Designed with the challenges of the hospitality and catering industry in mind, Menu Guide supports a wide variety of food businesses – from independent cafes and restaurant groups to arenas and sports stadiums. Read some current client case studies.
– Menu Guide runs through a web browser and is accessible via any internet-connected device, without needing special software or an app.
– It enables the quick and easy creation of allergen menus from scratch, using uploaded documents or via integration with kitchen systems.
– Menu content and appearance may be customised to suit each venue’s requirements, using templates or with full white labelling.
– Once created, the interactive menus are available online to customers via QR codes or short-links generated by the system.
– Diners can easily see which menu items meet their dietary requirements and store their personal preferences for future use.
Menu Guide saves time, minimises paperwork and eliminates the paper waste from printed allergen menus. It supports staff training and improves customer service by providing a single digital reference point with accurate, interactive menu information shared by servers and guests.
– Menu Management: Create, customise, edit, autosave and link menus. Store them in your library. Schedule their future publication and deactivation.
– Flexible Menu Content: Show ingredients, dietary categories (vegetarian, vegan, halal), calories, nutritional content, photos and carbon footprint data.
– Instant Updating: Use the ‘find and replace’ function to quickly update menus if one item changes
– Menu Search Function: Diners may search the allergen menus for any item or ingredient
– Label Printing: Create and print labels for PPDS foods to comply with ‘Natasha’s Law’
– Customer Data: Weekly analytics to track trends in customers’ dining preferences
No WiFi, patchy internet or a poor mobile phone signal in your venue? No problem, simply download our offline menus app to a shared tablet (available for Android devices on Google Play) and your customers can browse your allergen menus no matter where they are.
Yes, Menu Guide is designed to support safe allergen management and includes:
– System warnings of any conflicting menu information to alert staff of discrepancies
– Custom allergy statements to communicate kitchen working practices (e.g. risk of cross contact) to diners
– Automatic expiry of allergen menus that have not been regularly checked and a facility for diners to report any issues
– Tracking of user operations and menu changes through a detailed audit log
– Primary Authority assurance of compliance with all relevant current food safety legislation
Winners of the ‘Innovation and Technical’ category at the UK Government’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) Regulatory Excellence Awards 2021 (find out more)