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Every time you get your bill after a fabulous (even the
not so fabulous) dinning experience, there’s a print out
of everything you ate and drank. You might not know who
had the six martinis, but be assured that someone at
your table drank them all down.
You can count on the accuracy of your bill, because the
server used restaurant software to keep track of it all.
There are a number of different systems, but they all
work with the waiter or waitress to guarantee the right
items are billed to the right customers. He or she takes
the order at the table and then enters the information
into a computer station nearby. The orders then show up
on the kitchen or bar staff’s own screen. These items
are then cooked up or mixed, and the server brings them
to the customer. All the items are kept as a running
total. The bill is printed up at the end of the dining
or drinking experience, allowing the customer to pay.
Restauranct software not only keeps track of this total
for the customer, but also for the employee and
business as well. It can print out an individual’s total
of sales at the end of a shift, or calculate an overall
total for an entire day’s sales.
Chain and larger restaurants are not the only ones who
can benefit from such a system. The accuracy and
efficiency of restaurant software makes it a time saver
and money maker for even the smallest eating or drinking
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