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Restaurant Loyalty Programs to Boost Revenues

Cheetah

Restaurants, retailers and airlines have been using loyalty programs to drive revenue for nearly three centuries. From their humble, though ingenious, beginnings as copper tokens and stamps, through the era of credit card clubs, to today’s mobile apps, loyalty programs have become indispensable marketing tools.

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Why Your Restaurant Should Abandon Coupons and Embrace Loyalty Programs

The Restaurant Coach University

However, discounting is rarely an effective strategy for developing regular customers, and can even end up hurting your business. We spoke to Donald Burns (aka The Restaurant Coach™) to learn why loyalty programs are a much wiser path to success than giving away your product. There are all kinds of loyalty programs.

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Not Just a Trend: The Restaurant Loyalty App

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Restaurants have become tech-savvy by providing an app for their customer base. While it may seem like just another trend it’s really the next best thing for expanding your customer base and building customer loyalty. How to Build a Loyalty Program. o gauge your ideas on known similar competitor programs.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-August 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Execution will play a pivotal role in building customer trust and ensuring today's diners remain loyal." Both sides agreed that a negative take-out experience – ranging from a reduced menu to poor service – was a deal-breaker. Restaurants vs. delivery services. Can't touch this.

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COVID-19 Resources for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

This new site is a one-stop hub of critical information for restaurants, employees, customers and industry partners. In addition to the latest resources on COVID-19 restaurant and employee recovery programs, RestaurantsAct.com offers a brand new, industry-first interactive map of each state, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

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Different Types of POS Systems

BNG Point of Sale

A quality POS system offers many sales advantages: Specific hardware and software, with intuitive interfaces and a range of terminal styles from small and portable to large and robust, makes payment processing easy for both the customer and employees. Customer-facing display screen. A POS system includes hardware and software.

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What?s Even the Point of Credit Card Points Now?

EATER

When Delta extended its contract with American Express in 2019, the airline said it expected to be making $7 billion annually by 2023 from the deal — and that’s just one airline. Card issuers buy points from airlines and hotels to offer their cardmembers. Airline cards are now offering extra points on grocery store purchases.