eMenuCHOICE Benefits You Know — And Some You Don’t
5 Unexpected Benefits of eMenuCHOICE for Senior Living Communities
Senior living dining is a combination of art and science — with a good dose of economics thrown in. Meal planning for dozens of older adults with varying dietary needs and restrictions can be challenging, but choosing a senior living dining software like eMenuCHOICE can be the smartest decision for your senior living community. With eMenuCHOICE, you get a powerful tool chest overflowing with features that are sure to benefit your staff, your residents, and your organization. Beyond the perks we’re best known for, there are other lesser-known benefits you may not be aware of. Here, we’ll explore what makes eMenuCHOICE a top contender for senior living dining management, for the reasons you already know… and the ones you might not.
Main Benefits of eMenuCHOICE for Assisted Living and Senior Living Communities
The developers at eMenuCHOICE have added a range of essential features that make dining easier and more enjoyable for your senior living community. Our platform is known for benefits such as:
- An improved resident dining experience with a focus on resident satisfaction
- An ability to design menus around common allergens and dietary restrictions for meals that are healthy and safe for residents in skilled nursing or assisted living communities
- A wide variety of dining options and styles for campuses and communities of all types
- A vast library of turn-key, ready-made menus for “from-scratch” dining options in a snap
- Easy reservations and online appointments for simplified capacity management and dining flexibility
- Total customization of menu items to ensure personalization for all residents
The 5 Hidden Benefits of eMenuCHOICE
These benefits aren’t exactly hidden, but they’re often less obvious than the ones you might think of. Plus, once you start using eMenuCHOICE, we think you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find a whole host of perks and pros that take your dining experience to the next level. Some of the lesser-known benefits of eMenuCHOICE include:
1. Controlled Costs and Streamlined Billing
The right senior dining software does a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to menu planning, but it also helps you manage your budget and scale back on your expenditures. eMenuCHOICE controls costs in many ways, including reducing food waste, automating administrative tasks, and using a point-of-sale system that improves the dining experience for your residents. You’ll also have access to our in-depth analytics, which can help you analyze dining data from your community. This allows you to forecast your future needs and optimize your spending to trim any excess.
2. Increased Revenue
Increasing revenue isn’t just about serving more meals—it’s about ensuring each resident receives what’s included in their meal plan while capturing any extras for accurate billing. With eMenuCHOICE, you can easily track each item to prevent missed charges and ensure that every meal detail is accounted for. This organized approach supports accurate billing, helping you avoid revenue loss and keeping your dining operation running smoothly and professionally.
3. Heightened Operational Efficiency
Relying on pen and paper—or even shouting orders across the dining room—can lead to unnecessary errors and lost time, leaving your team focused more on managing chaos than delivering great service. With eMenuCHOICE, you can automate and organize the ordering process, reducing mistakes and enhancing efficiency so your staff can focus on what really matters: providing exceptional dining experiences to residents. eMenuCHOICE also helps minimize food waste, cuts down on errors that require time to fix, and adds a professional touch that elevates the entire dining operation.
4. Improved Staff Satisfaction and Retention
A great culinary team can be difficult to find and even more difficult to retain — especially if inefficient operations and lack of communication keep them from fully engaging with their work. Utilizing eMenuCHOICE gives all your employees adequate time to serve residents and focus on dining service rather than admin work. You’ll also have the ability to manage guest and staff meals within the platform. This allows you to offer employee discounts, set special pricing, and create staff profiles where employees can maintain a balance and conveniently order their own meals.
5. More Flexibility for Resident Dining Options
Using eMenuCHOICE not only increases operational flexibility but also extends that same flexibility to your residents. With custom pricing and billing features, you can expand dining options to include meal delivery, online ordering, special diet items, and much more. Our ultra-flexible point-of-sale application is tailor-made for senior living, giving you the power to make billing quick and hassle-free, whether it’s mealtime or any time throughout the day.
How to Get Started With eMenuCHOICE
All the benefits of eMenuCHOICE — both those you’ve heard about and those you haven’t — can enrich and improve the nutritional care and dining management of your senior living community. Training and onboarding with the eMenuCHOICE platform is simple and hassle-free, so you can implement all the features you need and get started right away. Get in touch to schedule your introductory meeting.
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