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MRM Research Roundup: Year-End 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurants looked after frontline workers, diners lended their own efforts to support restaurants and their staff in 2020, offering donations, gift cards, tickets towards online classes and merchandise purchases. This edition of MRM Research Roundup features top trends for 2020, how 2020 changed food and the year's top wines.

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How to Handle Temporary Restaurant Closure during COVID-19

7 Shifts

Consider things like merchandise sales, inventory sales, or private cooking lessons. You can point your restaurant staff towards monetary relief programs offered by the government and other organizations to help them stay afloat if your business closes. How to communicate your COVID-19 restaurant closure.

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Why Restaurant Merch Is the Most Effective Marketing Tool

Cheetah

As restaurants continue to explore new revenue streams in an ever-changing environment, restaurant merchandise is stealing the limelight as an innovative, fun product that does wonders to your bottom line. It is estimated that over 25 billion dollars will be spent in 2021 on physical promotional merchandise. Table of Contents.

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Restaurant Innovation That Goes Beyond Menu Items

Modern Restaurant Management

Our natural inclination is to start with product with sales and marketing, listing out the features and why our thing is all that. If you think about it, most innovations that we know of came about from problem solving, finding the process that takes away pain points and reduces friction. Innovation Through Service.

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How To Increase Sales By Personalized Packaging

The Restaurant Times

In this article, we will talk about the approach to customizing the packaging for your restaurant to increase sales. . Extending the restaurant experience at home and communicating the idea of the brand. 8 Ways To Increase Sales By Personalized Packaging. Why Is Personalized Packaging Critical? Rise of cloud kitchens.

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L&L Puts Aloha Spirit into Practice

Modern Restaurant Management

She saw double digit percentage sales increases in March, April and May. The franchisees were community forward as well. These included Matt Chang, who owns and operates the L&L location in Point Loma, Calif., Each Friday, L&L’s social media platforms showcase Acts of Aloha. Elisia Flores.

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Restaurant Reopening Checklist: Tips for Thriving

Restaurant365

Communicate your distancing requirements with third-party delivery drivers and other suppliers. Check for state requirements on your governor’s or state health department’s website. Adhere to protocols addressing the protection of both customers and employees. These are the most common places to find mold buildup in your restaurant.