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Money management

How to finance a restaurant

What is restaurant financing? Broadly speaking, restaurant financing is the capital you...

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Why a Clover Flex is the perfect investment for 2021

After the market upheavals of 2020, resilience should be top of mind...

Give your business a boost with the SBA’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund grant

If you run a food and beverage business, it’s probably been a...

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How to optimize your restaurant menu to maximize profits

Check out these tips on how to optimize your menu to maximize...

7 benefits of online ordering systems for restaurants

Convenience: You don’t have to leave your home to enjoy delicious meals....

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Connect with your customers with the Clover app

Combining the power of Clover Customer Engagement suite with the freedom of...

How to start a food truck business

Entrepreneurs who love cooking often gravitate toward opening a restaurant. However, in...

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Auditing your online presence

Now is an excellent time to assess your online presence and make...

Why these restaurants have thrived despite the COVID-19 pandemic

The pandemic has forced businesses to rethink all aspects of their operations,...

How to start a bagel shop

Below is a breakdown of key considerations when opening a bagel shop....

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

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

Future-proof your business: 2021 refresh

What kinds of goods and services could you offer if your best-sellers...

Health code violations: What they are & how to prepare for an inspection

Customers are unlikely to visit your establishment if it fails to meet...

6 effective restaurant promotion ideas

Against this backdrop, you may be concerned about how your restaurant will...

Turning the tables: Reviewing restaurant review sites

Given the sheer number of restaurant rating sites, how can you possibly...

How to help increase restaurant sales

With slight modifications, many of the strategies that worked in the past...

QR codes for restaurants: Helping your business adapt to the pandemic

This transition wasn’t immediate, since specialized equipment was previously needed to read...

Understanding restaurant profit margins and their importance

More specifically, net profit is the difference between: Utilities, rent, wages, inventory,...

Money management

Average restaurant revenue and what it means to your business

As a restaurant owner, calculating your average revenue is vital for numerous...

Holiday promotions that won’t break the bank

Smart and effective marketing starts with a strategy. Before planning out any...

Spotlight on Brooklyn Tea

Brooklyn Tea brings specialty tea to Bed-Stuy—and the world Jamila McGill and...

Spotlight on Brown Butter

Brown Butter reinvents the Brooklyn café scene When Myriam decided to open...

Spotlight on Daddy Greens

Daddy Greens keeps the green in Brooklyn When Frank visited Daddy Greens...

How to make the 2020 Holiday Calendar work for you

Due to social distancing measures, Halloween is expected to be much more...

Silver linings in the age of COVID

Months later, some states have allowed restaurants to reopen at reduced capacity,...

10 ways to reduce anxiety for yourself and your employees

With more Americans showing signs of depression or anxiety, odds are, you...

Meet the Merchant

LuLu’s Mexican Food

Join us as we speak with Roxanne Mein, brand and digital ordering...

Clover Restaurant Holiday Guide 2020

Holiday season 2020 will look very different from years past because of...

Scan to Order helps make dining in safer—and enjoyable again

This Scan to Order feature creates a fully contactless ordering and payment...

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Using memberships and subscriptions to grow your business

There’s nothing new about membership and subscription models. The newspaper industry was...

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La Gelati

Our Meet the Merchant series features Q&As with real-world Clover merchants. Read...

Why your seasonal business needs an online presence

It’s the peak season for summer seasonal businesses. While many states have...

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Found Coffee

We sit down with Annie Choi, the owner of Found Coffee in...

Clover Online Ordering: Solutions for restaurants

Starting in late May, all 50 states began the process of reopening...

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El Barrio Neighborhood Tacos

Join us as we chat with Joe Lin, a co-owner of El...

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Onyx Coffee Lab

Join us as we chat with Jon Allen, the co-founder of Onyx...

Meet the Merchant

Tin Pot Creamery

We sit down—virtually of course—with Becky Sunseri, the founder of Tin Pot...

COVID-19 Restaurant Survival Guide

The restaurant industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. Restaurant...

10+ Spring holiday promotional ideas to help your restaurant business flourish

The holiday season isn’t over just because it’s January. Here are three...

Business refresh: Creating a resolutions menu for your restaurant

Local, plant-based, gluten-free—is your menu ready for the 2020s? Check out these...

How restaurants can attract families

You don’t have to overhaul your business model in order to become...

6 events to pack your bar with customers

A consistently slow weeknight in your bar isn’t a drag, it’s an...

Clover apps to make your business more fun

These apps add a splash of fun to the customer experience and...

Hosting a class to grow your restaurant & bar sales

Designed strategically, classes can be used to drive sales, reward loyalty, and...

How to market your Quick Serve Restaurant for special events

A growing number of Quick Serve Restaurants are launching catering services to...

New & Notable Apps

New & notable in the Clover App Market: August 2019

Each month we’re pleased to bring you new ways the Clover App...

How to market your restaurant space for special events

Succeeding in the event-planning world takes more than just a special table...

Customer service

How to handle difficult customers effectively

Whether it’s because someone on your staff made a mistake or because...

The 2019 guide to back-to-school planning

Back-to-school season is the second biggest shopping period of the year. Deploying...

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...

How to increase ticket size at your restaurant

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

Make “Kids Eat Free” work for your restaurant

Kids-eat-free is seductive, family-forward, and a no-brainer for parents. Making it work...

From food truck to storefront: The concise guide to opening your first permanent location

How do you know if, when, and how to take your show...

How smart restaurants deal with rising labor costs

Hourly wages in the restaurant industry are on the rise. For merchants...

How to make an unbeatable in-restaurant experience

Today’s consumers have more options to choose from than ever for dining...

Happy hour overhaul: Rethinking your drink special (Part 2)

Ready to upgrade your Happy Hour? We asked top-shelf industry experts to...

Happy hour overhaul: Rethinking your drink special (Part 1)

Ready to upgrade your Happy Hour? We asked top-shelf industry experts to...

Money management

4 cash flow management strategies for bars

For bar owners, managing cash flow is key to keeping the business...

The Most Head-Turning Things We Saw at the 2019 National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show

Walking the halls of the annual National Restaurant Association (NRA) trade show...

Customer service

Win the waiting game: How to keep customers from leaving when tables are full – Part 2

Want your restaurant’s popularity to last? There is a right and wrong...

Customer service

Win the waiting game: How to keep customers from leaving when tables are full – Part 1

Want your restaurant’s popularity to last? There is a right and wrong...

How top food trucks pick the best spots

Few businesses depend on location for their success as much as food...

5 reasons restaurants fail & how to avoid them

If you’re in the restaurant business, somebody’s probably told you that most...

4 awesome apps full-service restaurants need now

When you run a restaurant, you need to bring your A-game. Managing...

Launching your restaurant right

You’ve spent months of your life, and thousands of dollars, working towards...

5 awesome Clover apps every bar needs

Clover can help take your bar to the next level with amazing...

New & Notable Apps

New & notable in the Clover App Market: March 2019

Each month we’re pleased to bring you new ways the Clover App...

Build your business by tapping into your community

Community involvement is not only personally rewarding, it can be good business...

How Quick Service Restaurants can remix menu flavors to maximize fun & profit

Atlanta-based Sublime Doughnuts depends on a fun remix of doughnut flavors, a...

13 must-reads for every coffee shop business

The coffee business is thriving but competitive. To stay ahead, you need...

Cultivate a stellar restaurant staff with these hiring and management tips

In a tight labor market, finding and keeping great employees will give...

8 awesome Clover apps every coffee shop needs

Indie coffee shops can hold their own against the corporate giants with...

QSRs, it pays to get creative with food promotions. Here’s how one Clover merchant did it.

Matthew Ling runs three restaurants in downtown Newark. Clover’s promo’s calendars have...

Enterprise behavior: How to calculate your restaurant’s food costs

Want to keep your restaurant’s costs down? Calculating your food costs is...

5 growth hacks to increase profits at your quick service restaurant

Whether you’re in the business of slicing pizza, scooping ice cream, serving...

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

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

5 Apps that will transform restaurant management

Nothing ruins the perfect meal like bad customer service. Now with these...

New & notable in the Clover App Market: June 2017

This summer, spend more time with your customers. New & Notable in...

Enterprise behavior

Enterprise behavior: Streamlining order delivery

Restaurants that don’t have systems in place to deliver food to customers...

6 tactics for unifying the front and back of house for restaurants

To ensure a steady flow and a positive communication between the front...

Seattle’s FROST Has a Delicious Marketing Plan

According to Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, Seattle’s best doughnuts can be found at...

Five apps that’ll up your food service delivery game

With that in mind, we thought we’d share five of the most...