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S P E C I A L S

Paper Special


Buy any three cases of thermal paper NCB312273TL at regular price and get the fourth case of equal or lesser value for FREE!

Gift Cards

Place your custom gift card order by Sept. 30th and you will be placed into a drawing to win a free gift card display, 500 holiday gift card carriers and 500 envelopes.

W E L C O M E
NCBP welcomes:
Arthur's Ten Mile
Walker, MN

Red Lake Nation College
Red Lake, MN

Cyrus Resort
Baudette, MN

The Ranch House
Walker, MN

Gator's Grilled Cheese Emporium
Ely, MN

Ramada
Grand Forks, ND

Prairie Run Café
Albertville, MN

Burger Jones
Burnsville, MN

Joseph's
Stillwater, MN

The Commodore
St Paul, MN

Hastings High School
Hastings, MN

Bowman Lodge
Bowman, ND

Grand Treasure Casino
Willison, ND

The Holiday Inn
Bismarck, ND

The Drink at Lakewood
Mandan, ND

Sage Creek Grille
Custer, SD

Campbell Street Café
Rapid City, SD

The Nugget
Deadwood, SD

E V E N T S

September 16
2015 MN Hospitality Expo
St. Paul River Center, St. Paul, MN

October 6 & 7
2015 Tavern League of WI
Appleton, WI
October 6 & 7

October 13
2015 Reinhart Fall Expo
Lacrosse Civic Center
Lacrosse, WI 

O U T L O O K

Watch this short video from the National Restaurant Association discussing this past month's Restaurant Performance index and economic indicators.

 


S O C I A L  S T A T U S
 
#Hashtag Power
 
Hash tags can be super powerful to help get your brand out there. Read this article to learn what they are, how to use them and how you can expose your restaurant to a much larger audience with a simple #. 


A L E R T S

Higher Beef Prices Not Swaying Restaurants



5 EMV Myths for Restaurants
P O S   U S E R   A L E R T :   W I N D O W S  10
  
Consequences of Upgrading to Windows 10
Beginning in early July, you may have begun seeing a notification on your screen offering to upgrade your Windows computers to the newest version of the Operating System, Windows 10. 
 
This is the result of an OPTIONAL Windows update provided by Microsoft to entice you to upgrade your Operating System. Compatibility testing on the use of Windows 10 on most POS System applications has not been performed.
 
If you, or another employee that has access to your Point-of-Sale System, chooses to apply this upgrade, there can be harmful and possibly unrecoverable consequences to your business. 
 
If you see this notification, or are concerned that it might show up in the future, contact NCBP immediately.  

Oracle Workstation 6
  
Oracle Delivers on Industry Demands
As restaurants are looking to connect with guests via mobile and social tools, Oracle is now offering a solution with the Workstation 6 providing a next generation POS terminal that works in concert with mobile, cloud, and social media to deliver consistent, integrated content. 



F O O D   F O R   T H O U G H T
  
Minimum Wage Driving Restaurant Owners to Seek Robots
The cost of minimum wage is rising and some restaurant owners are trying to recover by streamlining food production and delivery with machines versus people. Read why the human touch may become a thing of the past in the restaurant world.



 
Double Your Revenue During Football Season
Football season is here and this video gives you some marketing tools on how to pack every seat on Monday and Thursday nights - doubling, maybe even tripling your revenue.

 
  

September Marketing Ideas
As summer comes to an end, get ready to roll out some new marketing strategies with this helpful list of special days (Labor Day) and foods (National Cheeseburger Day) for September.


 

S E C U R I T Y   S A V V Y  
  
EMV Update
We wanted to share some information recently released at the Visa Payment Technology Provider Forum held this summer to help put perspective on the upcoming October date for the EMV liability shift. 

As of July 2015:
  • 117 million EMV cards have been issued (28% of total cards)
  • 78 million of which are credit and 39 million are debit
  • 250,000 merchants have been EMV enabled (this represents about 5% of   the US merchant base)
  • A few hundred terminals supporting EMV PIN debit have been enabled
Click here to read more interesting facts about the slow adoption of EMV among retail and restaurants.


  
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T E C H   T R E N D S
   
Should You Install Surveillance Cameras?
Read why one expert says before you even go down the road of considering surveillance cameras at your restaurant bar - you have to know how you are going to use it.


 

 
New App Provides Feedback to Restaurants
Read about this new mobile App that let's customers provide feedback, discreetly and privately direct to restaurants - and rewards them for doing so!

 

 

inMotion Mobile App from MICROS for Restaurant Operators

 

 

 

Contact NCBP to learn more about inMotion and other MICROS products.

 

V I D E O

 

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