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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

7 Shifts

Break-even point. Sales per labor hour. You can now determine what percentage this is off your overall sales to get a picture of your restaurant's financial health. Business is often a game of numbers, and restaurants are no exception. If it's not measured, it won't be managed. Table of Contents: Cost of Goods Sold.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Topline numbers show robust restaurant sales growth during November. Same-store sales growth was 1.6 percent in November, which represents the third consecutive month of positive sales growth and the strongest since January. Thanksgiving typically represents lower sales volumes for most industry segments.

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Deconstructing Russia’s Coffee Market

Perfect Daily Grind

Organised by Perfect Daily Grind, this world leading coffee event is aimed at bringing international markets together by advising attendees on how to improve sales, access new markets, generate valuable relationships, and foster knowledge-sharing and mentorship. . Credit: Ricardo Montalvo . Credit: PIR—COFFEE Expo.

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MRM Research Roundup: Halloween-2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

They collected and analyzed sales data between January 2018 and July 2019 from over 10,000 restaurants nationwide, measured the sales performance of each item, and ranked each item based on its overall and trending popularity. National Menu Trends. The team at Upserve just released their latest trends report.

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[Guide] Restaurant Management Tips & Tactics: 2019 Field Guide

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Marketing and advertising : Market your restaurant to help achieve optimal restaurant capacity (social media and review management included). Customer service: Interact with guests, solve customer complaints, and ensure the service is on point. Here's a breakdown of the major restaurant manager responsibilities.

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It’s Time to Measure Up: Creating and Executing a Menu for Success With Location-Based Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

By bringing together CRM data as well as location data, marketers can begin to piece together a more well-rounded picture of their customers and their preferences. And as restaurants pull more sales through their digital menus they benefit from additional first-party data, stronger customer relationships, and margin expansion.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The data also points to a broken customer arrival experience. Must haves for local chain restaurant apps include easy ordering (66 percent), easy payment (61 percent), loyalty/rewards points (52 percent), and coupons and/or deals (52 percent). The State of What Feeds Us. Restaurant apps reign supreme over third-party apps.

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