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Share your Summer success secrets: How are you keeping guests coming back?

Summer is in full swing, and more people are out and about! Whether it’s promoting your upcoming events, showcasing special recipes, or finding new ways to connect with your customers, the community would love to hear what’s working for you!To help k...

Michigan Elimination of Tip Credit

Hey yall -Looking to network and connect with anyone who lives in a state where you do not have any tip credit. As Michigan gears up to eliminate by 2029, I'd love to hear about what works, what doesn't work, where your margins and goals land, and be...

Integrating Toast website with print on demand like printful or printify

Is anyone linking there Toast website to any of the print on demand services for t-shirts and similar merch? Im wondering if I have to use something like Shopify or can I use Toast>Printify

Toast Community in the News from National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago!

Check out this cool mention for Toast Community by Restaurant Business Online from the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago:Toast Community

Price Changes

How often do you increase your menu prices?

When the restaurant gets busy, is your staff prepared?

As the busy season approaches, it means more volume, more chaos, and more demands on your staff. This article has some helpful tips on how to hire and retain high-performing employees. We’ve also found that some customers use Toast Payroll, Sling by ...

Toast Now

Any other Toast user wondering why an Android based software company chooses to launch their new Toast Now app only in IOS??? Who in the heck is leading strategy at this company?

Resolved! Archival access and analysis using Python/R etc

Hi all, by chance has anyone extracted archival Raw data to do Data Analysis with external tools such as Python/R etc.Im looking to our data on an individual cheque level and look at menu item performance for Market basket Analysis and menu engineeri...

Extracurricular Training

Hello, Toast Community!I'm searching for input about what "extracurricular" training you offer your staff, beyond the normal requirements of ServeSafe, TAMS, etc. Cicerone, Sommelier, BarSafe, DEI training...anything is fair game!Moreover, do you of...

Decoding the 2023 Culinary Trends: Your Guide to What's Next in Food

Hey Community! The National Restaurant Association, in collaboration with the American Culinary Federation and Technomic, has released the "What's Hot 2023" culinary trends report. Based on a survey with over 500 culinary professionals, the report i...

Insights into the most popular cuisines and restaurant styles

Is there a way to use Toast analytics to identify popular cuisine or style of restaurant in a particular Toast POS user region/city? Would be curious to see what TOAST can provide from its user groups.

Social Media vs. Email Marketing - Is Tik Tok a must?

We've put the majority of our marketing time into email marketing, which historically has had the greatest ROI for driving sales (our core customer base is generally 30+). We keep Instagram active and have barely scratched the surface with Tiktok. Ar...

Boost sales by optimizing for customer demographics!

Hey Toast Community! We’ve got some valuable insights to share from our latest blog post, “How Understanding Restaurant Demographics Can Help Boost Sales.” Key Insights Understanding Your Audience: Knowing the demographics can significantly impact...

Yelp--Great Reviews with 4 stars

Of course I get my share of reviews that land all over the board but the average is just above 4 stars on Yelp. I probably just need to get this off my chest in a forum consisting of those who understand but I'm also wondering if anyone has had exper...

Happy Birthday

Hi there maybe someone already proposed it but anyway I’ll repeat it if yeswould be great to see employees birthday option when they do check in . Toast will know dates and shows with additional window after check in each employee same day with birth...

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