Technology

Toast offering upgrades to help restaurants better manage employees, third-party orders

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November 18, 2021

Toast, an all-in-one platform built for restaurants, has created a suite of products to help restaurants retain employees, access sales more quickly and manage profitably when working with third parties, said CEO Chris Comparato.

"We're able to better help restaurants of all sizes take back control of their takeout and delivery business, better manage and retain their employees and access sales when they need it," he said in a company press release.

Access to sales

Toast has created the Toast Restaurant Card to give operators better access to sales — 365 days a year, even on holidays and weekends. The card also provides access to a restaurant-focused cash-back rewards program with partners including FTD, Hedley & Bennett, Island Creek Oysters, Poached Jobs, RestaurantSupply.com and SERVPRO. There are no minimum balance requirements or fees.

Takeout and delivery

The company, which offers integration with Doordash, Caviar, Grubhub, Postmates and Uber Eats, helps restaurants understand how first-party and third-party channels are contributing to their sales and margins in one dashboard, allowing them to analyze performance and improve their profit margins, according to the release. Orders appear in Toast's Orders Hub interface, which provides a single order management screen for orders placed via all Toast and third-party channels. The integrations also allow restaurants to update their menus and hours from one place and eliminate the need for inefficient "tablet farms" that take up precious employee time.

Payroll and employee management

With Toast's employee management tools, operators may save time with an all-in-one platform that streamlines the process of managing tips and paying employees. Toast Tips Manager gets rid of the laborious closeout processes by automatically calculating and transferring pooled tips to Toast Payroll & Team Management. Plus, employees receive a portion of pooled tips and wages instantly on their Toast Pay Card with Toast PayOut.