Restaurant Engine

APRIL 26, 2023

You can create customer engagement in many places, including the digital arena. Customer engagement is a term you hear a lot about these days. That’s because it’s one of the most critical marketing tactics you can utilize to grow your restaurant. So, let’s look at four ways restaurants can create customer engagement. #1:

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2020

In my experience as a Google Certified Partner with over 15 years behind me in this industry, I'd go as far as to say that a lot of websites are actually slowing their respective businesses down – even though their owners have yet to realize it. Email Marketing: Keep People Informed. The Power of Mobile-First Design.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 29, 2023

A restaurant omnichannel strategy puts the customer at the center of the dining experience. Now more than ever, customers have more opportunities to engage with restaurants across multiple channels. Meeting Growing Customer Expectations Omnichannel is something customers have now come to expect.

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

By Viktoria Arsenteva, Contributor In the hyper-competitive restaurant industry, effective marketing can be the difference between a bustling dining room and a quiet one. Are they families looking for a cozy dining experience, or Millennials seeking the latest gastronomic trend? Invest in professional food photography.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine surveyed marketing experts to find out the best ways restaurants can market themselves now. Customers are going to be hesitant to dine indoors. Basant Baruah, Senior Content Marketer, Beaconstac. An app-first experience for restaurant chains. Here are their insights.

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Today’s tools are high-tech, user-friendly, and mobile so you don’t have to be physically in the restaurant to stay on top of the business. Online reservation system. Make the pen-powered reservation book a thing of the past by moving the reservation-making process online. Restaurant owners can save time and money.

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Ken Burgin

JULY 17, 2022

Finalise the Festive Menus – it may be months away, but customers want menu and price certainty. Think about how to deliver a great experience with fewer staff – that might mean more self-service and product outsourcing. If you haven’t heard from them, phone, text or email – this year needs more aggressive marketing.

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SpotOn

MAY 14, 2024

SpotOn, as one of the leading software and payment companies in the field, has become a favorite among managers, restaurant operators, and staff thanks to our personalized customer service, competitive money value, and range of tools designed to help any restaurant succeed. Customer service 4.3 SpotOn received a total score of 4.4

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Deliverect

JULY 24, 2020

The lockdown accelerated the adoption of online ordering and delivery tech as dining rooms closed and people were stuck at home. It has also brought contactless ordering and payment to the fore, especially as restaurants prepare to reopen with new sanitation and distancing measures in place. Online reservation systems.

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The Rail

MARCH 21, 2023

They help with everything from always have an updated menu, to faster service, to direct in-house marketing, and even less stressful staff! In this way, QR codes not only enhance the dining experience for customers but also help restaurants streamline their operations and reduce costs.

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Restaurant Engine

DECEMBER 23, 2020

1: Enhance Contactless Ordering and Payments. Restaurant customers in 2021 are going to be looking for contactless options when they frequent your restaurant. This includes ordering and payment options. One tip for restaurant success is to harness the power of your website ordering or even online ordering on your mobile app.

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Open for Business

MAY 19, 2023

Digital ordering has been a game changer, and the latest trends for 2023 could change how hospitality businesses operate even more. Innovations like AI, robots , and even QR codes can help restaurants succeed by keeping labor costs down while still delivering on guest experience.

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Sling

JULY 24, 2023

There is an ever-growing market of specialized software for all of the outside-the-kitchen things restaurateurs have to think about. Kudos helps you do that and also allows employees to recognize each other, with the ability to set up custom rewards, like gift cards. It offers countertop, portable, and mobile options.

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BNG Point of Sale

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The answer lies in restaurant ordering systems. This easy add-on feature gives you the power to stay efficient while managing food orders, all the while providing a wealth of backend information to help you manage your restaurant teams for improved performance. What is a restaurant ordering system? Multiple methods for ordering.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 9, 2020

Marketing for restaurants has never been more critical. Your online presence is a key component of a successful marketing effort for your restaurant business. When considering starting a marketing campaign, it’s first essential to understand your target audience. Prioritize local SEO. Promote user-generated content (UGC).

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Open for Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

This restaurant ordering technology means no one needs to enter incoming delivery orders into your POS manually. This scheduling software is user-friendly, mobile, and cloud based. This tool helps you manage a restaurant’s inventory, ordering, and invoicing on the go. Agorapulse.

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Mad Mobile

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A good POS system can help you keep your customers and employees happy with speedy, accurate service. While legacy POS systems are clunky and expensive to maintain, new cloud-based systems are flexible and easy to customize. We’ll walk you through the bells and whistles and show you why CAKE is the best bar POS system on the market.

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Apicbase

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Heavenly Desserts’ digital-first approach has significantly boosted operational efficiency and enhanced customer experiences, propelling them to become the UK’s fastest-growing dessert restaurant franchise. Adopting online ordering systems and a new mobile app. Improved customer engagement and convenience.

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Apicbase

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Heavenly Desserts’ digital-first approach has significantly boosted operational efficiency and enhanced customer experiences, propelling them to become the UK’s fastest-growing dessert restaurant franchise. Adopting online ordering systems and a new mobile app. Improved customer engagement and convenience.

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Cheetah

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As businesses are gradually reopening in California , restaurants are coming up with reopening marketing strategies to fit a COVID-19 world. Now we’re here to share with you 4 proven marketing tips and techniques to help you keep loyal customers and get some new ones. Reopening Marketing Tips for Worried Diners.

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Touch Bistro

APRIL 27, 2021

This is crucial because 77% of diners report visiting a restaurant’s website before they dine in or order takeout or delivery from an establishment. Gift Cards and Merchandise: Drive additional revenue for your business by allowing customers to purchase gift cards and other merchandise directly from your website.

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Lavu

MARCH 6, 2020

The success of a restaurant depends on the ability to attract and retain customers. To improve restaurant customer engagement and satisfaction, restaurant leverage should technology to offer better services. At the heart of restaurant technology for marketing is customer analytics. Customer Engagement.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This keeps information from getting lost in the text and email shuffle. When customer complaints or employee concerns come up, each manager can get up to speed just by reading the log book. Kiosk ordering Your busy customers don’t always have time to wait in line. Management log books also cut down on confusion.

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BNG Point of Sale

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The answer lies in restaurant ordering systems. This easy add-on feature gives you the power to stay efficient while managing food orders, all the while providing a wealth of backend information to help you manage your restaurant teams for improved performance. What is a restaurant ordering system? Multiple methods for ordering.

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Restaurant365

JULY 24, 2020

Shelter-in-place orders, dine-in restrictions and diners’ hesitation to eat out have combined to prompt restaurants to shift their focus to takeout and delivery. Sometimes called a virtual restaurant, virtual kitchen or cloud kitchen, a ghost kitchen is a food-service business that serves customers exclusively through online orders.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Employees determine the customer service experience in a restaurant. Restaurants are also experimenting with offering health benefits or commuter subsidization to help supplement hourly wages and retain employees. To prepare for the new year, restaurant owners, operators, and managers need to start planning now.

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Touch Bistro

MAY 26, 2021

In 2019, research by BRP Consulting found that 38% of dining experiences now involve smartphones or mobile devices. And this number only increased during the COVID-19 pandemic – especially for those restaurant brands with a mobile loyalty program. Progressive Web Apps vs Native Mobile Apps. Progressive Web Apps.

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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. The following are some of the key benefits restaurants experience with a POS system in place: Improved Ordering for More Sales.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The ripple effects of the pandemic continue: the National Restaurant Association finds that off-premises dining continues to happen much more frequently than before, with 66% of consumers more likely to order takeout in 2023 than they were before the pandemic. ChowNow ChowNow is a customized online ordering app for restaurants.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The ripple effects of the pandemic continue: the National Restaurant Association finds that off-premises dining continues to happen much more frequently than before, with 66% of consumers more likely to order takeout in 2023 than they were before the pandemic. ChowNow ChowNow is a customized online ordering app for restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

However, according to a 2019 report from the Federal Reserve Bank, 37 percent of all Americans could not cover an unexpected $400 expense without going into debt. The partnership with Clean Juice is highlighted by the creation of the brand’s first-ever national TV spot featuring Tebow and his experience with the brand.

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Kounta

AUGUST 13, 2019

One of the biggest mistakes a food establishment can make is not investing enough time and resources into training staff on how to speak to customers. Here are some tips on what to focus on when communicating with a customer in-person: Non-verbal communication: This includes tone of voice, voice quality, eye contact when talking (a big one!),

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This keeps information from getting lost in the text and email shuffle. When customer complaints or employee concerns come up, each manager can get up to speed just by reading the log book. Kiosk ordering Your busy customers don’t always have time to wait in line. Management log books also cut down on confusion.

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The Restaurant Coach University

MARCH 2, 2017

When business is slow, many restaurants turn to discounts and coupons in order to get more people through the door. However, discounting is rarely an effective strategy for developing regular customers, and can even end up hurting your business. How do loyalty programs work, and what kind of incentives do they offer customers?

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Single Platform

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Restaurant SaaS products can help you automate tasks such as scheduling, point-of-sale (POS), and marketing. Restaurant management software is built to help you focus on what you love: food and happy customers. Accounting, inventory, scheduling, planning, marketing, and more are necessary tasks to make a restaurant successful.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (55%), mobile payments (52%), and third-party food delivery services (51%). Delivery, scheduling, inventory management, reservations, and guest management have seen technological advancements over the past few years, and it's just the beginning.

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Single Platform

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Restaurant SaaS products can help you automate tasks such as scheduling, point-of-sale (POS), and marketing. Restaurant management software is built to help you focus on what you love: food and happy customers. Accounting, inventory, scheduling, planning, marketing, and more are necessary tasks to make a restaurant successful.

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