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Ordering tools are priced in very different ways: a flat monthly fee, a share of every order, a fee per AI request, or hardware per table. These guides do the arithmetic for example restaurants with every assumption written down, and use only figures with a named, dated source.
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Costs and the numbers
A delivery app's commission pays for services a dine-in table doesn't use: a marketplace that finds the customer, a courier, and usually payment handling. Guests at your tables already chose you and are served by your staff, so a percentage of every order is harder to justify there. A flat fee stays fixed as you get busier; at very low volume, a small percentage can cost less.
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Costs and the numbers
Square lists QR code ordering on its $49 Plus and $149 Premium US plans per location, plus card fees of 2.4% to 2.9%. What you pay, what you need, what to ask.
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Costs and the numbers
Eased, not over. Restaurant quit rates still run about twice the private-sector rate and openings stay above average. Figures as published on 15 Oct 2026.
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Costs and the numbers
A service charge, an auto-gratuity and a card fee are not tips. How to name each one, where to show it, and what Florida's July 2026 fee notice rule asks for.
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Costs and the numbers
What it costs when a server quits: covered shifts, hiring, training and the slow first weeks. A worksheet with every assumption stated, plus BLS quit data.
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Costs and the numbers
We found no good data on QR ordering and tips. What surveys say about tipping, which vendor claims are only claims, and how tips work when staff take payment.
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Costs and the numbers
How to work out restaurant labor cost percentage and sales per labor hour, why quoted benchmarks rarely name a source, and a worked week with every assumption.
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Costs and the numbers
Stand-alone QR ordering runs from free to about $300 a month, or a share of sales. Three example restaurants show when a flat fee wins and when it doesn't.
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