If your restaurant runs QR ordering, your entire service depends on one thing most operators never think about until it breaks: your internet connection. A SIM card failover router gives your Singapore restaurant backup internet for QR ordering the moment your main connection drops — automatically, in seconds, with no […]
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Singapore’s Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) has been running since 1 April 2026, but many restaurant operators still haven’t registered for the Return Right F&B Scheme — and with it, a $500 one-time incentive from NEA that expires on 30 September 2026. That’s one month away. What is the Return […]
If you run more than one F&B outlet in Singapore, you already know the problem. You update the price of a dish at your main branch, then spend the next hour calling or messaging your other locations to make sure they’ve done the same. Someone forgets. A customer gets charged […]
In Part 1, I wrote about what happened on 9 August 2025 — the ransom note in the database, the team that gave up their National Day to come back to the office, the customers calling a hotline we could barely keep up with, and the fear that gripped me […]
Yesterday was National Day. For most Singaporeans, it means fireworks, red and white, and a rare public holiday. For me, it marks something else: exactly one year since the worst day in Aptsys’s history. On 9 August 2025, while the rest of Singapore was celebrating, we were hit by a […]
Singapore’s Beverage Container Return Scheme (BCRS) has been live since 1 April 2026. If you run a restaurant, café, or F&B outlet, there’s one question you need to answer clearly: does the $0.10 deposit apply to your drinks, and when? Most operators we’ve spoken to initially assume it’s a dine-in […]
If your kitchen still runs on printed dockets or handwritten tickets, you already know the pain: lost orders, shouted clarifications, meals going cold while waiting on a missing item. A kitchen display system (KDS) solves all of this — and for many Singapore restaurants, it is one of the highest-impact […]
How to Apply for PSG and SFEC: A Step-by-Step Guide (2026) If you’re a Singapore F&B business owner looking to adopt new technology, two government schemes can significantly reduce your cost: the Productivity Solutions Grant (PSG) and the SkillsFuture Enterprise Credit (SFEC). Used together, they can bring your out-of-pocket cost […]
Reduce Operating Costs with Technology: A Guide for Singapore F&B Owners Labour costs are rising. Rents aren’t falling. And margins in Singapore’s F&B industry are tighter than ever, with over 9,000 establishments competing for the same pool of diners. The restaurants pulling ahead aren’t necessarily the ones with the biggest […]