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.

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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.

Benefits of QR Code-based Contactless Menus for Restaurants

 

Contactless menus are based on QR codes in which customers can scan and view the menu on their smart phones. Restaurant owners these days also enable ordering and payments via these contactless menus. We’d like to highlight a few of the many benefits of QR code-based contactless menus-

Ensure hygiene and safety with contactless menus

Reopening your restaurant during COVID-19? Ditch the use of traditional paper-based menus and go digital by using QR code-based menus. This will help maintain hygiene and ensure the safety of both customers and staff.

Update your menus easily in real-time

Add new menu items, modify prices for your dishes, and manage all your tables and orders in real-time by just a few clicks. Update your menus and orders anytime on your manager dashboard.

Improve margin by ditching single-use menus

No need to incur the cost of printing multiple single-use menus. Go touchless with paperless menus and increase your profit.

No need for customers to download apps

Customers will be able to view the menu on their Smartphone by simply scanning your QR code. They need not download more apps.