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Boosting Profits One Sip at a Time: The Power of Specialty Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

More specifically, a specialty beverage break. Rethinking Beverages The typical drink upsell—soft drinks and coffee or tea—has decreased over the past few years as customers increasingly eat restaurant food at home. One in four respondents order specialty beverages more than once a week.

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More Mocktails on the Menu

Modern Restaurant Management

Celebrities such as Katy Perry, Blake Lively, Kylie Minogue and Bella Hadid are helping to boost the booze-free band wagon by launching non-alcoholic beverages. Adults 18+ specific questions about non-alcoholic beverages to help inform restaurants, retailers, event planners, and food and beverage firms with business strategies.

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How To Increase Restaurant Sales: 20 Proven Tips & Tactics

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This proves that any restaurant business owner who wants to survive in this economy should be open to trying unconventional sales strategies to attract customers and continue making a profit. Once in your customers' hands, this piece of paper can directly influence what your diners order and how much they spend in one sitting.

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Ten Ways You Can Make Your Food and Beverage Business a Great Place to Work

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Have you ever noticed how great service in restaurants and cafes can make your day? When bosses in food and beverage places make their workers excited about their jobs, it can lead to happier customers. Why Happy Workers Matter Think of happy employees as the special ingredient that makes a food and beverage business successful.

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Designing an autumn menu for your coffee shop

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As warmer weather sets in, coffee drinkers tend to opt for colder beverages, whereas the number of hot coffee beverages usually increases during the colder months. One of the most prominent examples is the pumpkin spice latte (popularised by Starbucks) which is now found on menus in specialty coffee shops throughout autumn and winter.

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Keeping Up with Diners’ Expectations Amid Rising Prices

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The NCR Voyix 2024 Digital Commerce Index revealed nearly half (48 percent) of consumers dine out less than they used to because inflation is top of the menu. Some brands’ apps even track mobile-order customers’ location to help ensure their food is fresh, whether it’s a burger or a salad. The top reasons?

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How can coffee shops use cold coffee drinks to diversify their menu?

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Around the world, these beverages have become a staple of coffee shop menus – not just in warmer months, but all year round. In line with this, cafés have started to use cold coffee beverages – including cold brew, coffee concentrate , and cocktails – to expand their menu offerings.

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