How Restaurants are Using QR Codes for Touchless Options

 

For those of you that left your Smartphone at home when dining out with friends and family, those days may soon be gone. QR codes have taken the restaurant industry by storm since the pandemic disrupted our world, which means you’ll need those phones at your favourite dining establishments after all.

About 52 percent of restaurants in the U.S. have already switched to QR code menus and many more are expected to follow.

How do QR Codes Work?

QR, or Quick Response, codes were first invented in 1994 in Japan. They are 2-dimensional barcodes that store data horizontally and vertically, making them, unlike the barcodes you see in supermarkets, scannable at any angle. And, unlike 1-dimensional barcodes that only store up to 30 numbers, QR codes can store almost 7,100.

As of 2017, a smartphone’s operating system enabled users to scan these codes with their phone’s camera. Simply hover over the code, as if you’re going to take a photo, and a notification pops up with a link that directs you to the desired destination.

For smartphones that are experiencing technical difficulty, there are several QR code reader apps available for download.

While businesses such as Amazon, Taco Bell, and Starbucks have been using these 2-dimensional barcodes for some time, other brands are just entering the world of embedded data.

How are Restaurants Using QR Codes?

No-touch menus as well as ordering and payment methods are all possible with QR codes. In addition, these digital marvels offer customer tracking which can then be used in a brand’s loyalty or marketing program.

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Touchless Menu creates a contactless ordering experience during dine-in service. Guests access the restaurant's food and beverage menu by connecting to a special WiFi network, which pushes the digital menu to the guest's Smartphone, tablet, laptop or other WiFi-enabled device.  

The Touchless Menu is safer than sanitizing reusable menus, which require cleaning by staff members between uses. It also provides significant cost savings over printed single-use menus, while being environmentally conscious. 

While other digital menu solutions are available, they are expensive to install and maintain, or they're clunky offerings that required guests to follow complicated instructions. Touchless Menu, by comparison, is affordable and it's the easiest digital menu to use.

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For restaurants during the pandemic, regulations against indoor dining have been a huge hurdle to overcome. Once restaurants were allowed to serve people sitting at outdoor tables, they had to do things differently still. There was a greater need for PPE for workers who previously didn’t need it. There was a need for hand sanitizer on a large scale. And the way customers look at the menu has changed—possibly forever.

You’ve probably seen this if you’ve sat down at a restaurant recently. Rather than picking up a menu, you scan a QR code on a sticker on the table. From there, the menu loads on your Smartphone.

This has helped against surface contamination during the ongoing fight against the spread of COVID-19, but it’s reduced the need for a product distributors have historically sold their restaurant clients.

Due to the convenient nature, customers have responded positively to the QR code method.

By subscribing to Nanovise Touch-less Menu, Customer may access the functions for the selected subscription level. This will include options to add menus files, which will be displayed in the menu page, customize the menu page for display.

 

 

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The single most reusable item in the restaurant is the menu. Unfortunately, it is not possible to sanitize a printed menu after every use. The solution, QR Ordering via the guest mobile. The guest scans a QR code on his / her mobile, see the menu and place the order via the mobile without downloading any app. unfortunately solutions like this cost money, and given the current market scenario, restaurants are not in a financial position to purchase such solutions.

 Hence we at Nanovise are giving away QR Ordering for restaurant worldwide to help curb the spread of COVID-19! Do chat with us and find out for how long you can enjoy our service for free! It usually depends on your location and for how long restaurants have been open again for dine-in.

This is the simplest form of QR Menu. Perfect if your restaurant believes in table service.  All we have done is replaced the printed menu with a QR Menu!

​Guest comes, scan his mobile to see your menu and your staffs take the order! No POS or payment gateway integration required.

 

What Is A QR Code Menu | Nanovise Touch less Menu

 

As restaurants reopen, a major concern for them is limiting the spread of the Corona virus through surfaces, such as physical menus. Switching to contactless options like QR Code menus is the next normal for restaurants of all sizes. CDC in its guidelines clearly stated the use of disposable or digital menus.

Provide disposable menus to guests and make menus available digitally so that customers can view on a personal electronic device, if possible. If disposable menus cannot be provided, properly disinfect menus before and after customer use. Consider options for customers to order ahead of time.

What is a QR Code menu?

QR Code menus are digital versions of physical menu cards at restaurants. Diners scan these QR Code menus to access the restaurant menu on their mobile phones. Using these touchless menus for hotels or restaurants limits the spread of the Corona virus through physical objects that go through multiple hand exchanges.