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How to Calculate and Improve Your Bar’s Profit Margin

7 Shifts

You could also partner with local businesses or event planners to expand your reach and attract more bookings. Consider selling food or merchandise If you aren’t doing it yet, consider selling food or merchandise to increase your bar's profit margin and create new streams of revenue.

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The American Restaurant 2022 (Post Pandemic)

Culinary Cues

Renting shelf or cooler space for your product places the merchandising, collection of cash and credit, and facilities maintenance in the hands of the store. Placing your product in a location where customers visit anyway opens the door for spontaneous sales providing your packaging and point of sale merchandising is top shelf.

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How Martha Moments Creator Andrew Ritchie Built a Martha Stewart Community

EATER

I went through the book chapter by chapter, and wrote a piece in response. I had always had an interest in the home growing up, and read a number of design books as a kid. I’ve been with Anthropologie for over a decade, sitting in numerous creative roles including visual merchandiser.

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Ultimate Restaurant Website Design Guide for Beginners

7 Shifts

Reservations - Embed your reservations platform’s widget onto your website to encourage customers to book directly through you instead of via a third party. Depending on your goals, you may need extra functionality such as online ordering, booking a table, and local delivery. Online ordering - Ditto. Integrations make this easy.

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Untapped Areas of Profitability in a Full-Service Restaurant

Squirrel Systems

Introduce wine pairings or tasting events with online booking options. Leveraging Private Dining & Events with Online Booking Many restaurants have underutilized space that could generate additional revenue through private events. Consider: Using event management software to streamline inquiries, bookings, and deposits.

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Vaccine Flair Could Be the ‘It’ Accessory in Restaurants This Summer

EATER

The restaurant group has always been savvy about merchandising, serving up Greek soft-serve yogurt in branded versions of the iconic “we are happy to serve you” paper coffee cup. Duval, who’s been making pins and other merchandise for 10-plus years, thinks of pins as “bumper stickers you wear. They show your personality.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

” From serving food from hard-to-book restaurants and menu items like the latest chicken sandwich or charcuterie board taking TikTok by storm, photo-opp-worthy foods will be used as a draw to increase in-person attendance.

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