Culinary Cues

APRIL 23, 2022

Smart buying means to look at quantity discounts when available, buying generic brands when quality still meets your standards, and shopping several vendors with quality and price in mind. In the end, the purpose of the ingredients you buy is ultimately to translate into sales. Let’s look at how this works: [] SMART BUYING.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 13, 2023

If you want to build an understanding and even a level of competence with a variety of specific skill sets then clubs, resorts, and hotels may be the only place where that can happen. [] VOLUME: A very busy, well-branded restaurant might generate 5of 6 million in annual sales, where a club or hotel can easy boast four or five times that volume.

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The Restaurant Group

JUNE 5, 2024

Casual dining establishments offer moderately priced food with large menus that cater to different palates. We help you design a unique selling point that communicates what sets you apart. Research suggests it can influence online reviews, price, evaluation, and satisfaction. Implementing a good start-up plan. billion by 2032.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If this is your purpose then the field is wide open and will remain so as long as the price you charge matches the level of purpose. [] OFFER CONVENIENCE: Quite often, the restaurant that is focused on nourishment is also great at providing convenience. I know what you are thinking – WHAT!!!! At least the real bad news is out of the way.

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Culinary Cues

APRIL 30, 2020

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. There are few certainties at this time except an understanding that this is not over.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 3, 2020

Comparing 7shifts’ internal data of 10,000+ restaurants, restaurants are seeing an average weekly decrease in sales of 50% across the board in North America. Evaluate your restaurant scheduling practices to see if you are consistently over-budgeting on labor needs based on your sales.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In this blog post, we will discuss suggestive selling and how it can improve your restaurant's bottom line. Suggestive selling is a sales tactic that encourages guests to order something that is different from what they had planned to order or usually order in an effort to increase the check size and make their experience better.

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Hot Schedules

JULY 26, 2021

Enforced clock-ins through an integration with your Point-of-Sale (POS) system and labor management tools. But at some point, you have to wonder at what cost? Managers can set up templates based on sales targets or based on seasonality. Bottom Line Shrinking? Five Ways Retailers Can Optimize Labor to Minimize Costs.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 31, 2024

Like any form of technology or tool for a restaurant, there’s typically an up-front investment for installing and maintaining a point of sale system. These prices normally include hardware such as your mobile card reader or point of sale system as well as software services, including restaurant operations and staff management features.

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EATER

APRIL 2, 2024

Immediately, additional “regulatory” fees were charged to customers, and restaurants and delivery workers complained that orders dropped, with Uber claiming in a blog post that they had dipped by 30 percent. Menu prices are almost always more expensive than ordering directly from restaurants. But we should give credit where it’s due.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 23, 2024

You’ll need to carefully analyze the financials and reasons behind any decline in sales or profitability. You’ll need to carefully analyze the financials and reasons behind any decline in sales or profitability. Buying an existing restaurant can offer several advantages associated with investing in a proven concept.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In all cases they begin with the same goals: prepare and serve great products that are consistent and offered with a smile, build success on a steady flow of sales and controlled profitability, and do all of this with pride. I have the privilege of working with many different restaurants and food businesses. So why does it sometimes go wrong?

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Here you'll find links to our favorite blog and support articles, information about 7shifts Academy, our social media profiles, and more. How to Serve in a Fine Dining Restaurant : Fine dining restaurants tend to offer elaborate food at higher price points, with attentive, often formal service. Table of Contents. 7shifts 101.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

When done right, email marketing works wonders—you stay top of mind and increase order values. According to a Salescycle report , 50.7% of customers make a monthly purchase based on marketing emails. Table of Contents. Benefits of having an engaging newsletter. 6 Tips on Creating a Winning Restaurant Newsletter. 10 Restaurant Newsletter Ideas.

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ChefMod

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Food costing solutions eliminates the dull, tedious manual work associated with food costing and pricing processes. Unlike manual entries, an automated food pricing and costing process enable you to carry out detailed analytics. The GPO connects you with a large selection of specialty vendors with excellent pricing points.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Restaurants account for a large percentage of a fisherman’s direct or indirect business volume. [] Ranchers: Have you noticed that the price of beef, pork, and chicken has increased significantly over the past few months? None, however, are as devastatingly out of the operators control as this pandemic.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Your restaurant’s menu engineering strategy impacts your menu mix, pricing, and your overall profitability. You are already generating data about your food cost, menu items, and sales levels. At its core, menu engineering tracks the profitability of menu items individually, as well as your product sales mix.

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Izettle

MAY 21, 2018

If you do lunchtime food in a food market in a less affluent part of the city, you have to keep your prices down. Whereas if you’re selling during dinnertime in a more posh market, you can jack the prices up a bit. What are your expenses at this point? What are the price ranges for comparable products? First things first.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Here are the things you should consider: Things to Consider When Choosing an Online Ordering Platform Does it integrate with my Point of Sale (POS) Will I need to add another tablet to my front of house setup? Look to your restaurant’s website provider or your point-of-sale vendor first to see if there is an integration.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 9, 2024

Bulk ordering also allows restaurant owners to get competitive pricing and improve profit margins. Reliable, quality food suppliers for restaurants are one of the few key components that a dining establishment must have to remain operational. As a result, take time to carefully vet and build relationships with your key partners.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

You can disagree, take a stand, make your point, continue to have a unique opinion, but in the end – it is their business. Let them know about sales, food cost, labor cost, changes in vendor prices, increases in utilities, mortgage or lease arrangements, and how profitable or unprofitable the restaurant is.

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Veloce POS Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The landscape of restaurant technology has been transformed, with Point of Sale (POS) systems at the forefront of this revolution. Gone are the days when a simple cash register was enough to manage sales.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2020

By performing an honest assessment and diving deep into point-of-sale (POS) reporting, payroll data, online customer reviews, and various other analytics, even the most successful restaurant operators can identify areas that can be streamlined to cut costs, save time, and boost revenue in the new year. Employee time-off requests.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In this blog post, we will discuss suggestive selling and how it can improve your restaurant's bottom line. Suggestive selling is a sales tactic that encourages guests to order something that is different from what they had planned to order or usually order in an effort to increase the check size and make their experience better.

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BNG Point of Sale

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This blog post will go over the typical restaurant overhead costs and expenses, including rent, utilities, labor wages for employees, licenses and permits, food cost percentages, and more. Restaurant owners need to know how much things cost so they can be sure their business is profitable. What Are Overhead Costs And Expenses?

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Future Food

DECEMBER 5, 2019

It’s discovery will deliver a defined and recognisable Point of Difference for your project. Trends that will shape the future of your food and hospitality projects for 2020. Trends are no longer limited to the cuisines on offer or the style of service. The ‘whole experience’ is what matters. Alternative eating is becoming mainstream.

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Xtra Chef

DECEMBER 30, 2020

By combining our industry-leading invoice line-item digitization and extraction technology with an intuitive, drag-and-drop interface, operators can monitor the fluctuating prime costs of every menu item without having to constantly update the ingredient prices. Yet, here we are. We’ve made it to the end of the year.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In this two-part blog post series, you’ll learn the importance of forecasting in restaurants and how to accurately implement restaurant demand forecasting. Part 2 will take a deep dive into how to forecast restaurant sales, including labor demand forecasting and food demand forecasting. Restaurant budgeting and forecasting differences.

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Chowly

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

However, challenges persist with rising prices across various categories, potentially impacting household budgets. While restaurant sales are predicted to rise in 2024, high operational costs will limit profit margins. Sales are projected to rise, but the higher cost of doing business will challenge margins.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Your restaurant’s main selling point is the food. Instead of promoting items according to price or margin, promote what your customers love. Instead of promoting items according to price or margin, promote what your customers love. Train your staff to build other taking points. Create a Conversation Trigger.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

However, the right point of sale system can help alleviate some of these restaurant challenges so business owners can stay ahead of their competition. Point of sale systems that require a series of clicks to make selections or switching between screens can be frustrating to learn and use.

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Margin Edge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Thanks to having a sales team made up exclusively of former operators, chefs and general managers, with 350+ years’ of collective experience, we’ve picked their brains and come up with a list of six ways restaurants can make a big impact in 2022 based on their experiences and tried-and-true tricks. 6 Ways to Reduce Food Costs.

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Culinary Cues

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Understanding the foundations of cooking is the price of admission. There really are no shortcuts if you want to do it right. There is far too much to learn, far too much to know, and far too many mistakes to make along the way for you to approach your career in any other way. [] BECOMING A GREAT COOK IS A LIFELONG PURSUIT.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2020

Signing up your establishment in a third-party online ordering app can significantly ramp up your sales, as you give customers the privilege to dine with you wherever they may be. When people decide to dine in your establishment, they don’t just want to eat good food; they want to have a pleasant experience, as well. Self-Service Tech.

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Restaurant365

MAY 26, 2020

If your restaurant is emerging from survival mode to a break-even point or even slight profitability, it is important to reevaluate and tune up the largest expense for your restaurant: your restaurant prime cost. Restaurant prime cost overview. Prime Cost Formula Review. CoGS (Cost of Goods Sold).

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

If your restaurant inventory management system is fully integrated with your point of sale (POS) system, you can streamline and automate as much of the inventory process as possible. Your inventory system can automatically pull sales information to track theoretical inventory. Create a regular schedule for manual counts.

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Bingage

MARCH 18, 2023

Maybe the quality of the product is good, maybe the prices are reasonable, maybe the shipping is quick and seamless, better customer experience or the brand sends you super personalized discounts and offers that make you feel special and a strong bond between you and the brand. Do you know why? What’s the reason? Let’s do this!

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