Culinary Cues

MAY 3, 2023

Where we fall short is in the details of that menu, the complements, the “tag along” ingredients. Great bread IS ESSENTIAL in any level of restaurant experience. Your customers will rave, and you can raise your prices to cover the difference. Bakers know it, many chefs know it, and the customer craves it.

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TastyIgniter

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Discover how restaurant management software revolutionizes menu planning in "Menu Planning with Restaurant Management Software." Enhance your restaurant's efficiency and customer experience with these innovative tools.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

One of the most difficult tasks that any restaurateur or chef faces is convincing a customer to walk through the door for the first or twentieth time. Every restaurant knows that once a customer walks through the door a sale of food and beverage will likely result. Restaurants need to share this with their community of businesses.

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Bingage

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

One of the easiest techniques to do this is through Restaurant Upselling, or making your existing customers repeat customers. Upselling is much more than sales; it requires knowledge,experience ans smart work. In this blog we have covered different techniques that will help you boat your restaurant’s revenue.

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Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022? For these travelers, the dining experience will be back on the menu. For these travelers, the dining experience will be back on the menu. Plant-based options are a must on any menu from bed and breakfasts to five-star resorts. b3lineicon|b3icon-trees|?|Trees.

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Veloce POS Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Offering a remarkable menu, unbeatable beer prices and a relaxed atmosphere, Blaxton is a benchmark for food quality, a variety of local products and ambiance. The post How Blaxton Pub & Grill improved efficiency and customer experience with PayFacto and Veloce POS appeared first on POS Veloce HQ.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 9, 2021

The goal of every restaurant and every chef is to create memorable experiences for the guest. Guests will return when the effort expended to create memorable complete dining experiences is front and center. So, what are we doing to create a memorable experience for this team? It is, and must be, a team effort.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2024

But precisely, how can you determine what customers want? How can you adjust your B2C marketing strategy to align with their needs and provide an elevated culinary experience? Businesses must remain ahead of the curve by checking all the correct boxes as customer tastes evolve at an unparalleled pace.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2022

The cost of raw materials seems to always go up, most ingredients that restaurants use are highly perishable, customer volume is less predictable than we would like, seasonal differences in quality are quite significant, the supply chain is out of step with demand, and waste seems to be a real problem in many operations.

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 7, 2021

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. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Why is this the case?

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

You know that every chef has wrestled with this – should the menu reflect a personal philosophy to move the bar or stick with time-tested standards? These are the customers that keep restaurants afloat, tend to be loyal, and remain ambassadors for a restaurant for years to come. That is in our DNA, we can’t really help ourselves.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

There is a way, to both grow profits and upgrade your customer experience at the same time: suggestive selling. In this blog post, we will discuss suggestive selling and how it can improve your restaurant's bottom line. Your guests have a personalized and better experience. Better guest experience.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2022

We deal with highly perishable goods, unpredictable customer behavior, swinging door staffing, and constantly escalating cost of goods. How do the rest of us explain the menu with $25 appetizers, $60 entrees, and $20 desserts? From my perspective the answer lies in menu planning, training, and labor efficiency.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

This includes greeting guests and thanking them for their patronage, conducting tableside checks, and resolving any customer complaints quickly, effectively, and empathetically. The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The data scientists at Upserve found that their restaurant customers using a mobile POS saw a 50% quicker order-to-table time. A Mobile POS Creates More Repeat Customers and Advocates. Many of the points above also help create repeat customers, who tend to spend up to 67% more on average than first-time guests.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

How you approach profit will determine what your physical plant will look like, the scope of sophistication in your kitchen, who your vendors will be, how many employees you will hire and the depth of their experience, where you advertise and how much you invest in that, your table top appointments, and even your hours of operation.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We can all choose to be great at what we do; choose to master our craft and create outstanding experiences for guests and co-workers alike, or we can choose to shrug our shoulders and surrender to mediocrity. Some mediocre operations may experience a false sense of euphoria simply because of supply and demand. Plain and simple.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

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).

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2020

We’ve also included a restaurant marketing plan PDF with all the questions you need to ask (and answer) to get into the minds of your customers and create a marketing recipe for success. But would a first-time customer know what your restaurant is made of by sitting at a table? Which is where your restaurant marketing plan comes in.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Whenever I take the time to pause and reflect on my time working in restaurants and participating in restaurant experiences, I tend to categorize them as wow experiences, surprising experiences, and special experiences. Happy customers told their friends, and their friends told their friends. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

More difficult than you may have thought, more chaotic than you might expect, more poetic than you realize, and more fulfilling than you would understand: this, to me, describes the environment of the professional kitchen that few customers are able to view or experience. This includes back waiters, bus personnel, and bartenders.

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Bingage

JANUARY 29, 2021

It’s no secret that the customer experience is one of the most important parts of running a restaurant. If you don’t have happy customers, they won’t come back! A common complaint among restaurant owners is that customers don’t feel like they’re getting enough attention. How does it work?

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In a paradigm shift for the dining industry, restaurants are harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tailor their menus to the individual nutritional needs of customers through personalized online ordering systems. This enables restaurants to adapt and evolve their menus proactively.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Chefs know how to play it safe; cooks understand what it means to stick to the basics, and many customers do like to embrace predictability. You may find restaurants that have been around forever and have built a loyal return customer base and yes this is important and comfortable. Now, what can I get for you?”

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Culinary Cues

MAY 4, 2021

This time away from the way we operated for decades has given employees and customers a chance to re-evaluate. Our customers need to trust that the restaurant they patronize will be safe and that the operation will take all of the necessary steps to ensure their health and wellbeing. This is a time to start fresh.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

But what about your food, what about the guest’s reaction, what about creating memorable experiences, what about your connection to the plate? Take a moment to assess, to line up the results of your work with your vision of the plate, the guest experience, and the brand that you are trying to build. www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG.

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TastyIgniter

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Discover the best fast food restaurant management software with TastyIgniter's latest blog post. Learn how intuitive order management, dynamic menu customization, efficient inventory tracking, and integrated employee scheduling can revolutionize your fast food operations.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 6, 2021

This being said, take a look at the restaurant where you work and begin to dissect the experience. Talk with the service staff and inquire about their knowledge of those contextual factors associated with items on the menu. The point is – homogenized restaurant and family menus have left us stranded in a cultural desert.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome to the Goliath Consulting Group blog, where we share valuable insights and expert advice to help you excel in the competitive restaurant industry. From conceptualizing your vision to providing exceptional customer experiences, these strategies will set you on the path to culinary triumph.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 3, 2020

As you move through IDEATION that will help to define what your restaurant concept, menu, systems, and staffing will look like as we eventually move out of this crisis, it is just as important to discuss and plan for the things that can go wrong. Let your customers know that safety and sanitation is your most important job.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

What needs to be addressed is: “ How do we build trust among customers, trust that the restaurant will keep them safe, and how do we generate enough sales and in turn – profit, to keep the operation moving forward? Your employees know that this is not the best way to start a dining experience. Ask your staff!

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Culinary Cues

AUGUST 18, 2022

The difference is a culmination of knowledge, skill, experience, confidence, and preparation. Each of those factors: knowledge, skill, experience, confidence, and preparation are part of a cook’s mise en place. Each experience still wakes me up on occasion and I have been removed from daily kitchen life for some years now.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2021

You may serve the best food on the block, but if your restaurant doesn't match its dishes with plausible customer service, your customers may never come back. That's why it's important to provide an outstanding dining experience from the second your customer's enter your restaurant, till the moment they leave.

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Restaurant Engine

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

It’s always a good idea to refine your menu for your patrons. This is a perfect chance for your restaurant to really refine your menu to provide your customers just what they want. This is a perfect chance for your restaurant to really refine your menu to provide your customers just what they want.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 26, 2022

Again, turn to the National Restaurant Association for guidance. [] PRICING YOUR MENU BY COMPARISON. These are the restaurateurs who call me up and ask: “My dining room is full, why am I not making any money?”. [] NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW TO PLAN EFFECTIVE MENUS. Don’t assume anything until your experience proves that it is warranted.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 8, 2021

Chefs who are able to develop systems of production that work with fewer people will find a gold star on their resume. [] STREAMLINED MENU PLANNING. Chefs who are able to generate, assess, and use analytical data in their decision-making (menu trends, cost trends, daily labor analysis, market prices, etc.) This is quite the package.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Whether it’s a family-friendly diner or a five-star full-course gastronomical experience, there is a personality behind it, and it should be reflected in every bit of marketing that you do. Experts suggest calming, fresh greens for a restaurant that focuses on a healthy menu, for instance. Keep Your Online Menu up to Date.

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