7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

We’ve studied what makes the 20% of restaurateurs successful and categorized them into essential categories, including optimizing your menu, providing unforgettable experiences, hosting events, and improving takeout. When done right, menu engineering can grow your sales by as much as 15% !

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2019

" Said Silvestri, "Daniel Boulud is considered a true a pioneer of the revolution and evolution of fine dining and to nurturing emerging talents, and despite the many additions to the list of most celebrated fine dining chefs we see today, Daniel remains one of the most highly-awarded and recognized chefs in America and the world.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 27, 2022

In Hospitality Technology’s 2021 Customer Engagement Technology Study , it was found that 37% of diners prefer to dine at restaurants that do not have a paper/physical menu. With a QR code menu, diners scan a QR code with a smartphone camera and access the online digital menu that is then displayed on a smartphone.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Make all touchpoints of your restaurant feel like the cool, casual, fusion, or fine dining establishment it is. Or maybe it's unique to your area—like being the only fine dining spot in town. Do they prefer takeout or dine-in? Is my menu accessible and legible? Photo by hiurich granja on Unsplash.

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Restaurant Engine

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Every day you go to work hoping and expecting to see more actual diners inside your restaurant excited to sample your menu. To make a great deal, offer the food blogger coupons for free meals in exchange for a presence on their food blog. You can even reach out to local non-profits offering their employees special coupons as well.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Same menu, same location, just a new building – and you see how people really flock back to the brand. What started as a restaurant only serving salads, wraps and desserts in 2009, is now serving a chef-inspired menu of signature salads, wraps, grain bowls, and sandwiches. percent to +107.5 With growth comes evolution.

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Restaurant Engine

MAY 14, 2025

Ultimately, youll increase the rate at which they dine with you, engage your customers, and increase your revenue. Promoting new menu items or events. For example, once they spend $200, they get a coupon for 20% off an appetizer. This can be especially effective for cafs, casual dining spots, or lunch-focused venues.

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Xtra Chef

MARCH 25, 2020

Restaurants that typically rely heavily on dine-in traffic may find they aren’t fully equipped with everything one needs for a to-go business. Fine dining establishments may be able to adapt to a tweaked concept quickly with some creativity. Limit your menu. Low on both disposable and reusable containers?

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Indoor Media

AUGUST 8, 2017

You do it all, from menu planning to accounting to customer service, you know what it takes to run a successful restaurant. Whether you own a fast casual, quick serve, family dining or fine dining restaurant here is a guide that includes 10 things to consider as you work on your restaurant marketing and advertising plan.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

And Independence Day 2021 may be the busiest one yet, with 46% of American consumers reporting that they’re excited to dine out again as pandemic restrictions are loosened. For example, if you’re a fine dining establishment, diners probably aren’t looking for streamers and balloons everywhere. Update Your Menu.

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Sling

JULY 1, 2023

1) Define the concept of your restaurant “Restaurant” is a word encompassing a wide variety of venues , from bistros to fine dining establishments and even ghost restaurants. 7) Fine-tune your menu Your restaurant’s menu is the heart of its identity. You can always add more menu items later.

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Open for Business

APRIL 3, 2023

It could be an elegant dining room, a buzzing cocktail bar, a takeout counter, or a food delivery app. Consider putting a coupon code for online orders in your ad so you can measure ROI. Fine-tune your pricing Digging into the numbers can help you make sure a killer promotion is making money, not cutting into your profit.

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Bingage

OCTOBER 5, 2019

New restaurants are coming up every day, from food truck business to fine dining to cafes and to theme-based restaurants, options are uncountable. Design a unique menu card. Most significant thing is to make sure that the restaurant menu designing should be unique and appealing. Strategical planning.

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Gourmet Marketing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

This is great if you don’t have many items on your menu or if you do similar dishes that are around the same price. They can also be used indoors to show off some of your latest menu items, combos, discounts, and rewards. After five purchases, they could get a free meal or drink with their food.

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Gourmet Marketing

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Here are a few ideas that are important to include: A few images of mouth-watering dishes your restaurant offers and perhaps the dining atmosphere; A link to the food menu; An online ordering tab; A link for making online reservations; A link to Google maps for directions and contact information including a phone number.

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Restaurant Engine

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Potential and even current diners are using Facebook on their phone to learn more about you and your menu. In addition, Facebook is the perfect spot to build relationships, let customers know about menu items, events, and specials, and connect with your broader community. Instagram is very influential for shoppers.

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BNG Point of Sale

OCTOBER 7, 2021

They streamline processes to record stock, manage your menu and staff, deliver detailed sales readings, and effectively take orders while ensuring you achieve profit goals. POS systems help staff remember customer orders, which makes it easy to order “the usual,” or customize a menu item. Fine Dining / Full-Service Restaurants.

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Bingage

OCTOBER 5, 2019

New restaurants are coming up every day, from food truck business to fine dining to cafes and to theme-based restaurants, options are uncountable. Design a unique menu card. Most significant thing is to make sure that the restaurant menu designing should be unique and appealing. Strategical planning.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

It also zooms in on current challenges faced by owners/operators, menu prices and inflation, and tech/AI implementation. While guests may still be feeling the pain of rising menu prices at restaurants, fewer restaurants said that they raised prices this year compared to last year.

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SpotOn

MARCH 4, 2024

These POS systems tend to have tedious manual data entry for their items, meaning changing menu prices or managing inventory is time-consuming. Other businesses would greatly benefit from a more extensive suite of hardware and software, such as fine-dining restaurants with a long waitlist.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 4, 2021

According to the data, consumers deleted restaurant apps if menu items were missing or if there was limited ability to customize orders. Missing menu items are a deal breaker. Gaps in menu choices and ability to customize disappoint consumers. Gaps in menu choices and ability to customize disappoint consumers.

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Bingage

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Restaurants are different types, food truck, fine dining, cafes, bakery etc, but the common thing that all are striving for is, getting repeat guest and customer loyalty. 36% of customers prefer a loyalty program that offers exclusive deals and coupons. Your existing customers are 5 times likely to try your new menu offering.

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Restaurant Clicks

JANUARY 17, 2020

Menu Item Promotions. Coupon for Next Visit. A bar or brewery offering craft beers could even offer a special after a customer tries each beer on the menu (hopefully not in one sitting). . Holiday specials can be extremely effective, as many customers are looking for holiday dining plans already. Menu Item Promotions .

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. Even cost of sales may go down as the ghost kitchen typically has a smaller, more manageable menu. Plant-based Menu Items. Jim Collins, CEO at Kitchen United.

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Black Box Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Only fine dining did improve in sales growth. QSR, fast casual and casual dining improved the most (improved sales growth by 1.9 The decline in sales growth for the week was driven primarily by a decline in sales growth in family dining. Sales growth in fine dining and upscale casual also eroded during the week. .

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 4, 2025

Turn Pricing into a Growth Strategy : A smarter approach to menu pricing can boost revenue and profitability without compromising guest experience. These annualized sales declines despite foot traffic growing reflect the ongoing trend of consumers trading down for lower-cost options when dining out. percent) and transactions (+3.9

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