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Restaurants
Restaurant performance depends on getting three things right simultaneously: the right staff levels at the right times, the right guest experience in every interaction, and the right protection for your people and your assets.
RetailNext gives restaurant operators the real-time visibility and traffic intelligence to optimize all three — from accurate guest traffic forecasting and labor scheduling to comprehensive video security and promotional measurement. Whether you run a single location or hundreds, our platform delivers the operational intelligence that separates high-performing restaurants from the rest.
Staff to Demand, Not to Guesswork
Guest traffic varies dramatically by daypart, day of week, and season. RetailNext forecasts traffic patterns accurately, so your scheduling reflects actual demand rather than historical averages — reducing labor costs without sacrificing service.
Reduce Wait Times, Improve Throughput
Every minute a guest waits is a risk to satisfaction and a lost future visit. RetailNext tracks guest flow and wait times in real time, helping you identify bottlenecks and optimize layouts and staffing to improve throughput.
Protect Your People and Your Assets
Employee safety, theft reduction, and fast incident investigation — RetailNext Asset Protection provides cloud-based video monitoring integrated with POS data, giving your operations and loss prevention teams the tools they need.
Every Guest Counts. EVERY DECISION MATTERS.
From morning rush to closing, RetailNext gives restaurant operators the traffic intelligence to make faster, smarter decisions about staffing, operations, and guest experience.
Built for the Demands of RESTAURANT OPERATIONS.
Whether you're managing a single location or a fleet of hundreds, RetailNext gives your operations team the visibility to perform at their best.
Match staff schedules to real guest demand, not gut feel. Forecast traffic by day, daypart, and location, then build schedules that cover every rush and cut labor waste in slow periods. Plan ahead for seasonal swings and promotions, and eliminate the cost of both over- and under-staffing.
Track guest flow and wait times in real time. Identify where bottlenecks form, test layout changes that improve throughput, and ensure every guest gets fast, consistent service regardless of how busy the location is.
Cloud-based video monitoring with POS integration. Investigate incidents quickly, track high-risk transactions, protect employees from workplace incidents, and reduce shrink across every location in your network.
Measure the traffic lift from marketing campaigns, seasonal promotions, and menu changes. Understand which initiatives drive incremental visits — and which are just discounting existing customers.
Compare performance metrics across all locations. Identify your top-performing restaurants, understand what's driving their results, and build a replication playbook for the rest of your network.




Powered by the Aurora® sensor
Every metric on this page is captured by the award-winning Aurora® sensor — the all-in-one IoT device at the heart of the RetailNext platform.
Retail Intelligence THAT MOVES THE NEEDLE.
RetailNext works with restaurant and food service operators globally, delivering the traffic intelligence and security capabilities that improve performance at every location.
Additional sales in 7 months
The Vitamin Shoppe
Shopper yield increase
Boggi Milano
Damian Hall
Ready to Run SMARTER RESTAURANTS?
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Common Questions
About Restaurants
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How does RetailNext measure guest traffic in a restaurant environment versus a traditional retail store?
RetailNext counts guests with the same 95–99% accurate Aurora® sensors used in retail, applied to restaurant entrances and zones — capturing arrivals by daypart and day of week so you can forecast demand and staff to it, whether it's a quick-service rush or a dinner service.
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Can RetailNext help reduce wait times and improve throughput during peak service periods?
Yes. RetailNext tracks guest flow and wait times in real time, pinpointing where bottlenecks form, so you can test layout and staffing changes that improve throughput and keep service fast and consistent during every rush.
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How does RetailNext Asset Protection work in a food service environment?
RetailNext Asset Protection provides cloud-based video monitoring integrated with POS data — flagging high-risk transactions, speeding incident investigation, and helping protect employees and reduce shrink across every location, from a single restaurant to a large multi-unit network.
About Buying and Implementing
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How does RetailNext integrate with our existing POS and workforce management systems?
RetailNext integrates with your POS, workforce management, and BI tools through standard APIs, so guest-traffic forecasts flow into the scheduling systems your managers already use and POS data powers exception reporting.
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What does deployment look like across a large restaurant network?
RetailNext is cloud-native and built on the single PoE-powered Aurora® sensor with simple network setup (one outbound port, no VPNs), so it scales across hundreds of locations without per-site architecture changes. Rollouts are phased by region — our team will scope a representative timeline.
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What ROI can restaurant operators typically expect from RetailNext?
ROI comes primarily from labor precision (staffing to forecast demand rather than averages), improved throughput, and shrink reduction through POS-linked video. RetailNext customers have seen results such as $6M in additional sales over seven months (The Vitamin Shoppe) and a 40% shopper-yield increase (Boggi Milano).