7 Signals That Tell You When a Restaurant Is Opening or Switching POS
The 7 signals that flag a restaurant is in-market. Liquor licenses, POS migrations, GM hires, catering launches.
Restaurants make stack decisions during opening and migration windows. The window is 90 days for new locations, 30 days for migrations.
Signal 1, Liquor license
Top trigger. 90-day clock.
Signal 2, Build-out permit
Kitchen and exhaust permits.
Signal 3, POS migration
Toast to Square swaps in job descriptions.
Signal 4, GM hiring
New GMs always rebuild back-of-house.
Signal 5, Catering launch
New catering menus on website and Instagram.
Signal 6, Online ordering
ChowNow, Toast Online Ordering migrations.
Signal 7, Stacking
License + POS migration + GM = top-tier.
Watch Satellyte detect these signals across Restaurant Owners in real time.
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