Hospitality
Menus, fixtures, events and offers for pubs, cafes and restaurants, and keeping them right through a busy day.
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Allergen information and digital menus: getting it right
What UK allergen rules mean for a digital menu board, how to show allergy information clearly on screen, and why the screen shouldn't be the only source.
Hospitality · 6 min read
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Dayparting: switching breakfast, lunch and evening menus automatically
Set your breakfast, lunch and evening menus up once and let the screens change over on time every day, with different hours at weekends and nothing to remember.
Hospitality · 5 min read
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Digital menu boards: a practical guide for cafes and restaurants
How a digital menu board works in a cafe or restaurant, what to put on it, and how to change a price or take a dish off without touching the design.
Hospitality · 6 min read
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Marking dishes as sold out on screen without redesigning anything
How to take a sold-out dish off your digital menu board in a few taps, who should do it, and how to design the board so a missing dish doesn't leave a gap.
Hospitality · 5 min read
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Outdoor and beer garden screens: what to know before you buy
What to check before putting a screen in a beer garden or outside a venue: weather, brightness, power, connection, security, sound and planning rules.
Hospitality · 5 min read
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Promoting live sport and fixtures on pub screens
Keep a fixtures board current in a minute a week, put match days on every screen at kick-off, and hand the screens back to food and drink at full time.
Hospitality · 5 min read
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Promoting quiz nights, live music and events on screen
How to promote quiz nights, gigs and other events on your venue's screens: a what's-on list, a slide for each big night, and when to show them.
Hospitality · 5 min read
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Running happy hours and time-limited offers on screen
How to schedule happy hours and limited offers so they start and stop on time on every screen, plus the licensing rules on drinks promotions to check first.
Hospitality · 6 min read
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Using a window screen to bring people into a cafe
What to show on a cafe window screen so passers-by come in, how to match it to the time of day, and what to check about brightness, sun and placement.
Hospitality · 5 min read
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What pubs put on their screens (and what works)
What pubs show on their screens, from fixtures and food to quiz nights and guest ales, which screen suits which job, and the content customers ignore.
Hospitality · 5 min read
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