one or many digital menus and online storefronts in a single cloud back-office environment. Owners and operators utilize multiple customization options for each order type (dine-in, takeout, curbside pickup, delivery) including pricing, payment methods, menu items, and item modifiers. Managers make immediate and scheduled changes to digital menus, monitoring the business in real-time from any web-enabled device.
Recently enhanced digital payment methods support quick and easy in-store transactions for restaurants and the customer. These include: QR Code Scan & Pay from customer receipt, QR Code Fast Pay from customer smartphone, and In-App Manual Credit Card Entry from staff terminals.
Learn more by contacting an Aldelo representative today at [email protected] or 925-621-2410
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Restaurants that use ultra-competitive Aldelo Pay or Aldelo Partner Merchant Services obtain access to a Centralized Multi-Store Restaurant Technology Platform that includes Masa+ Online Ordering, Unlimited Software Releases, Unlimited Software Upgrades, and 24/7 Technical Support! *** Please contact an Aldelo representative today for more details, including a free Aldelo Express POS demo trial [email protected] | 877-639-8767 | [email protected] |
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