The festive season is one of the busiest and most profitable times of the year for UK hospitality. Whether you’re running a restaurant, café, bar, or hotel, your seasonal menu can make or break your December revenue.
But between rising costs, unpredictable footfall and pressure on staff, planning a Christmas or winter menu isn’t simple.
That’s where a smart EPoS system can make the entire process faster, clearer, and far more efficient.
Here’s how SPARK EPoS helps hospitality teams build, deliver and optimise their seasonal menus with ease.
The holiday season brings unique patterns that smart restaurant owners can plan for:
The end-of-year period is dominated by corporate lunches, team celebrations, and family gatherings. This means:
Larger tables
Set menus are becoming more popular
Higher spend per head
A need for smoother table management
Restaurants that prepare early capture the majority of these bookings. An integrated EPoS system could help you plan your festive menu and manage bookings effectively.
Customers tend to plan ahead in winter, particularly for Christmas meals. Fridays and Saturdays fill up quickly, and many venues experience earlier dining times as people work around winter travel and weather.
Before adding festive dishes, it’s important to understand what already works.
A comprehensive EPoS system should give you instant access to:
Bestsellers and underperforming dishes
Hourly sales patterns
Profit margin insights per item
Historic holiday-season performance
An integrated EPoS system enables changes to sync across tills, mobile ordering and QR ordering. So guests always see the correct version of your menu.
You can:
Add new seasonal items instantly
Create Christmas bundles and set menus
Add modifiers, portion sizes and upsells
Assign allergens and nutritional tagging automatically
Seasonal ingredients often have shorter shelf lives and higher costs. A smart EPoS ensures you have the right ingredients, avoid waste, and eliminate the risk of “sorry, we’re out of that dish” during peak season.
It helps you stay on top of your stock with:
Livestock deductions per order
Automatic low-stock alerts
Recipe-level stock tracking
Purchase ordering tools
A smooth kitchen is essential when festive tables are fully booked.
SPARK’s Kitchen Display System (KDS) ensures:
Orders arrive instantly and clearly
Modifiers and allergen notes are always visible
Multi-course Christmas meals are paced properly
Less waiting and fewer mistakes during service
Studies show that customers spend more when the ordering process feels seamless.
SPARK supports multiple ordering channels that help reduce queues and speed up table turnover:
QR code ordering for busy festive services
Online ordering for click & collect Christmas items
Handheld mobile EPoS for faster staff service
December is full of opportunities to increase sales.
With SPARK, you can create:
Happy hour deals
Gift voucher promotions
Set menu pricing
Loyalty rewards
Christmas upsell prompts
Seasonal menu planning doesn’t have to be stressful. With SPARK EPoS, you can make smart decisions, deliver consistent service, control your stock, and maximise profits during the busiest weeks of the year.
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