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8 Tips for Selling Merchandise at Your Coffee Shop

Lavu

Coffee shops have a unique customer base that stands and waits patiently (we hope) for their lattes—and not selling merchandise is a lost business opportunity. Those minutes could be spent checking out your café’s merchandise instead of idly scrolling through Instagram feeds. How to Merchandise a Café. Travel Mugs.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

“It’s encouraging to see consumers continue to rally and support local businesses, with many planning to purchase merchandise, specialty items and gift cards as holiday gifts.” “Consumers are showing an increased appetite for skipping big meal prep to order in or experiment with meal kits.”

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The Devil is in The Detail – providing avenues for asset growth through F&B operational excellence

Future Food

These achievements combined can underwrite an eclectic mix of well-presented venues which contribute to the distinct experiences that shoppers are seeking in a modern hospitality environment. Often, many details are either missed or overlooked and at times, operators simply do not have the experience to undertake such a large project.

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How food and hospitality can flourish in the next normal

Future Food

Winning back these customers will take time and will be dependent, to a large degree, on how well food operators have looked after the customers during lockdown. How customers want to connect with friends in an F&B environment will dictate how food operators will need to connect with customers. It's all over.

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I Own a Coffee Shop in a Small Town. We’re the Only Business That Requires Masks.

EATER

People didn’t believe COVID would affect our remote community in South Dakota, but my cafe can’t take that chance This is Eater Voices , where chefs, restaurateurs, writers, and industry insiders share their perspectives about the food world, tackling a range of topics through the lens of personal experience.

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How the Best Mobile POS System Can Help Grow Your Retail Business

BNG Point of Sale

A similar tool not only rings up merchandise, it improves sales, service, and the way your business functions. Additionally, it logs cash payments and honors gift cards and loyalty deals which aid customer conversion. Improved Customer Service. A Mobile POS revolutionizes the in-store experience.

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Entering China’s Emerging Coffee Market

Perfect Daily Grind

The millennial penchant for travel means that some will be exposed to Western ideals while overseas, with those in urban areas likely to come into contact with Western lifestyles and media in their day to day lives. They say this allows them to track customer coffee habits, so they can better meet their needs.

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