4 Reasons to Avoid Used Menu Boards

No Warranty

A few months back and really out of no where, when you Google “menu boards” eBay became the first company to come up.  When you click on the link and check out some of the available (cough, cough) menu boards, you can see that you’re able to pick something up for relatively cheap- which is […]

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5 Tips to Minimize Your Menu Boards Research

Tips

We love talking to people when they call in looking for menu boards.  They come in all different shapes and sizes.  Some are looking for a large scale digital roll-out and others for a single counter display. Though no matter what they might be looking for a lot of people don’t have a plan for […]

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5 Ways to Prepare for Your Menu Board Install

prepare

There tends to be a decent chuck of time that passes from when you begin to think about a new menu board system until the time it is ready to ship. You have to identify the company, the product, get the design done, revised and then ultimately approved.  They it hits the production queue and […]

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More Random Menu Board Thoughts

Random-Thoughts

In my attempt to come up with a sole direction for this blog I just kept coming up with a mixed bag of talking points which on their own weren’t worthy of a whole post.  So I thought to myself, “Well it’s been a while since I have been random.”  So without further adieu, here […]

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Breaking Down Menu Board Lead Time

Leadtime

“Yesterday”- this is what we are frequently told when we ask when our customers for their menu board need-by date.  After a shared chuckle we have to break the news as to what their expectations should be regarding the time that elapses from start to finish. 

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3 Drive-thru Menu Board Tidbits

Tidbits

Adding or having a drive-thru menu board could be one of the best things for your quick-serve restaurant.  It is an additional revenue stream, allows you to serve more customers and elevates their satisfaction.  However, if not given adequate thought it could prove to be both a sizable opportunity and investment wasted.  The anatomy of […]

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5 Menu Board Company Misconceptions

True-False

Everyday we get a lot of calls from all walks of life.  From college kids working on a project to someone working a business plan to single restaurant owners to large companies.  The line of questioning comes in from all angles and the responses are based on those we are talking to. It is without […]

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Blog Excerpts Part I- Digital Menu Boards

Digital

Over the last few years, we have written over a hundred blogs.  For the most part, we cover five areas, 1- Digital Menu Boards, 2- Drive-thru Menu Boards, 3- Traditional Menu Boards, 4- Display Fixtures & Graphics, and 5- Random Thoughts & Industry news.  As we continue to write blogs on a weekly basis we […]

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Blog Excerpts Part II- Drive-thru Menu Boards

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In part two of our five part series we revisit some blogs that were specifically written for and about drive-thru menu boards.  When looking at drive-thru menu boards, there could be a lot of pieces to the puzzle or very few.  It all depends on how you want to enter the drive-thru world.  It is […]

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Blog Excerpts Part III- Traditional Menu Boards

MB

In part three of five we take a look at what we’ve discussed on the topic of traditional menu boards in the past.  A lot of our writing on this topic is relatable to digital signage and drive-thru menu boards as well.  It has a lot to do with the importance of design, placement, selection, […]

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