Combined label for food preparers and food servers in table service restaurants and method of using same
A method is provided of processing a food order in a table service restaurant. The method comprises receiving a food order including a table identifier, and electronically by a computer terminal, printing a food order label including the table identifier and providing the printed food order label. The method also comprises by a food preparer, preparing a food dish based upon the printed food order label, and by the food preparer, placing the prepared food dish in a position in vicinity of the printed food order label. The method further comprises by the food preparer or a food server, picking up the prepared food dish and attaching the printed food order label to the food dish with the table identifier being visible, and by a food server, delivering the prepared food dish to the table indicated by the visible table identifier on the printed food order label and thereby delivering the prepared food dish to a customer in the table service restaurant.
1. A label, comprising:
a substrate;
an adhesive layer disposed on first portions of a backside of the substrate; and
a print coating disposed on second portions of the backside of the substrate.
2. The label of claim 1 , wherein the first portions are along one edge of the backside.
3. The label of claim 1 , wherein the first portions are disposed between adjacent sense marks along the backside.
4. The label of claim 1 , wherein the a front side of the substrate comprises a first printed indicia and the second portion of the backside comprises a second printed indicia.
5. The label of claim 4 , wherein the label is adapted to adhere to a dish via the first portions, and wherein the first indicia comprising order details for an order with the second printed indicia comprising a table identifier and a name of a customer associated with the order.
6. The label of claim 5 , wherein the first printed indicia and the second printed indicia are adapted to be visible with the label adhered to the dish.
7. The label of claim 1 further comprising, a first thermally sensitive coating disposed on a front side of the substrate.
8. The label of claim 7 , wherein the second portions comprise a second thermally sensitive coating disposed thereon.
9. The label of claim 1 , wherein the first portions of the adhesive layer arranged in a pattern on the backside of the substrate.
10. The label of claim 9 , wherein the adhesive layer is disposed in spots of strips within the pattern.
11. The label of claim 1 , wherein the first portions comprises a plurality of locations along a right or a left edge of the backside, each location separated or delineated by a sense mark.
12. The label of claim 11 , wherein the sense marks printed on third portions of the backside of the substrate, each sense mark separating a particular pair of the locations, a top edge of the substrate, or a bottom edge of the substrate.
13. A label, comprising:
a substrate;
sense marks disposed along a first edge a backside of the substrate; and
adhesive strips disposed between pairs of the sense marks.
14. The label of claim 13 further comprising:
a first thermally sensitive coating disposed on a front side of the substrate.
15. The label of claim 14 further comprising:
a second thermally sensitive coating disposed on a portions of the backside that is separate from both the adhesive strips and the sense marks.
16. The label of claim 13 , wherein the adhesive strips are disposed on a first area of the backside with and between the pairs of the sense marks and a. second area of the backside comprises a print coating adapted to print in the second area.
17. A label, comprising:
a substrate;
sense marks disposed in first areas of a backside of the substrate;
adhesive disposed in second areas of the backside of the substrate;
a print coating disposed in third areas of the backside of the substrate; and
the print coating disposed on a front side of the substrate.
18. The label of claim 17 , wherein each second area is situated between a unique pair of the first areas.
19. The label of claim 17 , wherein the print coating is a thermally sensitive print coating and the substrate is a. thermal paper.
20. The label of claim 17 , wherein the substrate is a non-thermal paper.