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How to Plan Your Restaurant's Grand Re-Opening Event

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Stay tuned for a few special tips from Melissa Bensky, one of Toronto’s most prolific foodgrammers with her account, @tastethesix. 1 Set goals for the event ?? Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. Plan your staffing ?????

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Resurrect Your Dead Times and Fill Seats with Marketing Innovations

Modern Restaurant Management

Dead times are a hit to your wallet as a business owner as empty seats represent wasted capital investment. Seeing empty seats in your restaurant is disheartening, but the impact goes beyond just losing money. By offering incentives and rewards, restaurants can encourage customers to join the program and willingly provide their data.

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How to write a restaurant marketing plan that puts butts in seats [Ideas and Strategies]

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Knowing they have a lunch special on Wednesdays is invaluable knowledge and can inform your decision-making. This is where special offers, newsletters, and SMS marketing can come in handy. What to use it for: Showing off your food and drink, promoting events and specials, and engaging with your audience.

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THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE

Culinary Cues

Past maintenance and the boiler room of massive furnaces providing heat and hot water for twenty some odd floors of guest rooms and eighteen banquet rooms ranging in size from twenty seat board rooms to two-thousand seat ballrooms, and the three restaurants that grace the main lobby. Couldn’t you assign this to one of our other cooks?

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Unlocking More Reservations with Budget-Friendly Email Marketing

The Rail

By Eric Tress, Contributor If you are looking for an excellent tool to increase your restaurant’s reservations, email marketing is an effective advertising tool you should consider. Restaurant Email Marketing Explained Restaurant email marketing is a powerful tool to connect with guests and drive reservations.

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Outdoor Dining Boom: How Restaurants Can Capitalize on the Al Fresco Opportunity

Modern Restaurant Management

Sidewalk cafes, rooftop terraces, and courtyards are all excellent options for expanding seating. For those with limited space, even a single table outside can be transformed into a romantic date night or a special experience. The use of outdoor space often means more seating opportunities for businesses.

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Top Private Dining Rooms in El Paso for Special Occasions

Restaurant Clicks

Even better, many great restaurants offer private dining, which is perfect for group events of practically any size and type. They have private rooms available with a dedicated event director. While they don’t offer private rooms in the restaurant, reservations are available, and the hotel itself can also host large events.

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