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Best Practices for Launching Online Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

Some of those challenges, particularly for smaller, local restaurants, include implementing online ordering, creating a digital presence, and offering delivery for the first time. Even before current events arose, online ordering capabilities and digital touchpoints were becoming nearly ubiquitous.

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Engaging Millennials and Gen Z With Restaurant Loyalty Programs

Mad Mobile

In the past, a wallet full of coffee shop punch cards was as close as most people got to restaurant loyalty programs. It’s up to bars and restaurants to embrace modern loyalty strategies in order to attract and retain these customers. Here are a few aspects to prioritize in order to attract–and hold–their attention.

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How To Get Started With Your Restaurant’s First Loyalty Program

The Restaurant Times

Building brand loyalty when starting a new restaurant can save you money and increase your total profitability. A loyalty program can take a variety of shapes, but at its most basic level, it’s a restaurant marketing strategy that encourages consumers to come back. Offer Loyalty Points . Make It Exclusive .

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The New Normal: Self-Signup for Online Ordering with MenuDrive

Lavu

In November 2019, Saleem S. Khatri, CEO of Lavu and MenuDrive, wrote that the National Restaurant Association 2019 State of the Industry report indicated that nearly half of adults were more likely to order food delivery online than just two years prior. Fast forward to May 2020 and it could not be more true.

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The State of Full Service Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Seventy-four percent of full service restaurants (FSRs) managed to maintain or increase their sales during the pandemic; however, profit margins in 2021 declined to 10 percent, compared to 12 percent in 2019, according to third annual State of Full Service Restaurants Report released by TouchBistro.

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MRM Research Roundup: QSR Update and What Feeds Us

Modern Restaurant Management

To accurately assess the underlying trends of restaurant performance, RMS compared 2021 sales and traffic to pre-pandemic 2019 data. percent over 2019, and average check increased by a remarkable 22.9 In short, consumers are ordering more food, and for larger parties. percent compared to 2019. .”

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2023 Reflections: The Year That Was in Restaurants, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

Many dining establishments found ways to use AI to track and flag stock quantities, automate schedule-making for staff, implement customer service chatbots and process online orders. Co-founder, Carbonate Looking back at 2023, I witnessed a significant shift in how restaurants approach loyalty programs.

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