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How To Increase Restaurant Sales: 20 Proven Tips & Tactics

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We’ve studied what makes the 20% of restaurateurs successful and categorized them into essential categories, including optimizing your menu, providing unforgettable experiences, hosting events, and improving takeout. When done right, menu engineering can grow your sales by as much as 15% !

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Boosting Profits One Sip at a Time: The Power of Specialty Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

While three in four survey respondents believe restaurant prices are higher, other factors, such as flavor, outweigh price when ordering specialty beverages, particularly in the full-service segment. During a time of increased price sensitivity, beverages create an opportunity to increase the total check.

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META BOFINGER’S RESTAURANT SECRET

Culinary Cues

Long before the restaurant chains of today, decades prior to the birth of fine dining, experience dining, and molecular gastronomy, there were neighborhood cafes that were part of small communities across the country. Ah, but the food and conversation were consistently good, plentiful, and in-expensive.

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5 Ways to Get Your Restaurant Summer Ready

SpotOn

As the summer season approaches, bringing with it longer days and warmer weather, restaurants have a golden opportunity to welcome waves of customers looking for memorable dining experiences.  Upgrade your outdoor dining experience Summer is synonymous with outdoor dining. We can help.

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What Is a Prix Fixe Menu? Here's a Guide and Menu Examples.

SpotOn

On the other side of the dining spectrum, there are restaurants with menus that offer an entire meal at a set price, also known as the prix fixe menu. The prix fixe menu is ideal for guests seeking to indulge in a larger meal for a higher price. The prix fixe menu doesn't only need to serve French food.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Guests Experiencing Restaurant Inflation

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant guests in cost-saving mode are eating out less and more conscious of menu prices, according to Restaurants: Consumer Trends Fall 2022/Winter 2023 a report produced by Provoke Insights in collaboration with Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine. The study was in-field from Autumn 2022.

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Restaurant Budgeting: How to Create A Restaurant Budget

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Food cost percentage When deciding how much to price your menu items, TouchBistro advises keeping the food cost percentage anywhere between 20% and 40%. Managing a restaurant is not for the faint-hearted. Your stiff competition requires innovative thinking and aggressive growth strategies to stay on top.