If you keep a close eye on restaurant trends, you may have noticed that Gen Z and Millennials are leaning into digital service. As more businesses incorporated online delivery and takeout channels, these tech-savvy generations gravitated toward them. Now they’re comfortable this way. As the industry eases toward recovery, order by phone and pay by phone are both taking off within these age groups. Photo by Priscilla Du Preez on Unsplash Order By Phone, Even For Sit-Down Servi

Opening a new business takes a ton of work. From the food you’ll serve to the décor to your targeted audience, don’t forget to equip your restaurant with strong payment gateways. Give customers a better experience from the start all the way to the finish. Photo courtesy of eatOS. Payment gateways are the go-between between merchants and consumers. They decline or authorize transactions, although they’re not to be confused with payment processors, which facilitate transactions

Over the past year, restaurants have gotten clever with providing a contactless dining experience. When COVID-19 left little choice but to adapt or close permanently, restaurants who previously never paid attention to off-premise ordering options turned to delivery and takeout for the first time. For guests, increasing digitization sparked interest in a future where every aspect of dining out, from ordering to payment, was completely contact-free. Restaurants have adapted to