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What Does Lent Have to Do With Crispy Fish Sandwiches?

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Arbys has a limited time menu of crispy fish sandwiches. Lent does not involve an outright fast, nor is it a one-day-only observance, which allows restaurants to design a specific menu around the food observers eat throughout the weeks-long period. Its difficult to estimate just how many Americans observe Lent.

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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

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Ideal menu price. To put it simply, your cost of goods sold is how much it costs you to produce a menu item. As you add together all of your menu items, you can determine the total cost of everything (to you) that you sell to your guests. It also plays a key factor in pricing your menu. Average customer headcount.

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Top 10 Features A Successful Website for Restaurants Should Have

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First and foremost, it is an almost guaranteed seating. Maybe someone wants to showcase your menu to their friend, add a social media sharing icon via AddThis. In 2015, Google announced that a mobile friendly website would be a factor in their search results. Allow Customers to Make Reservations Online.

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Sun, Sand, and Spaghetti

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She grabs it from the stovetop, hops in the passenger seat, slams the door, and off they go, 45 minutes north into the woods. Twenty years ago Ronald Zorrilla was making a similar trip to the beach, but over dirt roads in the Dominican Republic while seated in the bed of his uncle’s pickup truck. Zorrilla couldn’t agree more.

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Tyga Bites and Sushi with an Attitude

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“I wanted to make sure the whole menu, flavors, and even the packaging was on point,” said Tyga. ” The online menu offers crispy, oven-baked chicken bites in three different spice dusts including Black Garlic, Lemon Black Pepper, and Peri-Peri, a mix of tangy, sweet and spicy. . Contest Details.

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An Eater’s Guide to Visiting (and Drinking) Champagne 

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The resident chef Valérie Radou creates the bistronomic menu, sourcing entirely from local Champenois producers, after going through and tasting Ruinart Brut, Ruinart Millésimé, Ruinart Blanc de Blancs, and Ruinart Rosé cuvées with the oenological team. So far the collective efforts seem to be working.

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Simple Customer Retention Strategy for Restaurants

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trying to put new people in seats, a customer retention strategy seeks to spend time bringing existing customers back. A 2015 study found that nearly 70% of customers don’t return to a restaurant after their first visit, putting the average restaurant customer retention rate at about 30%. Rather than spend all of your time (and money!)