{"id":25492,"date":"2020-06-16T12:06:45","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T16:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-gordon-food-service-canada.pantheonsite.io\/ideas\/creative-menu-solutions\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:02:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:02:37","slug":"creative-menu-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfs.ca\/en-ca\/ideas\/creative-menu-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Menu Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>How to share your menu in a new contactless world<\/h2>\n<p>Restaurants will need to be creative to safely share what\u2019s on the menu for dine-in consumers. Follow your Public Health Office and authorities in your province in creating and sharing your menus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Each of these menu concepts offer safety your customers will appreciate and flexibility to meet your business needs during this time of adjustment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Use paper menus<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create single-use paper menus that can be thrown away after each table turn<\/li>\n<li>Create flexibility by only printing small quantities using your own computer\/printer<\/li>\n<li>Enlist the service of a local printer who may also offer design options&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Look online for simple word processing, menu-creation tools and publishing resources&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Engage with smartphone menus&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up an SMS short code or text message that will auto-send a link to your menu&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Generate a QR code and post near the entrance for guests to scan or create a cling with the QR code that you can put on the tables<\/li>\n<li>Direct customers to use your online ordering app to view the menu, order and pay without any server contact&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Display your menu on your TV screens and monitors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Employ contactless viewing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enlarge your menu to hang on a wall with guidelines on where to stand to view<\/li>\n<li>Suggest consumers take a picture of the menu for reference&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Write your menu on chalkboard or whiteboard signs&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Use laminated menus, with care<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put a policy in place to sanitize laminated menus after each use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to share your menu in a new contactless world Restaurants will need to be creative to safely share what\u2019s on the menu for dine-in consumers. 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