Toast POS Features for Independent Restaurant Operators
A practical guide to which Toast features actually drive restaurant revenue and which ones to skip.
A practical guide to which Toast features actually drive restaurant revenue and which ones to skip.
Open rate lies; revenue per message tells you whether your SMS actually works.
Small restaurants face the same SMS fines as big chains for noncompliance.
Restaurants face millions in liability by conflating transactional and marketing consent in texts.
Noncompliance can cost $500 to $1,500 per text, and lawsuits are climbing fast.
Unique codes and POS data reveal which texts actually drive profitable restaurant visits.
Redemption rates reveal which messages drive orders, not just which ones get read.
Timing automated texts around what guests actually do beats blasting them on the calendar.
Run your SMS segments by customer behavior, not just blasts to everyone.
SMS texts hit 90% open rates and drive 14% revenue bumps—here's how to build the list right.
Automate reservation reminders and post-visit follow-ups to cut no-shows.
Smarter segmentation lifts SMS revenue per message by up to 760 percent.