The Rail

MARCH 21, 2023

By Andrea Abbondanza, Contributor In our previous QR blog post , we looked at seven reasons why your restaurant should start using QR codes and the immense benefits they provide both your guests and your staff. The Front Door QR codes on the front door of a restaurant can be an effective way to attract potential dining guests.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Since followers might worry they were losing access to recipes that appeared only in the books and not on her blog, she announced plans to transfer everything to the public website. Digital cookbooks have been a hard sell for big publishing houses, despite the promise of Amazon’s Kindle and other e-readers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

Restaurant employees can apply online to receive a one-time, $500 check to use toward bills, including housing, transportation, utilities, childcare, groceries, medical bills and/or student loans. The Foundation will administer the grants, offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Live in the U.S., an overseas U.S. state or territory.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

You need to put yourself in front of diners, get them in your door, and turn them into ambassadors of your restaurant that come back and tell their friends about you. Many local restaurants have never touched advertising or social media; they've been the neighborhood's go-to spot for decades. So, what sets you apart from the pack?

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2021

To help, we’ve created the ultimate restaurant marketing guide, covering strategy, creative, branding, marketing channels, paid and unpaid advertising, and so much more. There are many restaurants who’ve never touched advertising or social media, and they’ve been the neighborhood’s go-to spot for decades. So, where do you start?

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Social Hospitality: Restaurants

MAY 6, 2020

Four Seasons New York: Housing Healthcare Pros The Four Seasons Hotel in Manhattan is providing free rooms to doctors, nurses and other medical personnel. Amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of negativity online and in the news. Here are 10 inspirational ways the hospitality industry is embracing positivity during COVID-19.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

The focus of this blog post is to help existing restaurants launch their own ghost kitchens. Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. What is a ghost kitchen? How a ghost kitchen works. Size of U.S.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. A better description might be a balancing act that presents new and unique challenges every day. Managers are responsible for nearly every aspect of the restaurant and have to cover a variety of duties. This part of the job is arguably the most multi-faceted.

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Sling

JULY 4, 2021

Then, like the video you shot, display them on all your social media channels, on your website, and in your blog posts. Restaurant marketing has changed dramatically over the past 20 years. With the rise of the internet and the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets, the vast majority of marketing efforts are concentrated online.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 15, 2021

The challenge is, restaurant marketing and promotions can take many forms, and not every strategy will resonate with every diner. As a result, it’s important to test out different types of restaurant marketing ideas and trends to see what resonates most with your target audience. Your marketing plan doesn’t have to be complicated.

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Restaurant Engine

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

One way to find a ready pool is to advertise in your local small newspapers. You can also advertise in college newspapers or on their job boards. #3: (tweet this) Yet, it can be difficult to know if a prospective server is the right fit for your restaurant. Let’s start off with a few popular job boards. #1: 1: Craigslist. 3: Poached.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

Coffee shop owners who don’t adapt to their changing needs risk losing sales and customers. The market isn’t the only thing that’s changed. The world has too, and this will impact the behaviour and preferences of 2020’s coffee shop consumer. The Average Coffee Shop Consumer. Let’s take a look at what today’s coffee shop consumer cares about. “The

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Restaurant365

APRIL 26, 2022

The hiring crunch is especially tough for back-of-house employees, such as line cooks and dishwashers, who historically have made lower wages than many front-of-house employees like servers. As CFO, restaurant staffing strategy may not have historically been part of your responsibilities. The high cost of employee turnover.

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Online ordering is a lifeline for restaurants these days, and it’s difficult to argue against the advantages of having an in-house online restaurant ordering system. An in-house online ordering solution connected with your point of sale system, on the other hand, has numerous significant advantages. Restaurant Website .

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Clover - Restaurants

JULY 11, 2024

Or, consider sharing the cost of advertising space in local media with neighboring businesses. READ: 8 stellar marketing and advertising examples to inspire you 3. READ: 8 stellar marketing and advertising examples to inspire you 3. Here are six small business partnership examples to inspire you.

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Clover - Restaurants

JUNE 20, 2024

Your menu should, in turn, reflect your restaurant’s theme and offer guests plenty of variety without overtaxing your back-of-house staff. Your menu should, in turn, reflect your restaurant’s theme and offer guests plenty of variety without overtaxing your back-of-house staff. Florida is home to a broad range of cuisines and eateries.

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Restaurant Clicks

JANUARY 9, 2020

Starting your own restaurant can be challenging, especially considering all the competition in the restaurant industry. Statistics show that the number of Americans dining out continues to increase, however, so there are plenty of potential customers to go around. How To Start a Restaurant . Pick a Food Concept or Type of Restaurant.

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Izettle

JUNE 30, 2018

If you decide to go for the “free house” concept, you’re not dependent on any brewery. Most pubs operating as free houses still have agreements with certain breweries though. As a free trader the up-front investment gets much bigger making it a much tougher option for most aspiring pub entrepreneurs. Let’s find out.

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Izettle

JUNE 30, 2018

If you decide to go for the “free house” concept, you’re not dependent on any brewery. Most pubs operating as free houses still have agreements with certain breweries though. As a free-trader the up-front investment gets much bigger making it a much tougher option for most aspiring pub entrepreneurs. Let’s find out.

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

The model allows one or more virtual restaurants to operate from a delivery-optimized kitchen without the overheads of a dining room or front-of-house staff. Food delivery is nothing new, of course. But moving to a delivery- only model has been made possible recently by advances in technology and changes in consumer habits.

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

This blog provides an organised overview of the key metrics multi-site restaurant brands should track. In practice, however, successfully managing a group of busy restaurants is an awfully tough undertaking. To help you out, we’ve put together this comprehensive guide on restaurant metrics. Why Are Metrics Important?

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Next Restaurants

MARCH 8, 2022

Chalkboard marketing is a cost-effective way to energize your advertising. By Ron Stefanski, Contributor. Although we live in an era of digital art, a lot of people still find appeal in hand-lettered chalkboard signs. Why Are Chalkboard Paintings so Effective on Social Media? It can make your business stand out without breaking the bank.

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ChefMod

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

We know a lot more now than we did in the beginning about the disease and what we can do to keep our guests and employees safe, but that doesn’t mean we are completely out of the woods. Flair-ups in local infection cases and the uncertainty of variants still have the restaurant industry on its toes.

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Go Hire- Restaurants

MAY 1, 2024

So, we reached out to business leaders and recruiters and compiled a list of the top creative recruiting ideas they're using to successfully hire today. We uncovered recruiting ideas for hourly employees, out-of-the-box recruiting strategies, student recruitment ideas, recruiting ideas for manufacturing, and unique ideas for recruitment event ideas.

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ChefMod

OCTOBER 6, 2021

In a bid to counteract these negative effects in the restaurant industry, the government established various regulations to ensure the safe operation of the restaurant industry. Although these regulations are ever-changing, there are several ways that restaurant owners and stakeholders can continue to run a successful restaurant business.

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Go Hire- Restaurants

MAY 2, 2024

We reached out to business leaders and recruiters and compiled a list of the top creative recruiting ideas they’re using to successfully hire today. We uncovered recruiting ideas for hourly employees, out-of-the-box recruiting strategies, student recruitment ideas, recruiting ideas for manufacturing, and unique ideas for recruitment event ideas.

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