Tools & Solutions

How to receive your deliveries

Pay attention to your roof, and it will keep you covered

How to clean your kitchen after-hours and during hours

Store foods the right way

Seven principles for succeeding as an independent pizzeria

Point of Sale Systems

Understand and manage your point of sale system with the National Restaurant Association's "8 Essential Elements" series for understanding POS systems and ownership.

Reduce your expenses, improve your operations and maximize your profitability with Full Course Business Solutions from the National Restaurant Association, Council of State Restaurant Associations, 40+ state restaurant associations and Heartland Payment Systems. Get a full suite of payment products from one source, including card processing, gift marketing, payroll services, tip management and check management.

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Suite of nutrition analysis services

From databases to full lab analyses, NRA partners MenuCalc (a FoodCALC product), Healthy Dining and Silliker provide a range of resources to help members analyze the nutrition content of their foods. The companies provide discounts for NRA members.

Best-in-class food safety training

ServSafe®: Food Safety Training and Certification is the most widely used program for food safety education, training and certification in the restaurant and foodservice industry. Discounted rates for National Restaurant Association members available through many state restaurant associations, or visit ServSafe.com for more information.

The new standard in responsible alcohol service training

ServSafe® Alcohol raises the bar on responsible alcohol service training and certification. Find out more about this flexible, real-world training solution, with practical knowledge and best-in-class resources.

E-mail marketing solutions

Fishbowl's on-demand marketing solutions for e-mail marketing, online ordering and online reservations address the restaurant industry's needs. Send personal communications, launch and track campaigns, foster one-to-one relationships with your guests. Increase loyalty, brand awareness and top-line sales. Association members get special pricing.

Talent Management Solutions

PeopleMatter provides online HR tools to help you hire, schedule and engage your workforce and inspire them to deliver exceptional customer service. For more information visit PeopleMatter.

Tools to Help You Grow Your Business

As restaurants struggle with access to capital, National Restaurant Association partner American Express recently launched a program that provides qualified restaurateurs simple, quick access to short or long-term financing - it’s a way to access cash easily so you can focus on running and growing your business. For more information about Express Merchant Financing call a specialist at (855) 298-1209 and mention Promo Code NRA2012 for special member pricing until December 31, 2012.

Association members also get special pricing on a selection of insights tools from American Express Business Insights. These reports provide in-depth, actionable insights on consumer spending within your restaurant, at your competitors, and in the restaurant industry as a whole. By analyzing proprietary transaction data, American Express can help ensure your business strategy is based on actual diner behavior. Call 877-303-AEBI (2324) for more information or to get special NRA pricing on Competitive IQ and Local IQ reports through December 31, 2012.

Find the Right Hire

CareerBuilder and its niche restaurant website, JobsOnTheMenu.com, have joined forces with the National Restaurant Association to provide members access to the best talent at a cost effective price. Companies like Chipotle, Noodles & Co. and Panda Express are a few of the companies finding success when using both CareerBuilder and JobsOnTheMenu.com to target management and hourly candidates on the appropriate website, and at the right value. Call 877-513-4867 to learn more about special pricing for NRA Members.

Reach your customers with text messaging

CMSText offers National Restaurant Association members a fully managed text message marketing solution to help restaurateurs increase their customer base and sales volume. It's easy, it's convenient ... and text messaging works. Association members receive special pricing. Get started today by visiting www.cmstext.com.

Top performer tools — NEW!

Red Book Solutions helps drive performance to increase return on sales by providing a clear path to plan, practice and evaluate every day ... the proven habits of top performers! Now, the National Restaurant Association editions include critical ServSafe® information to help make managers perform better. Members receive 10% off.