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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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Delight customers and reduce credit card costs with Clover Cash Discount

Clover - Restaurants

Cash discount is a compelling solution that’s proven to offset processing costs, drive repeat business, and keep customers satisfied. Today, Clover is excited to make it easy for merchants to offset their processing costs by offering cash discounts at checkout through the Clover Cash Discount tool.

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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.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: A PHASED IN APPROACH TOWARD RESURRECTING RESTAURANTS

Culinary Cues

Whichever side of the question you find yourself on – there is no denying that the constraints will be significant, customers will be very leery about entering a restaurant, and initial sales will never be enough to keep a restaurant solvent. This is absolutely essential if you want your customers to return.

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Guest blog: 7 Essential Reasons Why Your Restaurant Needs an Online Ordering System

Restaurant365

With the demand for takeout being at an all-time high, restaurants have turned to ordering services like Grubhub and UberEats to connect with new local customers looking for food. These ordering platforms charge multiple fees to your customers and also have high commission rates (typically 10-15% of the order total).