Menu QR Codes

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QR Codes in Restaurants

Using QR Codes in restaurants has become increasingly popular as they provide a contactless way for diners to access menus, place orders, and make payments. This enhances the overall dining experience by stream-lining operations, reducing wait times, and minimizing physical contact.

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    43% of customers are likely to leave a review after a positive experience. Businesses can make this task easier and quicker for customers by providing QR Codes that redirect to review pages.
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    According to the National Restaurant Association, 58% of adults in the US are more likely to access a menu on their phones or through a QR Code.
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    As per Forbes, 75% of organizations in the hospitality and travel sectors will provide various payment options (including QR Codes) by 2025. This is expected to enhance customer satisfaction by 15%.


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QR Codes are designed to streamline customer experience

Contactless Service
Contactless Service

With QR Codes, restaurants can enhance safety by minimizing physical contact as well as save printing costs. This will ensure that wait time is reduced as customers can view the menu as soon as they arrive by scanning a QR Code.

With QR Codes, restaurants can enhance safety by minimizing physical contact as well as save printing costs. This will ensure that wait time is reduced as customers can view the menu as soon as they arrive by scanning a QR Code.

Quick Information Sharing
Quick Information Sharing

Hospitality brands can create custom-designed pages to engage their guests. They can add interactive and informative content like images, documents, websites, contact details, and much more.

Hospitality brands can create custom-designed pages to engage their guests. They can add interactive and informative content like images, documents, websites, contact details, and much more.

Dynamic Content Updates
Dynamic Content Updates

Restaurants can easily update their menus, promotions, and information with Dynamic QR Codes. This flexibility allows businesses to respond quickly to changes in availability or pricing without the need for reprinting materials.

Restaurants can easily update their menus, promotions, and information with Dynamic QR Codes. This flexibility allows businesses to respond quickly to changes in availability or pricing without the need for reprinting materials.

Get Feedback Easily
Get Feedback Easily

Restaurants can collect valuable insights via custom forms, evaluate staff performance, and improve customer experience. This data-driven approach enables brands to make informed decisions and optimize their services.

Restaurants can collect valuable insights via custom forms, evaluate staff performance, and improve customer experience. This data-driven approach enables brands to make informed decisions and optimize their services.

Encourage Customer Reviews
Encourage Customer Reviews

Restaurants can encourage customers to leave reviews on platforms like Google, Yelp, DoorDash, and Zomato—boosting online presence. Reviews influence potential diners' choices and provide feedback for operational enhancements.

Restaurants can encourage customers to leave reviews on platforms like Google, Yelp, DoorDash, and Zomato—boosting online presence. Reviews influence potential diners' choices and provide feedback for operational enhancements.

Boost Social Media Engagement
Boost Social Media Engagement

QR Codes can be used to drive traffic to social media handles and get likes, follows, shares, etc. By placing these codes in strategic locations (like menus, or receipts), restaurants make it easy for guests to access their social media pages.

QR Codes can be used to drive traffic to social media handles and get likes, follows, shares, etc. By placing these codes in strategic locations (like menus, or receipts), restaurants make it easy for guests to access their social media pages.

Contactless Payments
Contactless Payments

QR Codes can facilitate contactless payments, allowing customers to settle their bills securely and conveniently via their mobile devices. This expedites the checkout process, making it more efficient for customers and staff.

QR Codes can facilitate contactless payments, allowing customers to settle their bills securely and conveniently via their mobile devices. This expedites the checkout process, making it more efficient for customers and staff.

Expand Customer Base
Expand Customer Base

Hospitality brands can use QR Codes to attract repeat and new customers with exclusive discounts, offers, and promotional campaigns. By integrating these codes into their strategies, businesses can encourage customer loyalty.

Hospitality brands can use QR Codes to attract repeat and new customers with exclusive discounts, offers, and promotional campaigns. By integrating these codes into their strategies, businesses can encourage customer loyalty.

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Follow these steps to create Restaurant QR Codes

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Select Category

Log in to Scanova. To select a category, click on Create QR Code.

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Enter Content

After selecting Restaurant QR Code category, add the required content like menu, images, location, etc.

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Create QR Code

Provide a name for your QR Code and add tags (optional). You can enable advanced features like lead generation and age restriction. Once done, click on Create QR Code.

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Customize & Download

You can either customize the QR Code design before downloading it or directly test and download it.

Real-world applications of QR Codes in restaurants

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Starbucks

Starbucks added QR Codes to millions of in-store materials. Upon scanning these QR Codes, customers were directed to the Starbucks website where they were asked to download the brand's app. This increased app downloads. Customers also got an opportunity to join the brand's rewards program.

Starbucks added QR Codes to millions of in-store materials. Upon scanning these QR Codes, customers were directed to the Starbucks website where they were asked to download the brand's app. This increased app downloads. Customers also got an opportunity to join the brand's rewards program.

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Dunkin

Dunkin' enhanced its DD Perks loyalty program by allowing customers to pay using various methods, including paying via the Dunkin' app. Customers can have their DD Perks loyalty ID QR Code scanned before they pay to earn points and redeem rewards easily. This ensured a more rewarding experience for customers.

Dunkin' enhanced its DD Perks loyalty program by allowing customers to pay using various methods, including paying via the Dunkin' app. Customers can have their DD Perks loyalty ID QR Code scanned before they pay to earn points and redeem rewards easily. This ensured a more rewarding experience for customers.

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Pizza Hut

As a part of the Newstalgia campaign, Pizza Hut transformed its special edition pizza boxes into an augmented reality game of Pac-Man. This enabled customers to engage with the brand in a fun and interactive way by simply scanning a QR Code present on the side of the box. This boosted engagement.

As a part of the Newstalgia campaign, Pizza Hut transformed its special edition pizza boxes into an augmented reality game of Pac-Man. This enabled customers to engage with the brand in a fun and interactive way by simply scanning a QR Code present on the side of the box. This boosted engagement.

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Burger King

Burger King launched the QR Whopper campaign, where customers could scan a QR Code in TV commercials to receive coupons for free Whoppers. Customers could redeem these coupons when ordering from the BK mobile app, effectively merging digital engagement with promotional offers.

Burger King launched the QR Whopper campaign, where customers could scan a QR Code in TV commercials to receive coupons for free Whoppers. Customers could redeem these coupons when ordering from the BK mobile app, effectively merging digital engagement with promotional offers.

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Why hospitality leaders like Marriott & Ritz Carlton use QR Codes

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Complete Control

Restaurants can take charge of their QR Code campaigns using Dynamic QR Codes. They can edit content anytime, activate/deactivate as needed, track scans, and access other pro capabilities. This allows them to keep their customers informed and engaged with the latest offerings at all times.
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Superior Customization

Personalized QR Codes are widely used to attract more scans and engage the target audience like never before. Businesses can add brand colors, edit eye & data patterns, include logo/images, use converting frames, and more. This level of customization enhances brand recognition as well as visual appeal.
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In-depth Analytics

Restaurants and hotels can gain valuable insights into customer behavior with comprehensive analytics. They can track metrics such as scan frequency, user engagement, and more to make informed decisions. This data-driven approach allows businesses to optimize their strategies and improve customer satisfaction.
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Feedback Collection

QR Codes can direct customers to feedback forms upon scanning to gather real-time customer insights. This enables restaurants to assess customer satisfaction and identify areas for improvement quickly. By actively engaging with feedback, businesses can improve their services and foster loyalty.
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Scanova complies with top-tier security protocols—ISO/IEC 27001:2022, GDPR, and SOC2

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QR Code categories for hospitality brands and restaurants

Restaurant QR Code

Displays a custom landing page with menu, feedback form, and more

Website URL QR Code

When scanned, redirects user to a website

Google Maps QR Code

When scanned, displays location on a map

Document QR Code

When scanned, redirects user to uploaded documents

Feedback QR Code

When scanned, redirects users to a feedback/survey form

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    Easy to use and achieve successful outcomes with Scanova. The simplicity of this tool makes it easy for even non-tech users. Scanova solves the concern of tracking websites and data sheets efficiently.

  • David Tait from Yourtown praises Scanova for its user-friendliness, customization, and variety.
    David Tait
    Performance Media Lead, Yourtown

    “Scanova helps us quickly create QR Codes for multiple uses”

    A quick and easy tool for QR Codes. The different QR Code types and features available, including the ability to customize a QR Code based on brand requirements, are impressive. It enables the team to access, manage, create, and download their QR Codes easily. Scanova helps us quickly create QR Codes for multiple uses.

  • Daniela Gutierrez of Hitachi Vantara's testimonial for boosting lead generation and event engagement.
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    CDW National Business Leader, Hitachi Vantara

    "We have increased our leads by 10x with Scanova"

    Scanova has been a wonderful addition to our marketing toolkit. It helps us boost lead generation easily. By introducing Scanova QR Codes in our keynote presentations and booths at conferences, we have increased our leads by 10x. Scanova also makes it easy to customize lead forms, presenting a slick view back to the end user.

  • Mojtaba Abedi from Finance Maxim Ltd. values Scanova’s user-friendly QR code generator and excellent event support.
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    Executive Director, Finance Maxim Ltd.

    “Scanova has proven to be an invaluable tool for our events and projects”

    I am quite satisfied with Scanova's services and appreciate their effort in enhancing user experience. Scanova has proven to be an invaluable tool for our events and projects. The ease of use and the range of features have significantly contributed to the success of our initiatives. I particularly appreciate the efficiency of Scanova’s team—always ready to assist.

  • Marie Zecca from CWLOA appreciates Scanova’s QR codes for providing key location data and improving ROI analysis.
    Marie Zecca
    Advisory Board Chair, Colorado Women's Lacrosse Officials Association (CWLOA)

    “Scanova allows us to gauge interest in multiple distribution areas”

    We love that Scanova provides us with demographics/location information when we use their QR Codes in a magazine ad. This allows us to gauge interest in multiple distribution areas. Scanova allows us to access data that we can directly correlate with other analytics we have to help deliver customers with a more accurate ROI on the service.

  • Muthaian Prakash from Olam Information values Scanova for easily creating branded Dynamic QR Codes.
    Muthaian Prakash
    Director—Digital Technology and Solutions, Olam Information Services Private Limited

    “The tool has easy-to-use templates for quick implementation”

    A perfect QR Code Generator for Dynamic QR Codes. The best part of Scanova is its useful options to generate Dynamic QR Codes with brand identity by adding logos, brand colors, and more. Also, the tool has easy-to-use templates for quick implementation. We have printed Dynamic QR Codes in our consumer package products in the healthy snacks category.

  • Brian Marsh from I DJ NOW appreciates how QRs enhance brochures and trade materials with insightful analytics.
    Brian Marsh
    VP Operations, I DJ NOW

    “I highly recommend Scanova”

    We use Scanova for our brochures and catalogs as the pricing keeps changing. It’s terrific to send our clients to our website with an easy scan. We have also used Scanova on marketing postcards and backdrops for our booth at trade shows. We love looking at the analytics reports to see how many users visited our site or a webpage. I highly recommend Scanova.

5 best practices to double your scans

Chef's hat with QR Code for restaurant menus showing options to activate/deactivate, edit content, track scans, and more.Chef's hat with QR Code for restaurant menus showing options to activate/deactivate, edit content, track scans, and more.

Customize QR Code design

A conventional black-and-white QR code might not fit well with the overall look of your promotional materials. By incorporating design and branding elements, you can enhance the visual appeal of your QR Code, increasing scans by 50-200%.
QR code in restaurant menu frame showing options to customize with brand colors, patterns, logo, images, frames, and more.QR code in restaurant menu frame showing options to customize with brand colors, patterns, logo, images, frames, and more.

Add a call-to-action

Make sure to communicate the purpose of your QR Code. Example of an effective CTA: Scan for Menu. Tip: If space is limited, try placing the CTA text at the center of the QR Code for better visibility.
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Ensure scannability

Guests can become frustrated when a QR Code fails to respond. Several factors can impact the effectiveness of scanning a QR Code like its size, color contrast, distance from the scanning device, and lighting conditions.
  • Check icon The minimum width and height for a QR Code should be 1 inch or 3 cm or 115 pixels.
  • Check icon When using colored QR Codes, opt for high-contrast color combinations between the foreground and background.
  • Check icon Maintain an approximate ratio of 10:1. For instance, if a QR Code needs to be scanned from a distance of 100 cm, it should measure at least 10 cm in width.
  • Check icon Ensure that the area around your QR Code is well-lit to improve scanning success.
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Link to mobile-optimized content

QR Codes are designed for scanning with mobile devices, making it crucial to offer a mobile-friendly experience for your guests. Tip: If you haven't yet created a mobile-optimized landing page, you can easily set one up using Scanova. Ensuring your content is optimized for mobile will enhance user engagement.

Add frames to QR Codes

To enhance the visual appeal of your QR codes, think about using pre-designed frames. These graphic elements come in a variety of styles and surround the QR Code. This approach can help highlight the QR Code, motivating guests to interact with it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Get quick answers related to Scanova’s Restaurant QR Codes

How do Scanova's QR Codes enhance safety in restaurants?

QR Codes minimize physical contact by allowing customers to access menus and place orders directly from their smartphones. This reduces the need for shared physical menus, enhancing safety for both diners and staff.

How do Scanova's QR Codes contribute to a more personalized dining experience?

With QR Codes, customers can browse the menu at their own pace, get their orders customized, and add items as they wish without feeling rushed by the staff. This self-service model empowers diners and enhances their overall experience.

What customization options does Scanova offer?

Scanova offers two design options AI-generated design and custom logo design. Apart from these two options, you can also add brand colors, apply frames, edit eye & data patterns, use logos/images, make the background transparent, and more. This customization helps enhance brand recognition and attract more customer engagement.

How do Scanova's QR Codes help in reducing wait times for customers?

QR Codes streamline the ordering process by allowing customers to access the menu and place orders directly from their smartphones. This eliminates the need to wait for a server to take their order, significantly speeding up the overall dining experience.

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