Custom kitchen display systems

What’s a faster kitchen worth?

Serve more orders during the rush, get pickups out on time, and spend less on remakes. See what those gains could be worth for your kitchen.

Estimate your ROI Talk through your kitchen

Wall-mounted kitchen display with order tickets and station prep counts beside a stainless steel restaurant line — Roaring Ethos KDS concept

What operators reported

Published vendor case studies

~15%

Shorter tickets at Chili’s

Its POS and KDS product owner attributed the change to live counts that show cooks what to prep next.

Crunchtime operator report

90s–2m

Off ticket times at Eggs Up Grill

Its CEO reported the reduction after introducing Toast KDS as part of a rollout that included handheld POS.

Toast case study

KDS ROI calculator

Run your numbers.

Would a kitchen display pay for itself? Start with the savings you can count on, then see how many extra orders would cover the rest.

Savings and system costs

Remake savings per month ($) Payroll savings per month ($) Monthly system cost ($) Setup and hardware ($)

For remakes, multiply the number avoided by the food and packaging cost. Count payroll savings when paid hours actually fall.

Additional sales

If quicker, more consistent service helps you complete more paid orders, what would they be worth?

Current paid orders per month Increase in paid orders (%) Average sale per extra order ($) Share kept after order costs (%)

Use sales after discounts and before tax. The share kept is what’s left after ingredients, packaging, fees, and other costs of filling the order.

Estimated return

$440net change per month

Time to recover setup costs: 6.8 months
Extra orders per month to break even in a year: 62

Additional sales per month: $2,000
Extra paid orders per month: 100
Extra sales after order costs: $500

How the estimate works

Extra sales multiply extra paid orders by the average sale.

Monthly change adds remake and payroll savings to what you keep from extra orders, then subtracts the monthly system cost.

Payback divides setup cost by a positive monthly gain. The one-year target assumes the same results each month.

Example in USD for a venue with 1,000 paid orders a month. Order growth options are what-if scenarios. Replace costs with your own estimates.

Where does your rush get stuck?

Pick one recurring problem. We’ll check what your current POS can handle and measure the change across comparable shifts.

During the rush What we’d change What we’d track

One station backs up

Change

Show the crew which tickets are due next and where they’re waiting.

TrackPaid orders completed per peak hour

Special requests get missed

Change

Put requests like “no scallions” next to the dish at the station making it.

TrackRemakes per 100 orders

Pickups run late

Change

Show the person packing the order what’s still missing and when it’s due.

TrackOn-time pickups and orders canceled due to delays

Expo interface concept

See what’s holding the order.

Order 105 is due soon. Grill is done and assembly is still working. The expediter knows where to check before the order goes late.

Open the full screen

Expo screen with six tickets and a prep tally. Order 105 shows a no-scallions modifier and grill done, assembly pending.

Scope a pilot.

Bring a sample ticket, your station layout, and your POS. We’ll identify a bottleneck, check the integration, and agree on what to measure before you invest.

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