Product Blogs and Guides

Add custom images to screens to for branding consistency

Kitchen iQ

Kitchen iQ

When there are no active orders displayed on the screens, incorporating custom images can help maintain engagement and reinforce your brand message.

Add images and assign to sites or screens.

Maximise Margins

Point of Sale

Discover 10 ways Zonal's tech can make your business more profitable and deliver more revenue.

5 Forgotten Areas in Your Booking System

Bookings

In this blog learn about the top five forgotten areas of the booking system and what to do to make the most of your systems.

Additional Plans & Layouts

Bookings

In this guide consider how you can have different plans and layouts for different days of the week.

Display Allergen Information for Important Visibility on Order Tickets

Kitchen iQ

Update panel view tickets in channel configurations to display important allergen information for food preparation and kitchen operations.

Combine stations setup for quiet service times

Kitchen iQ

During quieter service times, the kitchen often operates with reduced staff, requiring adjustments to the standard preparation process. A single chef may need to oversee multiple stations, taking on additional responsibilities preparing multiple courses or dish types.

Create channels with consolidated stations to improve efficiency.

Change warn and alert colours for customer facing screens

Kitchen iQ

If you have customer-facing screens or an open-plan kitchen, displaying the default red and amber colours for warnings and alerts may not be ideal, as they could give guests the impression that there's an issue.

Learn how to change these colours in this guide.

The Top 5 Latest Order and Pay features

Guest Ordering

Help reduce your overheads and boost efficiency with our latest updates in Order and Pay.

Benefit more with coffee and drinks dispense

Kitchen iQ

With your investment in Kitchen iQ for food preparation and service, why not maximize its potential by expanding its use to coffee and bar drink dispense? Utilise a tablet to manage these orders seamlessly and gain valuable insights through reporting to track preparation times for both food and beverages.

Use text rules to highlight important preparation information

Kitchen iQ

Text rules allow specific word matches to be displayed with alternative text and background colours, making key instructions or preparation details stand out. This is especially useful for highlighting allergens and ensuring critical information is easily noticed.

Setup text rules to improve onsite operations.

Changes to how Customers can store card details in the Ordering App

Guest Ordering

Zonal are implementing rate limiting on ‘add card’ calls to limit the number of times a customer can vault a card within a short period of time.