Food and Beverage Industry Insights

Discover tips and ideas to help your restaurant, café, or food truck.

Featured story

Churro Kaya Dip

Full Service Restaurants (FSR)

How to optimize your restaurant menu to maximize profits

Check out these tips on how to optimize your menu to maximize your bottom line

Recommended for you

People waiting in line for food

Quick Service Restaurants (QSR)

Fast casual vs. fast food: What is the difference?

However, there are important differences between fast casual vs. fast food restaurants – ... Read more

Sean Ham of Iconik Coffee Roasters

Meet the Merchant

Iconik Coffee Roasters

In this installment of Meet the Merchant, we speak to Sean Ham of ... Read more

Scanning QR code on restaurant check

Payments & processing

How to give restaurant guests more control over getting the check

58% of frequent restaurant diners say a slow payment process has ruined a ... Read more

Woman in mask during curbside pickup

What is curbside pickup?

In the early days of COVID-19, restaurants were the primary drivers behind this ... Read more

Check out our webinars

Knowledge never goes out of style.

Stay ahead of the game with Clover webinars—live and recorded sessions.

See all webinars

Running your business

Taking picture of coffee cups

The COVID-19 Customer Engagement toolkit

As part of our ongoing efforts to provide timely information and resources for ... Read more

Soapy bubbles

Keeping your sales safe & sanitary

In the midst of the COVID-19 emergency, we discuss three areas of business ... Read more

Cafe employee

Boosting staff morale

In the mad rush to keep orders filled, bills paid, and customers happy, ... Read more

People eating outside

How to increase ticket size at your restaurant

Any successful restaurant owner knows that, in order to thrive, they need to ... Read more

Bartenders serving drinks

5 types of restaurant employee theft, and how to prevent them

Employee theft is a major problem in the restaurant industry. From unlicensed snacking ... Read more

Pile of U.S. money

Money management

Clover Rapid Deposit: Get your money instantly

Receive money from your sales transactions faster and improve cash flow with Clover ... Read more

People at restaurant

Walk-ins or reservations—what’s the right mix for your restaurant?

It’s one of the trickiest questions in the restaurant business: should you take ... Read more

NFC payment with Clover Mini

How secure are NFC payments?

Short for “near field communication,” NFC allows devices in close proximity to wirelessly ... Read more

You may also like

restaurant employee preparing online order in kitchen

Full Service Restaurants (FSR)

How to increase restaurant revenue with online ordering (OLO) kitchens

Designated online ordering (OLO) kitchens can help increase restaurant revenue and average order ... Read more

Woman shopping on mobile phone and using a digital gift card

4 must-know trends in technology, loyalty, and gift cards for small businesses

From online ordering to digital wallets, technology is influencing how we work, play, ... Read more

Kitchen staff preparing food in a restaurant kitchen

How to build a restaurant leadership team

Hiring a restaurant leadership team can be overwhelming, but great people are out ... Read more

chef in restaurant kitchen reviewing inventory on tablet

Clover app partners

Make restaurant inventory management easier with this 5-minute hack

There's no denying it--restaurant inventory is a pain. But this simple hack can ... Read more

restaurant worker entering order into POS system

Full Service Restaurants (FSR)

The true cost of POS systems for restaurants

How much does a restaurant POS system cost? What are hardware and software ... Read more

Restaurant server pouring champagne into glasses at an event

Full Service Restaurants (FSR)

Revenue streams restaurants can add to their business

Restaurants have many options when it comes to opening new revenue streams. Catering, ... Read more

Coffee shop staff sprucing up the outdoor garden and setting the sign out front

Full Service Restaurants (FSR)

7 ways to attract more tourists & business travelers to your restaurant

Hungry travelers can fill your counter seats, indulge in additional offerings & upsells, ... Read more

retail owner scanning clothing with barcode scanner

Clover app partners

Why a barcode scanner is an inventory tool you can’t live without

Both efficiency and accuracy may seem impossible regarding inventory management, but a barcode ... Read more