Dining room

Menu Engineering

Which dishes actually pay rent.

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What it does for you

• Plate cost and contribution margin on every item, every week
• Product mix sorted into stars, plowhorses, puzzles and dogs

+2 more we walk through on the call, with your own numbers — including what it would cost you and what we’d leave alone.

Systems we set up that do this

We place and support these. Which one fits depends on how you run the place — that’s what the walkthrough is for.

• SpotOn Restaurant POS with the support reputation that actually shows up in the reviews.
• Oracle MICROS The enterprise standard, placed by a dealer who only does MICROS.
• Clover The most widely deployed small-business POS, and the easiest one to overpay for.

Worth reading first

• Restaurant POSCommission-Free Online Ordering: Stop Losing Margin to Delivery AppsWhat commission-free ordering is worth, and what it costs to run.
• Restaurant POSDo You Really Need Handhelds? A Cost/Benefit LookPowerful, not free, and not right for every dining room.
• Restaurant POSThe Best POS Systems for Restaurants in 2026 (Independent Guide)How to match a POS to your concept and service style, rather than to whoever is selling hardest.