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Nine Critical HR and Payroll Steps to Prepare Your Restaurant for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

Communicating Changes : Share changes in team meetings or one-on-ones to make sure everyone understands and has easy access to the updated version. Boost Employee Engagement and Communication A happy, engaged team is the backbone of great service. Bonus Tip : Survey your team about preferred shifts to reduce scheduling conflicts.

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Top Tips to Show Appreciation for Your Employees This Year

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These platforms utilize point systems and integrations with communications platforms to make it easy for managers and fellow employees to give out kudos. Merchandise and Prizes. Some examples include the boss’ parking spot, coupons, wine or company merchandise. Implementing a Rewards System.

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Enticing Restaurant Customers with Loyalty Programs and SMS

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Digital channels offer a more streamlined approach, making it more intuitive for restaurants to communicate with their customers. Consider exclusive updates such as new merchandise and secret or upcoming menu items or VIP rewards such as targeted promotions or coupons.

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How to Create a Successful Visual Brand for Your Restaurant in 2020

Modern Restaurant Management

But, if you have a playful style that could be embodied by a mascot character, consider developing a fun mascot figurehead to speak directly to your customers from your social media posts, signage, menu, website, and maybe even merchandise. Your Website. Your online presence is almost as important as your restaurant itself.

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Reopening Your Restaurant? Here’s Your Digital To-Do List

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In fact, it seems common now for eateries to have pantry items, take-and-bake bread, and merchandise on their menus. Don’t count out merchandise either—it just sends more revenue to your restaurant. Keep communicating with your customers about your restaurant’s reopening.

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Restaurant Innovation That Goes Beyond Menu Items

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We’ve seen examples of this with how staff greet customers, stunning brand art that everyone loves, merchandise a customer takes home, or the way service is carried out. How are you creating a community and following with the aesthetics and experience you bring customers? Innovation Through Communication.

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How I Got My Job: Designing NYC’s Coolest Restaurant Merch and Food Labels

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My designs range from branding (logos, menus, merchandise) to physical assets (wallpapers, lighting, and events) to digital assets (social media, emails). When I started designing merchandise for brands, I really wanted to create something people would constantly want to wear and feel cool in. The second part of my job is design.

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