Restaurant tech, written by people who’ve run restaurants
Operator playbooks, product deep-dives, and the data behind the shifts shaping how restaurants run today.
Why catering is the high-revenue channel you’re likely under-managing
Stop managing catering on sticky notes. Scale your most profitable channel with Katalyst. Book a demo!
The great POS migration: why 44% of restaurants are switching by 2026 (and what it means for you)
44% of restaurants are ditching legacy POS by 2026. Don’t get left behind. See why Katalyst is the OS of choice for the industry’s great migration.
The 53% shift: why direct online ordering is no longer optional
Stop losing 30% to apps. Reclaim your margins and data with Katalyst Native Online Ordering.
9 game-changing strategies to market your restaurant’s catering
Unlock serious catering revenue with these nine catering strategies.
How an 8-location restaurant group found an innovation partner — and achieved a 10-year goal in just one year
After 7 years of failed attempts on legacy POS, an 8-location New Hampshire restaurant group rolled out KDS, reliable handhelds, and zero-downtime updates in 12 months on Katalyst.
The role of real-time reporting in modern restaurant success
Why real-time reporting has become essential — instant sales insights, better labor management, smarter inventory, and data-driven marketing.
The integration of artificial intelligence with point-of-sale systems: transforming retail efficiency and customer experience
How AI-driven POS systems are reshaping retail — from personalised checkout and dynamic pricing to inventory forecasting, fraud detection, and predictive maintenance.
Revolutionizing restaurant catering with Katalyst POS
Catering is one of the most profitable channels in a restaurant — and one of the most operationally painful. Here’s how Katalyst’s POS-native catering turns it into a 24/7 revenue engine.
History and evolution of point-of-sale systems in the restaurant industry
From 19th-century mechanical cash registers to today’s AI-powered cloud POS — how restaurant point-of-sale systems evolved over 140+ years.
How Katalyst empowers restaurants to scale catering services effortlessly
From order intake and instant payments to capacity-aware fulfillment, Katalyst’s catering management lives inside the POS — turning catering into a streamlined, revenue-driving channel.
Why restaurant owners are switching to all-in-one POS systems in 2025
Ten reasons operators are consolidating disconnected restaurant tools into a single all-in-one POS — from cost savings to real-time reporting and AI-powered automation.
How AI-powered reporting improves restaurant profit margins
How AI-powered reporting helps restaurants protect razor-thin profit margins through real-time sales, inventory, labor, and customer insights.
How restaurant intelligence is shaping the future of dining in 2025
How AI-powered analytics, real-time reporting, and 200+ KPIs are reshaping the way restaurants operate, optimize, and grow in 2025.
Why cloud-based POS systems are the future of restaurant operations
Why cloud-based POS systems offer real-time access, automatic updates, scalability, and a better guest experience — and have become the industry standard in 2025.
How AI is revolutionizing restaurant staffing and scheduling
How AI-powered scheduling forecasts demand, automates shift management, and keeps labor costs in check while improving employee retention.
How restaurant owners are cutting costs with AI-powered inventory management
Inventory mismanagement is one of the biggest profit killers in the restaurant industry. Here’s how AI-powered tracking, predictive ordering, and vendor management cut waste and protect margins.
Why loyalty programs are a game-changer for restaurants in 2025
AI-powered loyalty programs go far beyond punch cards: personalized rewards, lifetime-value uplift, POS-integrated experiences, and real-time customer analytics.
The hidden costs of outdated POS systems — why it’s time to upgrade
Outdated POS systems quietly cost restaurants thousands a year in slow transactions, license fees, broken integrations, and security risk. Here’s the real total cost of holding on.
How AI-driven POS systems are redefining restaurant efficiency
From auto-routing orders and predictive staffing to AI upselling and waste-cutting inventory, AI-powered POS systems are reshaping how restaurants run.
Choosing the right POS system for your restaurant: Katalyst vs. Aloha, Toast, and Square — Boston, MA
How Katalyst stacks up against Aloha, Toast, and Square in the Boston restaurant POS market — features, pricing, and which system fits your operation.
The future of restaurant AI: how smart technology is reshaping the industry
How AI is transforming restaurant management with predictive analytics, automation, and real-time insights — and where the next wave of robotics, voice ordering, and AI marketing is heading.
Katalyst: the future of restaurant technology is here
Katalyst is the all-in-one restaurant management platform built by restaurateurs — combining POS, kitchen displays, loyalty, online ordering, and 250+ reports into one tool.
Katalyst announces all-in-one software now tracks 200+ KPIs to help restaurants streamline operations
Katalyst’s all-in-one restaurant management platform now tracks 200+ key performance indicators, giving operators unprecedented visibility into profitability and operations.
Why Katalyst POS is better than its competitors
What sets Katalyst POS apart: a restaurant-focused, all-in-one platform with native self-order kiosks, mobile pay, loyalty, deep analytics, and multi-location scalability.
Comparison of POS systems for restaurants: Katalyst, Aloha, Toast, and Square
Side-by-side comparison of the top restaurant POS systems — Katalyst, Aloha, Toast, and Square — across features, hardware, loyalty, reporting, and cost.
POS systems: technology stack and code age
How the age and architecture of a POS codebase affects features, scalability, security, and integration — and why a modern stack matters for the next decade.
How reporting and analytics can transform your restaurant business: a data-driven approach
Why reporting and analytics — not gut instincts — drive winning decisions in today’s restaurant business: KPIs to track, data to collect, and how to put it to work.
Restaurant intelligence: the gateway to restaurant analytics
Level 2 of restaurant intelligence — descriptive analytics. How looking back at sales, customers, operations, and finances sets the foundation for everything else.
Why loyalty programs are a game-changer for restaurants
How Katalyst’s loyalty program — granular accelerators, open API, and seamless POS integration — drives repeat visits, customer insight, and bottom-line revenue.
The value of payment processing embedded within Katalyst’s restaurant POS
How integrated payment processing inside Katalyst’s POS streamlines operations, enhances security with P2PE, and improves the guest experience.
Restaurant intelligence vs. restaurant analytics: elevate your restaurant’s data game
Restaurant intelligence (RI) describes what happened. Restaurant analytics (RA) predicts and prescribes what to do next. The five-level framework, explained.
Restaurant intelligence and analytics defined: basic reporting
Level 1 of restaurant intelligence — basic POS reporting. The foundation that turns raw data into clear, comparable insights about past performance.
Leveraging native reservations and table management to enhance loyalty programs
Why native reservations and integrated table management are the data foundation for loyalty programs that actually drive repeat visits.
Menu engineering in today’s environment
How to engineer a restaurant menu that captures customer interest and maximises efficiency — using market insight, the cash cow / star matrix, and Katalyst’s POS data.
24/7 US-based customer support: how Katalyst makes service the backbone of the platform
Why Katalyst’s 24/7 US-based customer support team — fluent in English and culturally aligned with American restaurants — drives faster resolutions and stronger brand trust.
Boosting revenue and efficiency: the power of a point of sale (POS) system
How a modern POS system streamlines processes, enables data-driven decisions, surfaces upselling opportunities, and improves the customer experience — all in one platform.
Handheld season: unleash efficiency and customer spend
How server handheld devices boost average check sizes, eliminate kitchen-to-table runaround, and put loyalty, reservations, and reporting in your team’s palm.
Elevating data quality and tracking with native integrated systems
Why native integrated systems — not bolted-together SaaS stacks — produce the data quality, tracking, and security restaurants need to make confident decisions.