Key Highlights:
- Sauce launches Sauce Manager, its first native mobile app for restaurant owners and operators, available on iOS and Android.
- The app lets operators open or close online ordering, update sold-out menu items, adjust operating hours, and monitor order performance from their phones.
- Sauce Manager extends Sauce’s first-party restaurant ordering and delivery technology to mobile, giving independent restaurants and growing chains greater control over their direct online business.
Restaurant owners and operators rarely spend their days sitting behind a desk.
They’re checking the kitchen, talking with staff, meeting vendors, watching the dining room, handling deliveries, solving problems, and sometimes managing more than one location at once.
But when something changes online?
Too often, that means finding a computer.
Sauce is changing that with Sauce Manager, a new mobile app that gives restaurant owners and operators direct control over their online business from their phones.
Available now for iOS and Android, Sauce Manager lets Sauce restaurant partners manage menus, operating hours, online ordering, sales performance, and more without heading back to the office.
Because your restaurant goes wherever you go. Now your management tools can, too.
When the Restaurant Changes, Your Online Business Should Keep Up
Anyone who has worked in a restaurant knows how quickly plans can change. A popular dish sells out halfway through dinner service, the kitchen gets slammed with orders, a private event changes tonight’s hours, or someone realizes tomorrow is a holiday, and the online schedule still shows regular service.
These may sound like small adjustments, but inaccurate information online can quickly become a customer problem.
Sauce Manager gives operators the ability to make those changes immediately, right from their phones.
Sold out of the special? Mark it unavailable.
Need to temporarily stop accepting online orders? Pause ordering.
Closing early? Update your hours.
The changes are reflected in your online business without waiting until someone can get to a desktop.
Update Your Restaurant Menu From Your Phone
Restaurant menus can change several times during a single service. A dish sells out. An ingredient becomes unavailable. Something that was 86’d earlier in the day is suddenly back.
With Sauce Manager, owners and operators don’t have to find a computer to make those changes. They can manage menu availability directly from their phones, wherever they happen to be.
When the kitchen sells the last order of a dish, simply mark the item unavailable. The change syncs to the customer-facing menu so customers aren’t continuing to order something the restaurant can no longer serve.
When the item is available again, put it right back on the menu.
That means fewer canceled items, less back-and-forth between staff and customers, and a menu that better reflects what’s actually happening in the kitchen.
Pause Online Ordering When the Kitchen Needs a Minute
Sometimes the smartest thing a restaurant can do is stop taking more orders. A sudden rush, staffing shortage, private event, equipment problem, or unusually busy service can quickly put pressure on the kitchen.
Sauce Manager lets operators open or close online ordering with a tap.
That means restaurants can respond to what’s actually happening inside the business instead of allowing online demand to keep piling up when the team needs time to catch up.
Once the kitchen is ready, ordering can be turned back on just as quickly.
Plan Special Hours Before the Holiday Rush
Holiday schedules and special hours are another small detail that can create big headaches when they’re wrong online.
Sauce Manager allows operators to schedule holiday closures and special operating hours in advance.
Instead of remembering to make the change on the morning of a holiday, restaurants can set their schedules ahead of time and know customers will see the correct information when they’re ready to order.
One less thing to remember on an already busy day isn’t a bad perk.
Check the Numbers Without Checking the Computer
Running a restaurant isn’t only about what’s happening in the kitchen. Owners also need to know what’s happening with the business.
Sauce Manager brings key performance information directly to mobile, allowing operators to view order history, revenue, average order value, customer numbers, items per order, and lifetime performance from their phones.
Want to see how yesterday performed?
Check it while you’re having your morning coffee.
Want to know how online orders are looking while you’re away from the restaurant?
The numbers are already in your pocket.
Restaurant Technology Should Work the Way Restaurants Do
Running a restaurant means making hundreds of small operational decisions every day.
Pause online ordering or keep taking orders? Mark an item sold out? Change tonight’s hours? Check how yesterday performed? See what’s happening at another location?
Those decisions may look like simple updates on a screen, but in a working restaurant, they can affect the kitchen, the staff, the customer experience, and ultimately the bottom line.
That’s why the idea behind Sauce Manager is so simple: restaurant technology should fit into the way operators actually work.
“Restaurant owners are constantly on the move, whether they’re in the kitchen, meeting vendors, managing multiple locations or simply away from the restaurant,” said Li-ran Navon, CEO at Sauce. “Sauce Manager gives them complete control over their online business from anywhere, making it easier than ever to keep operations running smoothly.”
And many of those decisions can’t wait until someone gets back to a desk.
“Restaurant technology should fit into how operators actually work,” said Elliot Hool, vice president of marketing at Sauce. “Owners and managers are always jumping between different tasks, so giving them easy access to their business from their phones was a natural next step for Sauce.”
Managing More Than One Restaurant? Take Them All With You
For restaurant owners and operators managing multiple locations, being mobile isn’t just convenient. It’s part of the job.
Sauce Manager lets operators switch between restaurant locations within the app, making it easier to check what’s happening across the business without juggling multiple dashboards, tabs, or devices.
Whether you’re at one location, traveling between restaurants, or away from the business entirely, you can stay connected to the operational details that need your attention.
Take Sauce Manager With You
Sauce Manager extends Sauce’s first-party ordering, delivery, and retention platform beyond the desktop and puts everyday operational control directly into restaurant operators’ hands.
For independent restaurants and growing restaurant groups, that means fewer trips back to the computer, faster responses when something changes, and more control over the customer experience.
Because the restaurant business doesn’t happen behind a desk. Now managing your online business doesn’t have to, either.
Sauce Manager is available now as a free download for Sauce restaurant partners.
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