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Australia's Embrace of Cashless Dining
Guide

Cashless Dining: The Future of Payments in Hospitality

Understand how your customers’ relationship with cash is changing forever, deep dive into digital & contactless payments and how it will impact payment methods across hospitality....

Operations

Australia's Embrace of Cashless Dining
Guide

Cashless Dining: The Future of Payments in Hospitality

Understand how your customers’ relationship with cash is changing forever, deep dive into digital & contactless...
Cafe checklist
Checklist

Opening a Cafe: 13-Step Master Checklist

Download our free Opening a Cafe Master Checklist that covers the A to Z of opening a new cafe. Don’t overlook any...
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Tool

Opening A Business Costing Calculators

This costing template covers all essential costs from securing your location, to opening your doors. It provides a...
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Recipe Costing Calculator

Get an in-depth breakdown of your recipes’ costs. From individual ingredients, to COGS, to profit margins and a...
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Marketing

Guide

5 Tips to Manage Public Holiday Costs in Your Venue

Discover five simple and effective ways to grow margins and balance the higher costs of operating on public...
Tool

Free Restaurant Flyer Templates

You don’t need to hire a professional designer to have a professional-looking promotional flyer. We've got 7...
Free restaurant menu templates | Lightspeed Restaurant POS
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Free downloadable restaurant menu templates

Download your free customizable restaurant menu template today. Tweak it, change colors, add menu items, and adjust...
Guide

The most advanced (and 100% free) restaurant marketing guide available on the web

From social media to discount websites, how are you marketing your restaurant? Read this free guide of effective...
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Industry tips

Opening a bar checklist
Checklist

Opening a Bar: 13-Step Master Checklist

Download our free Opening a Bar Master Checklist that covers the A to Z of opening a new bar. Don’t overlook any...
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Marketing

10 Trends for The Future of Dining in 2022

We’ve analysed industry trends and statistics to understand what customers really want and how technology will impact...
Checklist: 7 Ways to Boost Customer Engagement
Checklist

Checklist: 7 Ways to Boost Customer Engagement

This checklist covers seven popular platforms that customers consult when deciding on where to wine & dine – and how...
Guide

Top 5 reasons why restaurants fail

Running a successful restaurant involves more than passion, and stats have shown time and time again that succeeding in...
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Tech

POS buyers eguide
Guide

POS Buyers eGuide: 11 Questions to Ask

This guide covers the 11 questions you should ask before taking the leap and investing in a new POS for your venue -...
Guide

9 reasons why your restaurant needs a mobile cash register system

Learn more about the different advantages mobile technology can bring to your restaurant....
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