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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.

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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.

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Additional sales in 7 months

The Vitamin Shoppe

40

Shopper yield increase

Boggi Milano

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Over the past few years, RetailNext has been instrumental in helping me, as CEO, drive a performance-based culture throughout my organization. The insights and data generated by RetailNext have become indispensable to providing a data-based approach to delighting our customers, improving the efficiency of our marketing programs and simplifying decision making; on anything from staffing, to store layouts and merchandising. I've been extremely impressed with the team that supports us and how they are truly invested in our success.
Damian Hall
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