The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Menu Optimization for Waste Reduction A thoughtful menu design can minimize waste while offering dishes that excite customers. Designing a Waste-Conscious Menu Feature Versatile Ingredients : Use items that work across multiple dishes. Plan Around Availability : Design your menu with readily available ingredients.

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Goliath Consulting

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The festive season is upon us! In this blog, we’ll share some holiday marketing ideas and tips to ensure your restaurant remains the go-to spot for festive celebrations. In this blog, we’ll share some holiday marketing ideas and tips to ensure your restaurant remains the go-to spot for festive celebrations.

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The Restaurant Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding your audience helps in crafting a menu and ambiance that resonates with them. Building a community around your brand fosters loyalty. Offer Promotions and Discounts Implement Loyalty Programs Reward repeat customers with discounts or freebies.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 22, 2021

H3: A strong loyalty program. What’s better than having repeat business; and what’s a better way to get repeat customers than to offer them an effective loyalty program. Look for loyalty program software that integrates with your POS system, allowing you to collect important data points from your customers.

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Clover - Restaurants

JUNE 30, 2025

For example, 12 months is long enough to capture seasonal fluctuations that might arise during the holidays or other busy seasons. For example, your average restaurant profit margin might indicate that diversifying your menu doesn’t make sense.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For example, your ideal customers could be: Young families that want a kid's menu, great drinks, and to get home before 8. This could be exciting drinks, a great happy hour, family-friendly promotions, or a fantastic menu that people can't help but try. Is my menu accessible and legible? Create a blog on your website. “It

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The Rail

JULY 5, 2024

All aspects of restaurant administration, including menu optimization , cost control, and revenue maximization, are critical to your bottom line. This blog will explore essential restaurant management tips that will help you enhance profitability and drive success in the competitive food service industry.

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ChowNow

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Email marketing is a powerful tool to drive repeat orders and boost diner loyalty. Some programs will retain that data for themselves, but ChowNow ensures you always own all your customer data. A loyalty program that requires diners to create an account. Menu preferences. Reservation or catering forms.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 16, 2024

Best restaurant marketing ideas for 2024 Here are some of the proven and tested restaurant marketing ideas you can try in 2024: Offer your customers rewards using loyalty programs 47% of diners in loyalty programs say they use their memberships a couple of times monthly, and 32% use them several times weekly.

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Bingage

JULY 21, 2022

And when it comes to the festival season, you can’t afford to be complacent. To help you make the most of the festive season, here we are sharing easy yet unique Raksha Bandhan marketing ideas for restaurants – 1. Keep your festive menu simple yet special – Don’t complicate, it may cost you more.

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Lavu

DECEMBER 16, 2019

While it may seem like just another trend it’s really the next best thing for expanding your customer base and building customer loyalty. How to Build a Loyalty Program. If you don’t already have a loyalty program started, you’ll need to think about the following while considering an app: know your customer base.

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Indoor Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

They can promote seasonal events and holidays like family-style takeout dinners for Thanksgiving or Christmas. You can also use them to intrigue your customers with menu items available only for takeout. Create a Loyalty Program One of the most popular restaurant promotion ideas is a loyalty program.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 30, 2020

For example, restaurant reporting may be a profit and loss statement or it may involve comparing your profit margin between specific periods of time or analyzing labor hours between this year and last year’s holiday season. Restaurant analytics, on the other hand, go deeper than restaurant reporting.

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 19, 2025

Whether youre a seasoned owner or just starting out, this advice will help you boost efficiency, keep your team motivated, and turn customers into regulars. From smarter hiring to prepping for busy seasons, were sharing strategies that work across small bistros and bustling chains alike. Plan extra stock for busy seasons too.

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Harbor Touch

MARCH 19, 2025

Whether youre a seasoned owner or just starting out, this advice will help you boost efficiency, keep your team motivated, and turn customers into regulars. From smarter hiring to prepping for busy seasons, were sharing strategies that work across small bistros and bustling chains alike. Plan extra stock for busy seasons too.

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Next Restaurants

JUNE 30, 2021

I recommend collecting statistics on popular and little-demanded formats, menu options, and ingredients. Then study why exactly this format and menu is in demand (for example, is it a cultural feature or a seasonal trend). Make the main menu based on dishes that are understandable for your audience.

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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. Consider offering a limited menu from your food truck while promoting the expanded menu at your brick-and-mortar location. 11) Start A Blog. 23) Start A Customer Loyalty Program.

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The Restaurant Group

JULY 25, 2024

Here’s how we do that: Crafting a Profit-Driven Menu Seventy-seven percent of diners visit a restaurant’s website before they visit one. They look at the menu first to decide if it’s worth it. As the average customer studies the menu for only 109 seconds (Gallup), you must make the most of it with menu engineering.

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Focus POS

MAY 5, 2020

This technology also tells you what menu items are selling out, what’s sitting around in the kitchen about to expire, and how quickly menu items are being sold. Generating ingredient tracking reports will give insight into customers’ dining preferences, which can be used as a guideline for menu planning. Optimize Labor.

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Indoor Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Restaurant Loyalty Programs. Do you have a loyalty program in place? Be sure to track redemption of the loyalty program offers. Loyalty programs work because they make your customers feel like a VIP. Read more about customer loyalty in our blog. The Craze of Seasonal Items.

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Indoor Media

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Using your own custom-printed receipts makes it easier to advertise customer surveys, seasonal menu items, your website, and more. A unique menu and stellar service is just the start. Check out these ways you can increase loyal, local customers , including: Rewards or Loyalty Programs. Learn more.

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Bingage

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

And for that, you don’t need to create a completely different menu, instead of that use creative Restaurant chalkboard signs put it in outside the restaurant and start advertising. STOP Offering Loyalty Points!! A special occasion like new year, Christmas and other holiday seasons are the best way to get repeat customers.

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Notch

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Read More : How to Set Menu Prices to Maximize Profit & Value Think about it this way; treat the promo as one meal—double the food cost that goes into the dish and calculate your percentage based on the price of a single item. Loyalty programs Loyalty programs are one of the most common restaurant promotions out there.

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Bingage

JULY 18, 2020

Users who search for your restaurant may see an “Order Online” button (If you have a website), which they can tap to view a menu and start their order. If possible start a blog that allows you to produce good content on the relevant subject. Run offers & loyalty programs exclusively on social media.

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Bingage

JULY 18, 2020

Users who search for your restaurant may see an “Order Online” button (If you have a website), which they can tap to view a menu and start their order. If possible start a blog that allows you to produce good content on the relevant subject. Run offers & loyalty programs exclusively on social media.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 16, 2021

As a whole, restaurant profit margins are much lower than other industries, due to perishable item waste, staff turnover, seasonality, and other factors. If your restaurant business switched to a delivery or takeout only model during the pandemic, you may have slimmed down your menu offerings, as well as your inventory.

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Gourmet Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Follow our blog to soak up some of the lessons we’ve learned along the way. Establish a loyalty program to offer your customers rewards. A loyalty program is a fantastic way to get your customers to come back again and again. The key here is to make the program feel rewarding whenever your customers use it.

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Cheetah

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Most bakeries have a variety of sweets, artisan breads, cakes and other guilty pleasures on their menu. Both the season and customers’ preferences shift quickly and you need to know how to adapt to them. Make a habit of going online to check out food and bakery blogs and forums and read what people are talking about.

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Cheetah

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Most bakeries have a variety of sweets, artisan breads, cakes and other guilty pleasures on their menu. Both the season and customers’ preferences shift quickly and you need to know how to adapt to them. Make a habit of going online to check out food and bakery blogs and forums and read what people are talking about.

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Indoor Media

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Post Tasty Photos to Instagram Many restaurants use Instagram to post daily specials, seasonal promotions, or holiday closures. When customers come in and sign up for your loyalty program or order food online, you can ask if they’d like to receive emails about promotions.

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Touch Bistro

JULY 15, 2021

While you’re building your website, make sure you’re mindful of where you’re including key business information – your menu, contact information, hours, and location are some important places to start! Update Your Online Menu. Help customers find exactly what they’re looking for by updating your online restaurant menu.

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Bingage

JULY 21, 2022

And when it comes to the festival season, you can’t afford to be complacent. To help you make the most of the festive season, here we are sharing easy yet unique Rakshabandhan marketing ideas for restaurant – 1. Keep your festive menu simple yet special – Don’t complicate, it may cost you more.

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Notch

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Read More : How to Set Menu Prices to Maximize Profit & Value Think about it this way; treat the promo as one meal—double the food cost that goes into the dish and calculate your percentage based on the price of a single item. Loyalty programs Loyalty programs are one of the most common restaurant promotions out there.

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Clover - Restaurants

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Analyzing competitor businesses may also help you fine-tune your pricing, craft a unique menu, and market your restaurant more effectively to locals or visitors. Craft the menu Menu design is important to your restaurant’s branding and theme, as well as the overall customer experience. READ: How to create a restaurant menu 4.

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MBB Hospitality

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These narratives build customer loyalty and can be the defining factor that keeps your tables filled. Whether it’s a ‘Chef’s Special’ night, a community event, or a seasonal menu, promotions should offer a new experience that intrigues and delights your patrons.

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QSR Automations

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Unfortunately, loyalty programs can only go so far , and they traditionally depend on rewarding customers for returning to your restaurant. This means that the restaurant can do very little other than offer loyalty rewards. Firstly you’ll need to develop a strategy that will get users excited to follow the latest menu changes.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 25, 2024

In fact, we’ll tell you why sharing your secret sauce can even be a key to customer loyalty. Here are some top reasons you should have recipe cards for your restaurant: To maintain quality and consistency: Even the most seasoned chef needs a reference every now and then. For menu development: Wanting to spice up your offerings?

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