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6 Holiday Ideas For Restaurants

SpotOn

Your loyal customers are your best advocates, and when they give someone a gift card from your restaurant as a present, they’re spreading holiday cheer and helping you attract new customers without spending a dime on advertising. During this season, 77% of consumers say they use coupons/deals at restaurants.

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Restaurant Accounting Tips Made Simple: Expert Ways to Boost Profits in 2025

Lavu

You need to ensure that the information presents the true financial position of the business, and can be used for decision making. Identify Trends: Once of the attractive features of a POS system is ability to present historical trends of your restaurant. This could be discounts, coupons, and comps.

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MRM Research Roundup: Delivery Fraud, the Playground Effect, and Top 100 Places to Eat

Modern Restaurant Management

In one scenario analyzed by Incognia, a fraudster created 800 fake accounts to exploit new user coupons and was able to steal 1.5 percent of the total redeemed coupon value that month. However, shifting consumer behavior presents new challenges for brands. percent and 2.9 percent, respectively.

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2025 Digital Marketing Trends Every Restaurant Owner Needs to Know

Restaurant Engine

Knowing this, you might send a coupon for a free or discounted appetizer. For example, send coupons, announcements of special events, birthday freebies, and more. You can count on us to create an amazing website that presents a unified brand for your restaurant and works across all digital platforms.

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MRM Research Roundup: Cautious Optimism, Beyond the Burn, and the Taylor Swift Economy

Modern Restaurant Management

This shift is driven in part by a sense of obligation, with 66 percent of people reporting that they feel pressured to tip when presented with digital payment options. More than 64 percent of consumers tip more generously when paying through digital platforms, leaving tips that are 15 percent higher on average than they would with cash.

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Expanding Your Menu? 9 Marketing Tips to Get Dining Guests Excited

Restaurant Engine

Make it feel exclusive with printed invitations and a chef’s presentation. Be sure to offer special coupons for your email list as well as full stories on each of your new dishes. #9: . #2: Host an Exclusive Preview Night Invite a mix of loyal customers, area food influencers, and members of the local media to a tasting event.

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7 Brilliant Ideas for Restaurant Grand Opening Marketing

Restaurant Engine

Or consider giving everyone a comeback coupon. You can count on us to create an amazing website that presents a unified brand for your restaurant and works across all digital platforms. They can be similar to the silent auction items we mentioned. You could also give prices to the first 100 customers to arrive at opening night.