Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Camden Town Brewery and their drinkable ad campaign. But now there is an added message about the safety precautions that are in place for a restaurant. Safety is the new variable that got added up along with the usual suspects pertaining to food. Great service is still great service!

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience. You should expect to spend some of your time approving comps and monitoring staff's service quality to ensure they maintain high standards.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Native or first-party delivery doesn't rely on a separate service to take and send out orders. Does it integrate with courier services such as DoorDash Drive, Jolt, or Relay? The other is outsourcing to a courier service like DoorDash Drive, Relay, or Jolt. Employing Drivers vs. Not Should I use a courier service?

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The Rail

MARCH 7, 2023

By Sarah Jarosz, Contributor Social media has revolutionized how businesses market their products and services, and restaurants are no exception. Whether you're a small, local restaurant or a large, chain restaurant, social media can be a powerful tool to help you attract new customers and build brand awareness.

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Sling

JULY 4, 2021

Then, like the video you shot, display them on all your social media channels, on your website, and in your blog posts. 7) Get Your Listing At The Top Of Local Search Results. There’s nothing like topping the list when your customers search for local restaurants. Contact a local SEO business or go the DIY route instead.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 9, 2020

Prioritize local SEO. Local Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is optimizing your local restaurant website to rank highly on Google pages for the keywords that local area users will search about your city or state (like “best pizza Chicago”). Local SEO is not simple to do, but it can have big rewards.

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Indoor Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

You can update your restaurant marketing plan with some fundamental local restaurant advertising basics, which include: 1. They are more likely to hear about deals if you use omnichannel strategies across platforms like Facebook ads or Instagram campaigns.

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Future Food

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

As an added incentive to this strategy, typically loyal customers are more profitable than new customers! All of the above factors when optimised and working in concert, lead to the delivery of a service and product that will ‘connect’ with the identified customer segments and provide the best opportunity to maximise revenue.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience. You should expect to spend some of your time approving comps and monitoring staff's service quality to ensure they maintain high standards.

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Izettle

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The current situation has been a challenge for everyone in the independent business community, but many of the restrictions by local governments are now being lifted. It is also important to know that as more and more people become comfortable using contactless, ‘contactless’ is a service they will expect to see wherever they shop.

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Indoor Media

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

This blog is supposed to be a resource for our customers, both current and potential. We’ve covered Online Reputation Management , Google Local Services Ads , Building Your Online Following , and Claiming Local Listings. They are local pizza restaurant owners or eyeglass franchisees.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Sometimes called a virtual restaurant, virtual kitchen or cloud kitchen, a ghost kitchen is a food-service business that serves customers exclusively through online orders. The focus of this blog post is to help existing restaurants launch their own ghost kitchens. How a ghost kitchen works. Size of U.S.

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Indoor Media

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Between balancing planning and strategizing, accounting and financing, and customer service and human resources, your plate is usually full—any given day. Ask anyone for advice on the best advertising for small businesses, and many will reference the power of social media and blogging efforts—and for good reason.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 25, 2020

As many restaurant operators transition from dine-in service to delivery and takeout service only, there are many operational decisions to make. Make sure your takeout and/or delivery service is prominently displayed on your home page. Promote your delivery service through digital channels.

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The Restaurant Times

OCTOBER 5, 2021

But local restaurateurs are often oblivious to the power of the internet and still prefer traditional practices. If you want to top the competition – be unique and have a blog. Having strong and relatable content on your website blog will ensure building brand value and brand affinity. Source: Compete Themes.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 27, 2020

If local laws mandate that you have to shut your restaurant down, then you must comply. However, many states that are forcing restaurants to stop their dine-in services are allowing them to operate as takeout and delivery-only establishments. A blog post explaining why you are closed when you expect to reopen is also a good idea.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Website blog posts and updates. Online ads – creating, writing and designing campaigns. Facebook ads. Instagram ads. Google adwords. Google maps optimization. Google my business page. What about local outreach, sponsorships, direct mail, telemarketing, etc? Promotions and specials.

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Izettle

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

The current situation has been a challenge for everyone in the independent business community, but many of the restrictions by local governments are now being lifted. It is also important to know that as more and more people become comfortable using contactless, ‘contactless’ is a service they will expect to see wherever they shop.

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Next Restaurants

MAY 26, 2020

Be part of the solution; keep your local communities fed. Offer Safe & Contact-Free Services. Before opening up, it’s crucial that you’re aware of local laws and regulations regarding reopening. Depending on your local regulations, expand restaurant seating to ensure as much space as possible. Offer Disposable Menus.

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Social Hospitality

JUNE 15, 2019

Your Instagram popularity may have little to do with the quality of your food or service. Visitors to the area may search local geotags to see what there is to do in the neighborhood. Reach out to local food influencers. Or, do a Google search for the best food bloggers in your town. Target Audience.

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Indoor Media

MARCH 1, 2018

If you Google search “anna ruby indoormedia” you will find blog posts that I’ve authored and my LinkedIn profile. You wouldn’t use a different physical address on your business cards, flyers, and Google Maps listing because it would be impossible for customers to determine your actual location. Build Recognition.

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Web Diner

JUNE 4, 2021

On the surface, it’s easy to downplay the importance of building your brand on social media when you’ve got dishes to prepare, employees to keep in check, an inventory to update, and customer service to attend to. Restaurants can no longer depend on serving only their immediate local area.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

They state , “The food and beverage industry is seemingly one of the most susceptible to changing trends, micro-trends, and local trends.”. She tells me that some coffee shops are preparing syrups for cold drinks and lemonades ahead of time, and then adding sparkling water from a font such as the Marco FRIIA. Credit: La Marzocco Korea.

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SpotOn

MAY 1, 2024

Small businesses can use paid ads, social media promotion, and other clever tactics to lure curious local customers to try a new food spot. To get some extra recognition online, restaurants can complete a few simple changes to their website and Google Business Profile to improve how guests discover their business online.

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The Food Corridor

MARCH 27, 2023

As the technology has matured, additional services have emerged to aggregate the various delivery apps into one portal, for easier production of multiple orders and delivery coordination as well as smart food purchasing and production software for decreased food waste and increased per meal unit economics.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Food Service Skills For Your Resume. 5 Restaurant & Food Service Skills for Your Resume. Examples include a TIPS certification , ServSafe Allergen , or a local accredited restaurant safety course. Food Service, Kitchen, & Hospitality Tech. 15 'Soft' Food Service Skills For Your Resume [List].

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Qu

APRIL 24, 2023

Once Savory applied its chosen best-in-class tech and made sure the APIs could communicate with each other, they started seeing remarkable improvement at the local store levels. As a result, employees can focus on making the order and providing outstanding service at the window. It’s a win-win.

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Social Hospitality

AUGUST 8, 2021

You can also get a Google My Business page to streamline the process. For example, if they search on Google, your website should show up among the top results. According to this Forbes article , influencer marketing grows faster than all other forms of digital ads. Start proactively collecting reviews for your restaurant.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 15, 2021

Diners now use search engines like Google to find restaurants and review menus online before deciding where to eat. and adding a reservation or online ordering widget. With a text-based menu, it’s easy for Google to crawl your menu so that your specific dishes or cuisine will pop up when diners make relevant searches (i.e.

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Social Hospitality

AUGUST 8, 2021

You can also get a Google My Business page to streamline the process. For example, if they search on Google, your website should show up among the top results. Leverage influencer marketing According to this Forbes article , influencer marketing grows faster than all other forms of digital ads.

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Notch

JANUARY 23, 2019

For example, fast-food margins can be much higher than full-service restaurants. Full-service restaurants, in contrast, often have a harder time. But the margin for the full-service restaurants was even skinnier—at 1.8%. There are tons of ways to keep your business chugging along without adding to your balance sheet.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 10, 2024

A June 2023 study by PYMNTS found 62% of restaurant consumers use Google to search for restaurants, making it the top online source where people find dining information. Many agencies will offer tiered levels of service offerings, so you can stay with the same agency as you scale and your marketing budget increases.

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Notch

JANUARY 23, 2019

For example, fast-food margins can be much higher than full-service restaurants. Full-service restaurants, in contrast, often have a harder time. But the margin for the full-service restaurants was even skinnier—at 1.8%. There are tons of ways to keep your business chugging along without adding to your balance sheet.

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Indoor Media

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Think about your own experience searching for a product or service online. You start with Google, click on a search result that looks promising, and when you get to the website, you can’t find the information you’re looking for. And live chat has the highest satisfaction levels of any customer service channel at 73%.

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Buzztime Business

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Action: Automate Your Email Marketing For as low as $10/month, you can use a service like MailChimp to automatically send guests a welcome email when they subscribe to your email list. You can even automate your email list buildout with a service like Yelp Wi-Fi, which asks for the guest’s email in exchange for use of your free wi-fi.

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Indoor Media

JULY 4, 2020

Searching Groupon for oil change coupons results in a long list of ads for auto shops. I.e., ad space is limited to a certain number of businesses within the same industry. For example, register tape advertising only allows two ads for each industry on a single grocery store’s receipts. Don’t target broad phrases with PPC ads.

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The Rail

AUGUST 18, 2023

This is why we use blogs and social media posts to lure people to our place! Content is especially important for bars and similar service establishments. In this article, we talk about a few content promotion tricks that will put your bar on a local map! What Are the Best Channels for Promoting Your Bar?

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