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Add Direct Ordering to Your Restaurant Menu
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Add Direct Ordering to Your Restaurant Menu

As restrictions are lifted, restaurants are serving more and more people for in-house dining every day. This is great news and we hope the trend continues throughout the summer. Nevertheless, if we’ve learned anything in the last year, it’s the importance of offering your customers another option if they are unable to dine at your…

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Setting Restrictions for COVID 19 in Your Restaurant Software
Setting Restrictions for COVID 19 in Your Restaurant Software

Being able to easily place restrictions for COVID 19 via restaurant booking software has never been more important. Owning and managing a restaurant is already a very time-consuming and difficult occupation. Throw in the current pandemic and it would be hard to blame anyone for feeling overwhelmed. Now imagine you have to spend half your… READ POST

2020 Top WordPress Black Friday Deals
2020 Top WordPress Black Friday Deals

With Black Friday 2020 fast approaching, we thought we’d put together a list of some of the top WordPress deals available this year, both for plugins and themes. Five Star Plugins Five Star Plugins will be offering 30% off all plugin purchases, including the Ultimate version of the Five Star WordPress restaurant reservations plugin, WordPress… READ POST

Restaurant eCommerce: 4 reasons why you should consider an in-house management system for online orders
Restaurant eCommerce: 4 reasons why you should consider an in-house management system for online orders

The food take-out and delivery order market has quickly grown over the past few years, reaching $300 billion USD in 2019 (1). In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic, along with a temporary pause of dine-in services at restaurants has made take-out and deliveries the main source of operating revenues for restaurants. While partnering with a third-party… READ POST

Recap: How restaurants worldwide stood up to face the challenges posed by COVID-19
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To date, it has been nearly 6 months since the COVID-19 global pandemic declaration by the World Health Organization, which has resulted in one of the most challenging periods ever for the restaurant and hospitality industry. According to Restaurant Dive, stay-at-home orders and dining room closures cost the industry $120 billion, however, restaurants are making… READ POST

Five Star Tips: Optimizing Your Online Menu Page to Get Your Restaurant’s Brand Across
Five Star Tips: Optimizing Your Online Menu Page to Get Your Restaurant’s Brand Across

The most popular WordPress restaurant menu plugin available for free, Five Star Restaurant Menu enables restaurants to quickly build a beautifully designed and professional-looking menu page on their website. Our plugin also allows restaurants to allow online ordering for pickup/ delivery right on their website, without having to share a percentage of fees and commissions… READ POST

Onto the New Norm: How has COVID-19 changed the restaurant industry landscape?
Onto the New Norm: How has COVID-19 changed the restaurant industry landscape?

In early March 2020, the World Health Organization publicly announced the COVID-19 outbreak, which was quickly spread to many regions around the world, was a global pandemic (1). As the novel coronavirus can be spread from an infected person through respiratory droplets, personal contact or making contact with an infected surface, social distancing and stay-at-home… READ POST

How have restaurant guests adapted to the new dine-out experience?
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Since social distancing regulations to slow down the spread of COVID-19 have been loosened around the world, many restaurants have re-opened their doors to welcome back their guests. However, as people are still concerned about their own health and safety when being out in public spaces, their dining out habits have also changed to conform… READ POST

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While business websites have become an important component to modern consumers, only about two-thirds of small businesses (including restaurant and hospitality businesses) have a website (1). However, more consumers are now valuing the presence of well-rounded restaurant websites that they can easily access and interact with. In this post, our team will be sharing our… READ POST

5 Best WordPress Themes for Restaurant and Hospitality Businesses
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As the leading platform to create and maintain websites, WordPress gives users the flexibility and freedom to customize your online presence with different themes and plugins. Users can create any type of website with WordPress, from blog pages to social networks, eCommerce and business websites.  However, if you are new to WordPress, choosing a theme… READ POST

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