Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 19, 2022

That’s great for visibility and web traffic, but what about when a restaurant is looking to drive conversions (clicking to make an online delivery order, for example) or good old fashioned foot traffic? and then strategically use those keywords in content (on your website, in your newsletter or in blog posts, for instance).

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Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

“We are fully mobilized and doing all we can to support as many people as possible during this difficult time.” Social Kitchen & Craft Bar: Giving Back to the Community. Social Kitchen & Craft Bar in Costa Mesa, CA is providing free meals to feed all laid-off and furloughed hospitality workers.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Your smartphone is your restaurant's media center. It's a full-on media company. Shawn is the host of not one but two podcasts— Digital Hospitality and Restaurant Influencers —and he stopped by ours to talk about creating a media brand out of your restaurant. That smartphone is your media center. Why texting?

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 30, 2022

You must give and invest in order to receive. The opportunities are limitless if you take responsibility for your own upward mobility. Every potential employer will look at your social media presence – what will they find? www.harvestamericacues.com BLOG. Argue with me if you like, but I’m telling you the truth.

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Restaurant Engine

APRIL 26, 2023

With text messaging, you can do the following things to increase engagement: Notify customers when their pick-up orders are ready. Let customers text to place an order. You can have text opt-ins on your website, in your restaurant, on your social media pages, and even in your mobile app if you have one.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2021

The pandemic accelerated the rise of contactless solutions like mobile ordering and payment and self-ordering kiosks. There are email marketing campaigns, SMS or text messaging, social media, and blog posts. You may also consider looking into eCommerce solutions to help future proof your business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Pizza chains still getting orders via phone 70 percent of the time. People want to know about safety measures in order to know what rules they must follow. Up to date info and employee processes will make the research and dining/ordering experience all the more impressive. Extra side, desert, take-home dressing, etc.

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The Rail

MARCH 21, 2023

By Andrea Abbondanza, Contributor In our previous QR blog post , we looked at seven reasons why your restaurant should start using QR codes and the immense benefits they provide both your guests and your staff. With a simple scan of the code, customers can view the restaurant's menu and place orders directly from their mobile devices.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 26, 2021

The fast-paced nature of the restaurant industry makes it difficult for owners and managers to sit down, let alone read reports, restaurant magazines and blog posts to gain industry knowledge. Walchef, founder of Cali BBQ and Cali BBQ Media. The solution is simple: Podcasts! The Restaurant Technology Guys. podcast website.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2021

Over the past year, many restaurants have reduced the stress of the system by having consumers order online, by phone or mobile app, while additionally offering curbside delivery at the nearest point of retail. Businesses can set themselves apart from competitors by supplying niche experiences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2020

Online Ordering and Mobile Apps. Unlike before, when you had to memorize the delivery numbers of your favorite fast-food chains, you can now order in with just a click. In the United States alone, diners have spent approximately $27 billion by ordering food through an app, website, or text message.

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Social Hospitality

MAY 6, 2020

“We are fully mobilized and doing all we can to support as many people as possible during this difficult time.” Social Kitchen & Craft Bar: Giving Back to the Community While many restaurants are ramping up their takeout options, some are going above and beyond to serve the community. who’s keeping us safe and prepared.

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Restaurant Engine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

It’s the central hub for all your food truck marketing, and not only does your food truck website need to be mobile friendly, it also must be user friendly and provide all the necessary information. All of your social media marketing, pay per click marketing, email marketing, SMS marketing, and more revolves around your great website.

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Indoor Media

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

For example, you can advertise lunch delivery discounts if you get a lot of dinner delivery orders but few lunch orders. Use Multiple Channels to Reach Customers Customers feel more comfortable ordering takeout when you are transparent about your promotions.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This critical information—such as email addresses, ordering trends, and so on— can help spur business decisions and inform data-driven restaurant marketing tactics. One of the easiest ways is via your online orders – if it’s set up correctly. Get your customers to follow you on social media.

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Mad Mobile

JANUARY 23, 2024

They are outspoken and expect brands to act in line with their beliefs, which has resulted in 30% of Gen Z customers making purchase decisions based on a brand’s social and political values. Born from 2010 onward, social media is a way of life for these consumers. and “Community Cares” to further promote the brand.

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Restaurant Engine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

1: Enhance Contactless Ordering and Payments. This includes ordering and payment options. One tip for restaurant success is to harness the power of your website ordering or even online ordering on your mobile app. Make sure your online website is set up for online ordering and payments. tweet this). #2:

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Restaurant365

APRIL 9, 2020

Profiles also have the potential to help your SEO ranking, as well as providing additional links to online reservations or ordering. This “user-generated content”, shared freely on social media, is a valuable kind of free advertising. To drum up user-generated content, consider running a social media contest.

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Restaurant Engine

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

By giving your website visitors and social media followers an inside look into the life of your chef, you personalize your restaurant and make people want to visit even more. You’ll find that you reach more potential customers on your website and in your social media and email marketing with customer testimonial videos. #3:

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In this third and final part of the guide we’ll walk you through the final steps of creating a memorable concept, getting people talking about your brand and other ways to make your mobile kitchen stand out from the crowd. Create a Solid, Memorable Concept Getting customers to talk about your brand is a powerful strategy for organic growth.

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Restaurant Engine

JANUARY 27, 2021

In order to market your daily lunch specials, you need to determine your target audience, so you know who you’re marketing to. Conversely, if you’re catering to a more social crowd who likes to linger, you can cater your lunch specials to draw in these new patrons who have more time to spend. Use Mobile Ads.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. 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.

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Lavu

MARCH 6, 2020

Among the most important tactics used to keep the customers engaged include posting status, photos and videos on social media platforms. Integrating POS systems on mobile devices. The customer can be engaged while ordering a drink, receiving the bill or check, or signing the receipt. CRM integration.

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Restaurant Engine

JULY 22, 2020

Your online menu is key so customers can order online. Ensure that people can order food from you online with ease. It’s also vital that your website is mobile-friendly and resolves perfectly on different screen sizes. While this may be on your website, it can also be on social media and through platforms like Google reviews.

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Lavu

MAY 27, 2020

Khatri, CEO of Lavu and MenuDrive, wrote that the National Restaurant Association 2019 State of the Industry report indicated that nearly half of adults were more likely to order food delivery online than just two years prior. He knew that online ordering would be increasingly important to a restaurant’s success as this trend continued.

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Restaurant Engine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Your diners want convenience, and they want to be safe while ordering food from your restaurant. This has been a fun trend for people and helps take the some of the mystery out of online ordering. These options make it easy for everyone to order. All your customer has to do is click one item and order.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In this third and final part of the guide we’ll walk you through the final steps of creating a memorable concept, getting people talking about your brand and other ways to make your mobile kitchen stand out from the crowd. Create a Solid, Memorable Concept Getting customers to talk about your brand is a powerful strategy for organic growth.

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Lavu

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Customers are able to reserve tables, order meals, and show up to the restaurant at mealtime to skip the line and not wait in the kitchen. Your business really needs to be up to date on the latest in online ordering and delivery. Gone are the days of handwritten food orders. Automated Social Media and Content.

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Restaurant Engine

JUNE 10, 2020

Like all social media platforms, Instagram is free to use, unless you decide it’s time to advertise on the platform. All you’ve spent is your time, if you are doing the posting, or what you’d pay a social media manager. Ready to take the plunge and create a website with an online menu, blog, and beautiful photos?

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This restaurant ordering technology means no one needs to enter incoming delivery orders into your POS manually. This scheduling software is user-friendly, mobile, and cloud based. This tool helps you manage a restaurant’s inventory, ordering, and invoicing on the go. Agorapulse. Try Buffer or Hootsuite as well.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 25, 2020

Promote your delivery service through your mobile app and email lists, especially if your restaurant is not known for delivery and takeout. Use social media to post photos and videos of your meals and successful takeout/delivery operation. ” Require that takeout be ordered and paid online. Provide curbside pickup.

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Hot Schedules

APRIL 24, 2020

We’ve seen examples of great communications on social media and HotSchedules messaging and training tools. The Krystal team committed to sending recurring company-wide messages in order to share operational changes, wellness checks, and even highlighting team members who have given back to the communities they serve by donating food.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Tools like cloud-based scheduling and centralized mobile apps for employees can help make labor scheduling more efficient. Tools based on accurate inventory, like smart ordering, suggested purchasing amounts, or smart receiving (tracking when vendor ingredient costs are above normal), help maintain the profit margin of individual menu items.

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LevelUp

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Your brand should be sharing blog posts, social media posts , videos , and even monthly newsletters or email campaigns to keep up with competitors and attract audiences in the digital sphere. Develop videos, social media campaigns, and photos highlighting new menu offerings to engage your restaurant’s diners.

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Restaurant Engine

AUGUST 12, 2020

Online ordering is perfect for upselling customers. They want to be able to order it the minute they think about it. Your customers believe that your restaurant should be available with an online ordering system when they want to use it. Through online ordering. 4: Promote Your Online Ordering. Craving pizza?

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In addition to addressing customer concerns about dine-in in general, you may want to consider implementing technology changes that allow for social distancing protocols. For example, using QR codes for menus or adding contactless payment options follows customer expectations for a socially-distanced dining experience.

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Restaurant Engine

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

According to one email service provider , email marketing outranks popular marketing tools like social media, SEO, and PPC advertising. Make sure your subject line is personal and meaningful in order to get your email opened. What’s more, mobile readers see even less words, so keep your subject lines well under 90 characters.

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