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Best Digital Menu Boards for Quick-Service Restaurants: WAND Digital vs SmarterSign

Digital menu boards are now table stakes for small and midsize business owners and operators in the fast casual and quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry. For franchisors and franchisees who are ready to make the investment in digital menus for drive-thrus and indoor service, we’ve pulled together comparisons of the best platforms on the market for QSRs. In this article, we’ll compare WAND Digital’s menu system and SmarterSign’s.

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Best Digital Menu Boards for Quick-Service Restaurants: WAND Digital vs OptiSigns

Digital menu boards are now table stakes for small and midsize business owners and operators in the fast casual and quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry. For franchisors and franchisees who are ready to make the investment in digital menus for drive-thrus and indoor service, we’ve pulled together comparisons of the best platforms on the market for QSRs. In this article, we’ll compare WAND Digital’s menu system and OptiSigns’.

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WAND Digital versus OptiSigns

Entice Customers With Festive Seasonal Digital Menu Design

If you haven’t changed up your menu design or items, it’s not too late to make some quick tweaks to entice customers to try new items and make the most of the season. Whether you’re designing digital menu boards for one location or one hundred, read on for quick “hacks'' to spice up your digital menus for the fall and winter seasons.

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Make the Most of Your Section 179 Tax Deduction

By purchasing new equipment before the end of the year (December 31, 2022), like digital menu boards and accompanying hardware accessories, you’re not only investing in your business for increased revenue next year, you’re also making the most of your business tax deduction.

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10 Ways to Increase Sales after People Enter Your Restaurant

facebooklinkedintwitterAs a restaurant operator, you have to make countless decisions every day. One of those decisions is how to influence what people are buying after they walk through the doors. Many operators unintentionally overlook ways they can increase customer loyalty, promote key products, and inspire last-minute sales. That’s why it’s important to optimize your in-store signage and promotional areas to your advantage and increase sales to hit your goals.1. Don't Overlook Front Doors, Windows, and CeilingsFirst impressions count, and the front doors are often the first contact...

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Five Creative Digital Menu Design Tips

When it comes to designing your menu boards, the best place to start is with a solid marketing strategy that is consistent across your entire brand. That will allow you to better coordinate all of the corresponding activities as you’re generating content.

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Chavez Supermarket: Digital Menu Board Case Study

Beto Chavez of Chavez Supermarket & Tacqueria considered upgrading the tacqueria’s static menu boards to digital menu boards. With nine tacqueria locations to manage throughout the Bay Area of California, Chavez knew that it was in the best interest of the business to improve and streamline operations.

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A rectangular menu board with a white background and image of a carne asada burrito meal in the bottom right corner advertises tacos, bowls, burritos, and Mexican favorites.
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