Restaurants use Flowcodes to enhance the customer experience by providing a quick, contactless way to:
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1. Pull up menus
2. Connect to WiFi
3. Follow social media profiles
4. Sign up for email lists
5. Track inventory

QR code menus can be scanned with most Apple and Android devices. Simply open your phone’s camera, hold it in front of the QR code, then select the link that pops up. It couldn’t be easier!

We’re a little biased, but we believe that Flowcode is the best QR code for restaurant menus. Flowcode is used by: 

1. Del Taco
2. Chic Fil A
3. NBC
4. Starbucks
5. Feeding America
6. ESPN, and way more. 

That’s because our codes are:

1. Custom-designed to fit a brand’s image
2. Are GDPR/CCPA secure
3. Contain advanced analytics
4. Come with the best support staff, which is something we’ve invested in way more than our competitors. So if you’re ever having an issue, or want to explore a new integration or feature, we have a team that can help you with this. No other QR code company can say this.

At first, restaurants have QR code menus because of the pandemic. However, restaurants quickly learned that QR code menus had many more applications. They realized that these menus: 
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1. Eliminated printing costs
2. Created a hub where people could both order and pay for food - cutting down on labor.
3. Allowed for additional marketing opportunities

A physical menu doesn’t provide a ton of marketing opportunities, but when people are brought to an online menu, the marketing data and retargeting possibilities blow wide open.
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It’s this combination of cost savings and marketing that are the primary reasons why restaurants have QR code menus, even as the pandemic subsides.
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Read more about how QR code menus are still relevant.

Scanning a QR code menu with your phone takes three steps:
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1. Open the camera app on your phone.
2. Point the camera at the QR code.
3. Click the link that populates as you hold your camera.

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Read more about how to scan a QR code.

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It’s easy to learn how to create a QR code for a restaurant menu. That’s because Flowcode’s custom QR code design interface is simple and dynamic. All you have to do is register for Flowcode, figure out where you want to send your audience, and design your QR. Flowcode’s custom QR code designs are an aesthetically pleasing way to display your menu to your customers. Flowcode Pro plans allow you to go one step further and work with our in-house team of artists, who create codes artistically tailored to fit your brand, separating them from typical black-and-white QR codes.

Need a printed QR code for your restaurant table? Easily create collateral for your restaurant from our print shop. You can access codes that look good and function perfectly.

NOTE: If you decide to design and print QR codes for your restaurant tables yourself, we recommend that you use the PNG format and don’t change the aspect ratio of the codes. Low quality, warped codes don’t scan. These recommendations ensure that your codes work.

There are many benefits of QR codes for restaurants. QR codes let you:
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1. Connect with your customers
2. Manage inventory
3. Hire new employees
4. Augment your marketing campaigns
5. Create contactless ordering capabilities
6. Streamline ordering and payment, cutting down on labor and time.

It’s easy to go about creating QR codes for inventory tracking. Just use Flowcode’s QR code generator and customize the QR’s: color, shape, pattern, destination, and logo.

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The next thing you want to do is implement a plan for using them to track inventory. This can be done by following these steps: 

1. Determine which inventory items you want to track using QR codes. 
2. Print the QR codes and attach them to the corresponding inventory items. 
3. Train your staff on how to use a QR code scanning app on their smartphones or tablets. 
4. When inventory items are received, used, or moved, staff members can scan the QR codes using the app to record the changes in real time.
5. Set up a central inventory database where you can collect and store the data from the QR code scans. 
6. Use the data to identify trends, track usage patterns, identify discrepancies, and make data-driven decisions to optimize your restaurant's inventory management processes.
7. Use data to inform necessary actions such as reordering, adjusting stock levels, reducing waste, or improving processes to effectively manage your restaurant inventory.

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Flowcode’s API integrates into a myriad of inventory management systems, allowing for easy deployment of a QR code inventory management system.

It might surprise you that QR codes were not designed for marketing; they were created by Japanese automaker Denso Wave to track its inventory. That’s because QRs hold more data than a traditional barcode and can be scanned from any direction. Since they allow for more data, you can include a bunch of links to different inventory resources, such as training videos, procedures, logs, and more.

Talk to a Flowcode representative to talk more about creating codes for inventory tracking.