What Restaurants are open Christmas Day in Fort Bonifacio?

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

This was going to be a blog post about restaurants that are open for business on Christmas Day, but after quite a bit of digging, it is hard to tell who is open and who is closed.

When I Google “What Restaurants are open Christmas Day in Fort Bonifacio?” the only post that comes up is from Black Sheep confirming that they are open on Christmas Day. But nothing else that talks about restaurants that are open. If you own a restaurant, why not advertise that you are open? Black Sheep made a simple Facebook post and it comes up #1 when I asked Google;
Screen Shot 2014-12-24 at 8.21.43 AM But where are the rest of them. I’m sure there are many that are open and many people looking for a place to be on Christmas night. Why not make it known that you are open.

We have covered this topic before. From my point of view, many restaurants in the Philippines don’t make the effort to market their businesses online. They leave that to 3rd party companies like MunchPunch, LooLoo and the like. For example, here is a Google search looking for “Todd English, Fort Bonifacio”. You would think their website would come up #1, but it is all 3rd party services. Here is what shows up;
Screen Shot 2014-12-24 at 8.28.28 AM PayrollHero has a couple resources to help restaurant marketing departments up their game. Download these for your team. Let us know if you have questions.

Here are 10 things your Philippine restaurant needs to have on their website;

10 Things You Need To Add To Your Website (Philippines) INFOGRAPHIC from PayrollHero

Here are 9 ways to promote your restaurant in the Philippines;

9 Ways To Promote Your Restaurant In The Philippines (PayrollHero.ph) from PayrollHero

12 Reasons Why Emerging Markets Rock

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

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Most software as a service (SaaS) companies focus on the US market, or other western countries with little regard for emerging markets. While there are definitely challenges with focusing on emerging markets (internet, power, traffic, corruption, to name a few) there are some big advantages.

For example, the above photo was taken at a department store in the Philippines. In this photo, of one of the many areas of the 3 floor department store has no less than 12 employees. For a company like PayrollHero that charges based on employee count, you can see why we like emerging markets. In Canada or the US, if I took the same photo, you would be lucky to see 1 employee.

But it is not all as easy as it seems. These employees are actually not employees of the department store but rather merchandisers who work directly for the brands they are standing beside. So while you might see 12 employees, they most likely work for 12 different companies. Making selling a product or service to them a bit more of a challenge.

But still, employee counts in restaurants, retail, etc are usually much higher in emerging markets due to the cost of labour.

Would you like to learn more about PayrollHero? Contact us and we would be pleased to speak further or visit our country specific websites; Philippines, Singapore with the rest coming soon.

Mary Grace Cafes Choose PayrollHero

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

cafe-mary-payrollhero Exciting times over at PayrollHero. Mary Grace Cafes have chosen PayrollHero for their time, attendance, scheduling, HRIS, payroll and business intelligence needs as well as becoming a PayrollHero Lab location. Welcome Mary Grace!!

“At Mary Grace, we believe in keeping our employees happy as they keep our customers happy. With over 600 employees and growing, we were in need of a tool to provide better transparency, accuracy and convenience to cut out manual processes from our HR processes so that employees can focus on giving excellent customer service. PayrollHero looks to be exactly what we were looking for and more! Apart from automating tedious timekeeping, attendance, scheduling, and payroll tasks, PayrollHero has employee engagement tools to strengthen our company culture. We look forward to the potential and promise of their platform“
Adrian Dimacali, HR Director, Mary Grace Foods, Inc.

PayrollHero’s New Customer Feedback Tool (Beta)

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Collect customer feedback in real time and get the results in the palm of your hand. Screen Shot 2014-09-21 at 12.50.15 PM We are launching the newest tool to the TeamClock, Customer Feedback. Now within your TeamClock iOS your employees can not only clock in and out for work, view their schedules and give feedback to management via the Daily Pulse but customers can get involved too.

Introducing Customer Feedback within the kiosk mode of PayrollHero’s TeamClock. We have launched the beta version of the Customer Feedback tool within Krispy Kreme, a PayrollHero Lab and will continue to roll out the product across their stores in the Philippines.

Customer Feedback lets your customers quickly and easily “like” a specific employee or the whole team right through the TeamClock iOS app. And in turn, those “likes” show up in the Xray Insights app in real time. It’s time to rethink your punch clock!

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Want to see it in action? I shot a quick video that shows the Customer Feedback tool in action and how the data shows up in real time within the Xray Insights app.

Below is what the kiosk homepage looks like within Customer Feedback. It can be designed for any retail or restaurant brand.

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Did you notice the “Apply For A Job” button? More details on that soon…

Subway Philippines Chooses PayrollHero

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

subway1 “We were in need of a payroll platform, built for the Philippines, that works seamlessly for a multi-location food and beverage business. When we came across PayrollHero, it was exactly what we were looking for. Their accurate time, attendance and payroll platform is the only platform offering this full suite of services in the Philippines.”

James Kodrowski, Subway Philippines

FamilyMart’s 57th Store ~ Ayala Triangle, Makati, Philippines

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

The team at FamilyMart has been on a tear since opening up shop in the Philippines. They have opened 57 stores in about 8 months and plan to finish 2014 at around 110. Today was the launch and blessing of their Ayala Triangle store in Makati and the welcoming of their first customer to that store.

FamilyMart are big and bright convenience stores with a focus on quality. They are set for rapid expansion in the Philippines with a goal of 500 stores. Here are a few pictures from the opening / blessing today.

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iHOP, California Pizza Kitchen, P.F. Chang’s Join PayrollHero

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

We continue to grow and are pleased to welcome the Global Restaurant Concepts group to PayrollHero. Lead by entrepreneur Archie Rodriguez, they have 7 brands all of which are moving over to PayrollHero’s time, attendance, scheduling, HRIS and payroll platform. Their brands include iHOP, P.F. Chang’s, California Pizza Kitchen, Morelli’s Gelato, Mad for Garlic, Gyu-Kaku and Ramen Iroha.

“We are a fast growing restaurant chain in Southeast Asia and were in need of a cloud based, time, attendance, scheduling, HRIS and payroll platform that would help us to continue to streamline our operations. PayrollHero was the obvious choice and we could not be happier”

Archie Rodriguez, CEO, Global Restaurant Concepts

Exciting times ahead for PayrollHero as we continue to innovate our platform with a focus on employee happiness.

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Check Out How Big Jollibee Actually Is (Infographic)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Screen Shot 2014-05-13 at 2.13.22 PM Jollibee is a power house in the fast food business in the Philippines and is growing around the world. Not only is it larger than McDonalds in the Philippines (which is very rare for McDonalds to not be #1) but it is expanding its brand and its portfolio of companies. We put together an infographic of all things Jollibee for your viewing pleasure.

Learn more about PayrollHero, our Philippine payroll platform and to get a free consultation.

Jollibee Philippines, Infographic by PayrollHero from PayrollHero

How You Can Fill Your Restaurant Using A Website

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Screen Shot 2014-05-01 at 2.20.44 PM We have been coming to the Philippines since 2008. Travelling all over the region and dining at many different types of establishments.

One thing that I found odd was that many of the restaurants did not have their own web presence. It was common, that I would search Google for “Italian Restaurant Eastwood” or “Sushi in Fort Bonifacio” only to find MunchPunch listings or similar services.

While MunchPunch is a fantastic website and drives lots of traffic to your restaurant, you still need your own website that you control.

In other instances, I have been sent the name of a restaurant for where a lunch of dinner is being held. I would then Google that restaurants name to find their address details so that I can add it to my schedule. More often that not, I’m getting this information from 3rd party websites that are NOT controlled by the restaurant itself. This is not a good way to ensure people looking for your business find it.

These days, websites are cost effective to setup and manage. There is no excuse for a restaurant to not have their own.

How do you get started?

1. Buy a domain name (RestaurantName.ph) GoDaddy is one of the cheapest places to do that.

2. Get a basic website setup. You don’t need to get fancy with the design at first, there are lots of template designs that make it very simple. Check out WordPress, Ghost and platforms like Ubertor.

3. Make sure your website has all of the information it needs. We made a handy infographic specifically on this topic, see below:

10 Things You Need To Add To Your Website (Philippines) INFOGRAPHIC from PayrollHero

Interested in learning more about PayrollHero for your Philippine restaurant business? Contact us for a free, no obligation consultation about our platform.

9 Ways To Promote Your Restaurant In The Philippines

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Stephen Jagger

Restaurants in the Philippines looking for more ways to promote their businesses can use this handy infographic. Nine ideas on how you can promote your food and beverage business that include MetroDeal.com, MunchPunch.com, Looloo.com, Meetup.com plus many others.

9 Ways To Promote Your Restaurant In The Philippines (PayrollHero.ph) from PayrollHero

Looking for a multi-location time, attendance, scheduling, HRIS, analytics and Philippine payroll platform? Contact us for a one on one demo.