Restaurant tech, in plain English.

The system a restaurant uses to take orders and process payments.

A screen in the kitchen that shows incoming orders in real time.

A printed ticket sent to the kitchen for each order.

A delivery-only kitchen with no dine-in space.

A touchscreen where customers order and pay themselves.

A fast-food or quick-service restaurant focused on speed.

Restaurant slang for an item that's run out and is unavailable.

The end-of-day process of reconciling sales against cash.

Cancelling an item or order after it's been entered.

Working out the true ingredient cost of each menu item.

Tracking the stock of ingredients and supplies a restaurant holds.

Maintaining a restaurant's items, prices and modifiers across channels.

Tracking tables, sections and turns across a dining room.

Dividing one table's bill across multiple guests or payment methods.

Customers scan a table QR to view the menu and order themselves.

The percentage a payment processor charges per card transaction.

The average amount a customer spends per order.

Add-ons and options that customise a menu item.

The customer-facing and kitchen sides of a restaurant.

A scheme that rewards repeat customers to bring them back.

A restaurant's own-name app for direct, commission-free orders.

A restaurant's combined cost of goods and labour.

A single guest served; covers count measures how many you served.

How many times a table is reseated during a service.