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17 Restaurant Promotion Ideas To Boost Orders And Customer Loyalty

ChowNow

A restaurant marketing strategy that works for a sports bar might fall flat at a vegan cafe. Think co-hosting an event with a nearby brewery, cross-promoting with a fitness studio, or having a local food creator showcase your new menu items on their social media account. Most importantly, know your audience.

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From Consumption to Connection: Restaurant Promotion Trends for 2024

Modern Restaurant Management

Participate in local events, such as festivals, quests, fundraisers, or sports tournaments. Collaborate with local breweries to pair different pizzas with craft beers for a tasty and educational experience. Host cooking classes for local residents, sharing culinary skills and knowledge. Arrange a coffee-tasting event.

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The Ultimate Guide To Restaurant Marketing: Strategies for Restaurant Operators In 2025

ChowNow

Sponsor Local Teams or Charities : Supporting a neighborhood sports team or a local charity builds goodwill and strengthens your ties to the community. Cross-Promote with Nearby Businesses : Partner with coffee shops, breweries, or boutique stores for co-branded promotions.

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A Looming Menace for Restaurants: Winter Is Coming

EATER

Volkan Alevok, the owner of Gardenigloo, a major purveyor of plastic geodesic domes, confirms to Eater in an email that the interest from bars, restaurants, and breweries for spiked “tenfold” during the pandemic despite the fact that the Florida-based company was forced to halt production for three months due to COVID-19.

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How Restaurant & Cafe Owners Can Learn from Sports Fans and Violin Players

Ken Burgin

What can sporting clubs and a classical violinist teach us about staying in touch with our customers? Two widely contrasting social media posts landed in my feed recently – one from ‘sports fan engagement specialist’ Blair Hughes, and the other from young violinist rock star Ray Chen.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Greek from Greece Grows and Hearts Afire for Mac & Cheese

Modern Restaurant Management

. (“DRH”), one of the largest franchisees for Buffalo Wild Wings® ("BWW") with 64 sports bars across five states. ICV will combine the remaining DRH and JK&T Wings sports bars, which it acquired in October 2019, making the combined company the largest franchisee of BWW. Visit BuffaloWildWings.com.

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An Eater’s Guide to the Finger Lakes

EATER

Locals love a classic American tavern, and you’ll find plenty of the restaurants sporting wood-paneled walls, big beer lists, and burgers. The vino-averse, meanwhile, can happily drink through the Finger Lakes’ breweries, cideries, and distilleries. Bloomberg / Getty Images. Outside Dinosaur Barbecue in Syracuse. Where to eat.

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