Crubby Glossary

The words of restaurant tech, explained.

From EU14 to e-invoicing, from KDS to Stripe Connect. Concise definitions for anyone stepping into the world of digital menus.

Allergens
Substances that can trigger a reaction in sensitized individuals. By Italian and European law (EU14) they must be listed alongside every dish. Crubby manages them at both product and ingredient level.
Brigade
The kitchen staff team. Typically: chef, sous chef, commis, dishwasher. Crubby manages the brigade's shifts and payroll in /ms/staff.
CMSContent Management System
A system for managing content (text, images, prices) from a web interface without touching code. The Crubby CMS controls the menu shown on every synced screen and device.
Cover
A single guest seated at a table. In Crubby reports you'll see metrics like revenue per cover, average time per cover, and cover management by time slot.
Digital menu
A restaurant menu published on screens or accessible by QR code from a smartphone. Unlike paper, it updates in real time and supports photos, dynamic prices, allergens and multiple languages.
Digital signage
Communication via centrally managed screens. In restaurants it's used for menus, specials and offers. Crubby Display is our digital signage platform built specifically for hospitality.
E-invoiceFE / SDI
A fiscal document mandatory for B2B in Italy since 2019. It's transmitted as XML via the SDI (Interchange System). Business customers enter their VAT number or recipient code at payment.
EU14EU Regulation 1169/2011
The list of 14 food allergens that by law must be flagged on the menu (in Italy and internationally): gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, peanuts, soy, dairy, tree nuts, celery, mustard, sesame, sulphur dioxide, lupin, molluscs.
Food cost %
The cost of ingredients divided by the dish's selling price, as a percentage. Healthy range: 30-35%. Above 40% the margin is tight. Crubby calculates food cost live from the recipe + ingredient price list.
HACCPHazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
A mandatory system for restaurants: it identifies critical points in the cold chain, storage and handling. In Crubby, the /ms/haccp module lets you log temperature check-ins and health tracking.
KDSKitchen Display System
A kitchen display that shows incoming orders in real time, replacing printed tickets at the pass. In Crubby it lives in /pay/kitchen.
Loyalty
A customer loyalty program. Typically a digital stamp card: after N visits or N euros spent, the customer gets a reward. Crubby supports loyalty built into the Pay flow (no separate app to download).
POSPoint of Sale
A physical or software checkout point. In modern restaurants the POS is often a tablet that handles orders, modifiers, the table bill, receipt printing and fiscal integration. /pay/pos in Crubby is one example.
QR menu
A version of the menu you reach by pointing your smartphone camera at a QR code. No app to download, no cookies. The de facto post-pandemic standard for restaurants.
Receipt (ricevuta)
A non-fiscal payment document, used when the customer is another professional or company that needs an invoice. More generic than a fiscal receipt; the e-invoice is a level above again.
Receipt (scontrino)
A fiscal document issued to a private customer after payment. Since January 2020, takings are transmitted electronically to the Italian Revenue Agency via an RT (Electronic Cash Register).
Split bill
Splitting the table bill among several people. Crubby Pay supports 3 modes: split equally, pick what I had, or I'll pay it all.
Stripe Connect
Stripe's payments infrastructure that lets Crubby process the customer's card and credit funds directly to the restaurant's bank account (less the Stripe fee). The flow includes KYC onboarding and automatic payouts.
SyncSynchronization
Technology that keeps the menu aligned across multiple devices (dining-room TVs, window screens, QR links) the moment it's updated in the CMS. Crubby Display supports multi-venue setups and per-service time rules.
Table
The smallest unit in the dining-room POS. It identifies a group of customers sharing a bill. The QR on the table opens that party's page so orders and payments are grouped automatically.