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TWENTY COMMON MISTAKES INDEPENDENT RESTAURATEURS MAKE

Culinary Cues

Every business requires controls in pricing, consistency, quality, and cash handling. All of the tools are available for inventory control, purchasing systems, cash handling, costing templates, and quality assessment. Social media is very inexpensive, but someone needs to effectively manage it every day and every way.

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IT’S TIME FOR RESTAURANTS TO PLANT THE SEEDS AND HARVEST THE TALENT

Culinary Cues

This is defined in articles from local newspapers to the New York Times, from industry magazines and websites to social media, and from industry blogs to podcasts by the dozens – everyone states the problem, points a finger, and portrays the issue as someone else’s doing. So, first step – let’s refer to it as a challenge. It was an easy sell.

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LESSONS GIVEN – LESSONS LEARNED

Culinary Cues

Even through the most challenging and tragic experiences, when the lessons are quite vivid – we quickly push aside the need to change in favor of a return to what is considered “normal”. Our menus are too large: The days when the way to customer satisfaction was through extensive variety are probably gone.

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Top 5 Best Restaurant Loyalty Programs of 2024

Bingage

Earning customer loyalty takes time and effort! but the first and most important step is to choose the best loyalty program which can help to gain customer loyalty, engagement, retention and of course revenue generation. Tier-based loyalty program: Enables VIP Tiers and sends exclusive perks to customers on achieving milestones.

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The true cost of POS systems for restaurants

Clover - Restaurants

While restaurant owners will need to account for up-front and potentially ongoing costs, the benefits of POS systems in restaurants can result in increased sales, improved revenue, better customer satisfaction, increased referrals, and more. With Clover , customers are charged flat fees as low as 2.3% plus $0.10 per transaction.

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Restaurant Guide: Top 5 Best Restaurant Loyalty Programs to Use in 2024

Bingage

Earning customer loyalty takes time and effort! but the first and most important step is to choose the best loyalty program which can help to gain customer loyalty, engagement, retention and of course revenue generation. Tier-based loyalty program: Enables VIP Tiers and sends exclusive perks to customers on achieving milestones.

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WHAT RESTAURANT OWNERS GET WRONG

Culinary Cues

The following provides some “food for thought”, maybe even a “look in the mirror” checklist for those who are drifting away from those initial goals. [] THINKING THEY CAN MANAGE THROUGH OTHERS. Even when the owner is present – he or she must depend on the consistent interactions between customers and the restaurant’s employees.