Culinary Cues

AUGUST 4, 2022

The greatest threat is not the labor shortage or supply chain issues, it’s not the pandemic or the price of real estate – yes, all those concerns are troubling and must be dealt with, but they are not what will bring the restaurant industry to its knees. Well then – what will? Try apathy on for size. Toynbee (author and historian).

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SpotOn

MAY 13, 2024

With the help of targeted summer-themed marketing campaigns that feature your restaurant’s summer menu, atmosphere, outdoor seating areas, seasonal events, hours, and/or location, you will be able to attract both loyal guests and new clients. “Invest in marketing , train your staff, and be ready.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 26, 2019

"Restaurant revenue management is defined as selling the right seat to the right customer at the right price and for the right dura­tion."— From there, you can make vital decisions about price, service capacity, table turnover, and your menu to boost revenue and profits. But how do restaurants increase revenue? The result?

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Apicbase

JUNE 2, 2022

But… there’s another side to the restaurant profitability equation — menu pricing. What is menu pricing? Menu pricing is the process of assigning a sales price to your menu items. Unfortunately, in its strive for efficiency and leanness, the restaurant industry is still sleeping on data-driven menu pricing.

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Restaurant Engine

JULY 27, 2020

This marketing commission is ostensibly optional, but often akin to a lifeline for many restaurants struggling with today’s 57% YoY decline in seated diners. have already raised their food prices 12.6% higher on delivery apps versus in-store prices. Chick-fil-A’s delivery app prices are 29.8% The U.S.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

These aspects include: décor, skill level of staff, style of service, pricing, profit, type of vendors selected, kitchen layout, equipment selection, marketing and advertising, pay scales, dining room seating, type of china, glassware and flatware, even the location and color scheme for the exterior of the restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 18, 2023

Each table has its own wench, which allows them to be raised and lowered to any desired height –– seated, cocktail, or all the way up to the ceiling –– using a network of cables and an electric power source. Photos by Ryan Price How do the suspension tables help the space be more flexible?

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7 Shifts

JULY 16, 2021

You may discover that your target customers enjoy an afternoon pick-me-up and are sensitive to price. This research will dictate your hours of operation and pricing plans! Do they have indoor seating or are they takeout-only? Seating capacity. Expected menu prices. Coffee shop with seating: $80,000 to $300,000.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 11, 2021

National Restaurant Association has partnered with LetsGetChecked to offer members exclusive pricing on-at-home tests Implement an Employee Health Tracking System to minimize infections and spread. Winterize Your Patio Seating ?? Our traffic-heavy streets are now home to ad-hoc patio seating. Post on social media! Resources ??

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LevelUp

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Previously, most locations were about 2,000 square feet with 50 seats, as required by company policy. Future stores will be as small as 1,400 square feet and seat as few as 26 people. In addition to increased ticket prices, new diners who order online are more likely to re-order within 60 days than a walk-in customer.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 26, 2022

Again, turn to the National Restaurant Association for guidance. [] PRICING YOUR MENU BY COMPARISON. More often than not – the success of your restaurant begins with effective menu planning, proper pricing, and consistent execution. Every business requires controls in pricing, consistency, quality, and cash handling.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 30, 2023

Keeping brand integtrity, the interior featured a walk-up counter, digital menu boards and condensed seating/waiting areas with TVs. Own Your Changes In March 2023, restaurants’ food prices were 8.8 There’s also a feeling of being disregarded that comes with an unexplained price increase. percent this year.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Ideal menu price. Your CoGSs is an essential number to have when determining your menu prices, inventory and impacts your net profit margin. It also plays a key factor in pricing your menu. Your check average can tell you a lot about your customers, menu pricing, and more. Employee turnover rate. Table turnover rate.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

OpenTable seats around 1.6 OpenTable offers unique back-end benefits to restaurants, too, providing a customer management system, seating optimization tools, and monetizable experiences restaurants can use to grow their reach, turn guests into regulars, and reduce chaotic peaks and valleys. Apple | Android 4. Apple | Android 5.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

OpenTable seats around 1.6 OpenTable offers unique back-end benefits to restaurants, too, providing a customer management system, seating optimization tools, and monetizable experiences restaurants can use to grow their reach, turn guests into regulars, and reduce chaotic peaks and valleys. Apple | Android 4. Apple | Android 5.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

We have all had those moments (some of us more frequently than others) when we question what we are doing, the level of commitment required, and the price to pay. They don’t want to relax and step off the roller coaster of “making a dent in the universe” – they want to stay in the driver’s seat, they NEED to stay in the driver’s seat.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 21, 2021

These restaurants generally have limited menus, no seating, and fewer (if any) servers compared full-service restaurants. Cons: You have higher overhead costs because you need more seating and servers. Family-style restaurants follow the full-service model with seating and dedicated servers. Fast Food Chains. Example: PitaWay.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 3, 2022

David Portalatin, NPD Food Industry Advisor and author of Eating Patterns in America, said there are three ways consumers are responding higher menu prices: they trade down to lower-priced items; cut back on the number of items ordered; or reduce restaurant visits altogether. Since May’s calculation ended at 8.6

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2022

I don’t have one client who has all the servers necessary to run their operations, which results in a lot of complaints about long waiting times once the guest is seated. For a few minutes, the guest feels better because they are in a seat, but the big problem is on the horizon.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Owners can also review sales trends from previous years to determine which items attracted the most attention per season and then create an exclusive menu with specials that specifically attracts customers to the outdoor seating area.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

With restaurant startup costs restaurant startup cost averages at $275,000 or $3,046 per seat for a leased building, According to Sage accounting. For owned buildings, costs get a bump to $425,000 or $3,734 per seat. The average price sits around half a million dollars, according to data from Restaurants for Sale.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 27, 2023

While consumers still love restaurants, economic headwinds are forcing many to cut back on discretionary spending, and restaurants are experiencing higher prices across the board for line items that include food, labor, utilities and occupancy. It can help operators optimize seating arrangements and staff levels.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 10, 2021

Although there is an undeniable convenience of seeing all flight options in a single search pane, Southwest has opted out of appearing on aggregators, instead offering an everyday low price value proposition for booking direct.

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Squirrel Systems

APRIL 11, 2024

It surely helps to drive attention and maybe even gather a long line of hungry diners outside your door, but to make patio dining business profitable—requires focusing on ways to maximize your restaurant’s capacity, both from a front-of-house service and seating perspective.

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Sling

JANUARY 4, 2023

As the concept evolved — and eventually crossed the pond — it came to be characterized by three variables: food, price, and formality. Those modest portions are also moderately priced in order to be accessible to a wide variety of diners and usually fall within the low to mid-level range. The modern bistro. Bistro vs. cafe.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Once an item makes its way to the menu it is up to the wholesaler to deliver a consistent list of ingredients, at the specifications that are important to the restaurant, on time and at a price that makes sense for the restaurants price point. If any part of this service formula is broken, then the chef’s hands are tied.

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Point of Sale Food Supply Supplies Small Business 411

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2022

How value engineering can be a restaurant construction solution in the face of rising prices and unpredictable supply chains. As the prices of construction materials skyrocket due to rising inflation and supply chain woes, budgeting for commercial development has become significantly more challenging.

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SpotOn

MARCH 18, 2024

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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Culinary Cues

MAY 13, 2023

Oftentimes, clubs and resorts can support a separate department whose job it is to monitor all of these controls. [] LEARN THE CHAIN OF COMMAND Just like in the military or on a professional sports team – organization and respect for such is paramount to success.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 1, 2020

Some try and paint a brighter picture by projecting that as soon as the quarantine is lifted – people will return in droves to their previous lifestyle and fill those empty restaurant seats. How will we (you) stay in touch with customer needs so that concepts, menus, locations, methods of delivery, and pricing strategies align?

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Create a fixed-price ‘Mix and Match’ menu with soups, salads, and sandwiches for customers to choose from. (If If you’re stuck on how to price, $9.95 With a BOGO (Buy One, Get One) deal, guests pay full price for their first item and receive a discount on a qualifying second item. is a common one.)

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Open for Business

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Prix fixe, a French term for “fixed price,” is a menu offering a complete meal at a set rate. Some restaurants provide a middle ground, allowing limited customization within a set price. Restaurants participating in a city’s Restaurant Week can offer a fixed-price menu for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or all three.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2022

Assuming that 80 percent of seats are filled for both sittings and that each customer orders something of average price, Chloe can establish a rough baseline calculation for a day’s trading. for her daily lunchtime menu, she just puts “lunch” and an average price. So, she starts doing some calculations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2024

Typical restaurant KPIs involve monitoring costs around food, labor and supplies, pricing adjustments, table turnover rates during peak periods, customer wait times, promotion effectiveness, brand sentiment on review sites, and training completion rates.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In a typical month, we used to help restaurants seat over four million diners. They knew Yelp could do more than just help them seat diners. We quickly put all hands on deck designing the packaging, pricing and sales collateral around the products that could help restaurants most. I knew restaurants were in trouble.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

This capability can prove invaluable for refining pricing strategies, optimising ingredient and waste management, and planning forthcoming shifts, among other benefits. For example, there will be fewer human interactions when ordering takeaways during busy lunch hours, quick customer seating, or bill payments.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Unfortunately, many Americans still don’t feel comfortable returning to indoor dining where seating is often cramped, and folks are maskless and talking. Restaurants that have bounced back better have been able to utilize outdoor seating to their advantage, where the risk of COVID transmission is lower. What Will 2023 Bring?

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