Restaurant Trends

Business Tips One Step at a Time: Engage Your Employees

A highlighted business tip from an EKS&H article: No 1: Stay Engaged With Your Employees As a leader in your business, you must provide employees with a sense of stability and confidence during times of economic unrest. Let them know that you are in control of the situation, and be a force for optimism. When […]

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Advice for Small Businesses : 80/20 Rule of Time Management

Here at Sintel Systems we work with big and small businesses of all types. When it comes to differentiating the two, the 80/20 Rule that Perry Marshall speaks of on Entreprenuer.com comes into mind when noticing the differences between the small and big operations. Marshall begins by discussing how small-business owners tend to waste their

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Business Innovation: Self-Cleaning Plates and Sustainable Goods

The future is upon as some thinkers, inventors and such futurists of the world are advancing us for a future of planned green goodness. With iphones, robots, google glasses, and 3D printing upon us, it’s only a matter of time until all this technology shifts and changes the way we operate and facilitate exchanges of

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Quick Read: How Successful People Stay Calm

Managing and owning a business isn’t an easy job. It can be quite stressful as tasks begin to pile on and on. Contributor Travis Bradberry, author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and cofounder of TalentSmart, writes about the importance of staying calm. The article “How Successful People Stay Calm” is featured on Forbes.com it discusses how

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BBQ POS: Prepare Your Business Before Summer Hits

If you’re opening up a new business this summer then you know that right now it’s crunch time before the season hits. Everyone is waiting for their vacation filled with frozen yogurt, barbeques, swimming pools and shopping sprees. Here at Sintel Systems we know that prospective opening dates don’t always go accordingly to plan, especially

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Candy Shop: Fuzziwig's Candy Factory

  Are you thinking about opening up a candy store? Like we mentioned in our last article on pizza shops, the best way to discover your own unique idea is to explore what’s already out there. Fuzziwig’s Candy Factory is a successful candy shop franchise that grew from just one store in 1995 to 20

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Which POS (Point of Sale) Systems should I use?

In a recently published article on Entrepreneur.com, the following headline was presented: “Which Point of Sale System Should I Use? I am on a tight budget and opening a retail Christmas and candy shop. What would you recommend for a point of sale system for a small startup like this? What are the pros and

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Why you should invest in two or more terminals: Even Starbucks concludeds there are not enough POS systems

Are you making plans to open up your prospective business? Sintel Systems understands that clients are always looking for the most cost efficient ways to open up their store by cutting costs where it is necessary. Many times clients come to us describing that they can only afford one terminal in their cost saving mindset

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Dunkin' Donuts: New Loyalty Program Keyed In with Unified POS Provider

Dunkin’ Brands CEO Nigel Travis officially announced this Monday that the company plans to launch a new loyalty program later this January. Members will earn 5 points for every dollar spent. Once a member reaches 200 points they receive a medium-size beverage. According to The Wall Street Journal DD article (found here), competitors like Startbucks

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