5 Best Interactive Digital Menu Boards: Intuiface Examples

Digital signage solution providers, creative professionals, and business managers, this list is for you: the top 5 real-life examples of engaging and compelling interactive digital menu boards created using Intuiface. 

Although countless digital signage installations can be found across verticals, retail and hospitality-related businesses dominate the market share. In particular, quick-service restaurants that offer diverse forms of digital signage represent 20 percent of the digital signage industry today (source). As an increasing number of solution providers populate the market and success stories spread, it has become increasingly common for businesses to adopt digital menu and digital menu boards as the “go-to” solution for revamping customer engagement tactics.

Statistics hint that it’s possibly the right move!

• Digital menu boards can boost sales by 3% to 5%. (source)
• Digital signage reduces the perceived wait time at checkouts by as much as 35%. (source)
• 62% of shoppers prefer self-service and self-checkout to human interactions (source)

The wide range of expected benefits of incorporating a digital menu board includes:

• Lowering costs: by replacing the printed menu's slower, more costly, and less efficient operation.
• Increasing sales through: the power of visual content and interactivity to boost engagement and facilitate upselling, especially when integrated with POS.
• Enhancing customer experiences: by effectively managing customer’s wait time and enabling customers to feel more informed and empowered.
• Hassle-free content management: by easily and dynamically managing menu content from anywhere.
  
  
  

Digital display boards + interactivity = A winning digital menu

Digital display boards are everywhere you go If you’ve ever spent time in front of a self-service kiosk to order a Big Mac with Diet Coke  McDonald’s or a Clam Chowder with Asian Salad at Panera will confirm, ask yourself - why did you prefer this to the equally available option for human interaction? 

Social psychology has identified a shopper’s desire for what is called “empowered freedom” and thus services that foster this sentiment, whether in a digital or interpersonal approach. In fact, according to a survey by HRC Retail Advisory that involved 2,900 North American consumers, 95% of consumers want to be left alone while shopping, and 85% of shoppers would rather use a price scanner to check a price than have to track down and ask a customer service associate. 

As previously highlighted, favorable results from replacing printed menu boards with digital menu boards and interactive kiosks are widely recognized. However, providing customers with the sentiment of freedom and empowerment requires an additional step: incorporating interactivity into the digital menu, which enables users to make decisions and browse content at their own pace. These digital solutions offer functionality beyond just menus, incorporating engaging media and interactive elements to enhance customer experiences.

Our favorite examples of interactive digital menu displays

Obviously, not all interactive digital menu boards stand out and engage users to the same degree. Part of the reason is that many solution providers fail to consider aspects beyond the form factor, such as unique and immersive menu design, data-driven content, hardware selection, and connectivity. Then there is the glue that brings this all together—digital menu board software.

Luckily, today, plenty of software options can help us create digital menu boards. However, depending on which of those tools we choose to work with, the scope of what they offer for a digital menu board can vary to a great extent. New digital menu offerings incorporate innovative design and deployment services that can significantly enhance customer engagement.

Intuiface, a multi-touch interactive experience creation platform, is a market leader and thus represents the ideal characteristics of digital menu board software. It supports:

• variety of on-screen interactive options
• real-time connection to diverse external data sources
• ability to work with multiple screen sizes and dimensions
• flawless integration with external devices
• eye-catching and unique design
• ease of use - both for customers and suppliers
• deep analytics to study user interactions
• low friction remote deployment
• Additionally, the inclusion of lifetime technical support ensures peace of mind for customers making long-term investments

Below is a roundup of our favorite examples of interactive digital menu boards made with Intuiface. 

1. Tablet Controlled Interactive Video Wall / Menu

Creator: RealEyes Displays

RealEyes Displays designed and Installed a three-screen interactive digital signage video wall for Worker B.  When idle, the installation displays a beautiful slideshow. A tablet is used as a presentation tool and controller for the video wall. The Worker B counter attendant can find honey options on the tablet, and either look at product information or send the chosen honey to the screens.  One screen will show a product info panel, and the other will fly a bee over a live map to the honey origin. The 3rd screen can be controlled separately for other products such as skin creams, scrubs, t-shirts and more.  All info panels and product information are easily updated and synced to a mobile-responsive online account.

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2. Brain STEM Tool Box

Creator: SMRT1 TECHNOLOGIES LTD

SMRT1’s interactive technology upgrades traditional vending machines with new touchscreen capabilities to create an interactive and educational shopping experience at any location. Users can freely browse, select from the menu and learn about each product. Cash, credit card or digital payment systems are integrated into the digital experience, enabling a seamless shopping experience. 

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3. Interactive Digital Display Board For Restaurant Tables

Creator: Promultis Ltd

This interactive digital sign for tables enables users to review the menu, order food and drinks, call a server, and pay at the table. In addition, the experience pulls in live news from the BBC and local weather. Online games are also built into the software, as is an integrated particle engine that can be accessed while you are waiting. The tables are all linked to one network, permitting them to communicate with each other via text.

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4. Interactive Electronic Menu Board Gamification

Creator: Tosolini Productions

To be fair, this example does not exhibit an entire digital menu board. However, the experience  deserves to be in our top 5 list because it demonstrates the vast potential of a digital menu board as a creative and interactive engagement tool.

The demo explores how to gamify a digital electronic menu board by combining two leading technologies: Intuiface and Torch AR. 

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5. Self Ordering Touch Screen Menu Boards

Creator: Zivelo

Case study: ZIVELO adopts Intuiface for its full-scale custom QSR self-ordering kiosk solution

This interactive self-service kiosk installed at Thai Chili 2 Go QSRs welcomes customers with a splash screen and an optional request for the customer’s name. Then a list of six category menu options are displayed, followed by a set of sub-categories after a request for selection. Once the customer selects an item, a modifier screen appears with options such as item replacement and the ability to add new items. Selecting the shopping cart leads to a coupon request and then instructions about payment. ZIVELO’s design added many decision-making options to the user interface throughout the customer’s self-ordering journey on touch screen menu boards.

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