Business Services
RESTAURANT TOOLS CUSTOMIZED FOR YOU, BY PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS
Creating a successful restaurant is a balancing act that goes far beyond great food. It’s an exhausting routine of scheduling, training, marketing, operating costs and more. So how do you do it all – while staying efficient and growing your business?
Make it easy with US Foods® CHECK® Business Tools. Our suite of smart and simple tools can help you run your restaurant more efficiently with less effort. It’s designed to help you drive traffic, simplify your staffing and reduce waste – ultimately helping you make more money and unlock your potential.
Our team of restaurant experts will recommend custom solutions for your needs, from a handpicked portfolio.
RESTAURANT POINT OF SALE PLATFORM, POWERED BY TOAST
Turn tables faster, improve ordering efficiency and strengthen customer loyalty. Empower staff with fast, intuitive ordering workflows and Toast Go® handhelds, and Order & Pay at the Table. Delight your guests with solutions that prevent unnecessary physical contact like contactless payments that help you serve your customers faster, safer and with more flexibility.
When you run your restaurant on Toast, you’re plugging into a platform that sets you up to grow your business and provide off-premise dining. Toast helps you bridge the divide between point of sale, payment processing, marketing, labor management and more – functions that are usually disconnected in restaurant operations.
WEBSITE DESIGN
The number of diners searching online for restaurants has grown exponentially. Convert web visitors into paying customers with a design that looks great on any device (80% of restaurant searches on smartphones lead to a purchase. Make it easy to update menus, promote specials on your website and promote across social media.
Website design, powered by BentoBox, creates websites exclusively for the restaurant industry that convert more visitors into paying customers. With BentoBox, you get a website that is designed by experts, an easy-to-use dashboard and features that are proven to drive sales and results.
ONLINE ORDERING
Boost customer engagement, amplifying your brand and increasing your off-premise orders whether for takeout, curbside pickup or delivery. Use curbside pick-up for safety and convenience. Get built-in marketing tools and triple repeat orders with your own mobile app. Never miss an order when you free your staff from the phone.
Online ordering, powered by ChowNow, helps transform new diners into regulars and increases your traffic. ChowNow builds online ordering directly into your own website and custom mobile apps, helping you protect your brand and – thanks to commission-free pricing – your earnings. With prices based on distance – not commission – and the freedom to pass costs on to your customers, all courier fees are predictable and sustainable.
DESIGN SERVICES TAILORED FOR YOU
Your menu is the first impression of your brand. If designed properly, it can help you promote your business, attract more customers and make more money. Menu Design, powered by US Foods, offers you access to a creative team with expertise in menu design and high-quality printing, so you can activate your most important marketing tool.
We take a team-based approach to our customers, surrounding you with expertise provided by our Restaurant Operations Consultants (ROCs), US Foods Sales Representatives and Menu Design Team. We are collectively committed to helping you make it by bringing you a menu that is on trend, branded to your business and profitably engineered.
TEAM MANAGEMENT AND STAFFING
Streamline payroll and build more labor-effective schedules. Track overtime and breaks, prevent early clock-ins and forecast labor costs. Quickly send messages to your team without having to remember phone numbers or emails.
Running a small business has never been more challenging, with daily changes and fluctuations in the restaurant industry. Team management and staffing, powered by Homebase, can help with tools to change schedules on the fly, streamline payroll, hire staff and get expert human resources help from live advisors. Get real-time sales forecasting, free and easy timesheets to streamline payroll, automatic employee shift reminders and alerts, free mobile communication apps and hiring tools, online onboarding for new hires and expert HR advice.
STAFF TRAINING
Get new employees to start producing results fast with standardized content and restaurant training that increases speed and productivity. Reinforcing the most up-to-date training and best practices will help employee morale. Video has three times the engagement of written text documents.
Online tools and custom course creation can help managers on-board new hires, assess and certify employees and facilitate refresher training. In fact, 85% of restaurants have reported an increase in eLearning. Staff training, powered by ExpandShare, offers easy tools and expert guidance to teach employees, maintain knowledge and culture, and use the power and reach of video.