Bingage

MAY 24, 2022

It’s no secret that the customer experience is one of the most important parts of running a restaurant. If you don’t have happy customers, they won’t come back! There is a gap between customers and business. The problem is there are lacking in customer engagement. It’s pretty simple math.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2024

It can also provide full sourcing and ingredient listings that are needed for menu creation to serve customers with special requirements. The 2D barcode can be used to contain the required additional data for FSMA Rule 204 traceability, as well as marketing and consumer-facing information to enrich the brand experience.

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Bingage

JANUARY 29, 2021

SMS marketing is one of the best restaurant marketing strategies to reach out to more customers, retain them. Here are the examples of the SMS and emails you can send your customers to keep them hooked to your restaurant. Bingage helps you to send automated SMS campaigns to customers. Send Personalised SMS (Instead of Bulk SMS).

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Bingage

JANUARY 29, 2021

It’s no secret that the customer experience is one of the most important parts of running a restaurant. If you don’t have happy customers, they won’t come back! A common complaint among restaurant owners is that customers don’t feel like they’re getting enough attention. How does it work?

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

This includes greeting guests and thanking them for their patronage, conducting tableside checks, and resolving any customer complaints quickly, effectively, and empathetically. The best restaurant managers take customer service a step further, recognizing regulars and personalizing service for a more memorable guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2024

Culinary methods and sources of inspiration for menus and venues were also part of this group’s discussion. Among the findings: Casual experiential dining appeals on many fronts to consumers of varying ages in different parts of the country looking for affordable culinary experiences.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The dining landscape is shifting, driven by Gen Z's (currently 11- to 26-year-olds) quest for “genuine” culinary experiences over the conventional allure of "the best" restaurants. They research, investigate and seek out experiences – especially when it comes to restaurants.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 6, 2024

As such, conversational AI is expected to be a major focus in QSRs due to its ability to streamline operations and enhance customer service. As labor shortages persist and the demand for contactless service options remains high, conversational AI stands out as a solution that can deliver efficiency and customer satisfaction simultaneously.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2024

These include sourcing ingredients from local, sustainable producers; incorporating bee-friendly practices such as planting pollinator-friendly gardens or using organic pest control methods; and educating both staff and customers about the importance of bees to food sustainability.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Restaurants are no longer just about the food – they are about the complete dining experience, which includes ambiance, service speed, and personalized interaction. These technologies promise to streamline processes, improve customer service, and provide a competitive edge in an increasingly digital world.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 3, 2023

The biggest, the best quality, cooked to perfection, sourced from the finest ranch, grass fed, Angus, Wagyu, Kobe, Natural, Organic, and the list goes on and on. Great bread IS ESSENTIAL in any level of restaurant experience. Your customers will rave, and you can raise your prices to cover the difference. They are out there.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It articulates what you do for customers, employees, and owners (your goals) and clarifies what you offer a specific market segment (your strategy). They describe what you do for customers, employees, and owners (your goals) and clarify what you offer for a specific market segment (your strategy). The result? If not, “can” it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Enhanced Customer Engagement – Restaurants intensified their commitment to customer engagement, using strategies including personalization, loyalty programs, and data analytics to customize offerings and experiences. This helped them improve customer relationships, loyalty, satisfaction, and retention.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2024

With not much time on their hands, the younger generations of adults don’t have much time to cook – with other sources of supplemental income keeping them busy 24/7. First, Segment Your Audience Your guests want you to know their lifestyle and consumers often feel frustrated when the buying experience feels impersonal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 4, 2024

Once sustainability rises to the top of the to-do list, the next hurdle is lack of information about the sources of the food they are buying and the practices used to produce it. People become evangelical when they have a transformative experience. Actions like waste reduction are actually cost savers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2023

However, persistent labor shortages are pushing restaurants to explore automation and artificial intelligence to streamline operations – from kitchen management to customer service – to alleviate staffing pressures while also enhancing efficiency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Ray Kroc, McDonald’s Founder/Fast Food Innovator, said it best, “Look after the customer and the business will take care of itself.” You have to be able to adapt, evolve and ignite areas of the business with customers always being at the forefront of decisions being made. ” This business is all about people.

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Izettle

MARCH 28, 2019

The customer is king! The customer is always right! The customer is yeah, yeah, we get it! It’s no secret how important customers are to a growing business. But have you ever thought about how you could better connect with your customers? How could it improve customer satisfaction?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2024

Typical restaurant KPIs involve monitoring costs around food, labor and supplies, pricing adjustments, table turnover rates during peak periods, customer wait times, promotion effectiveness, brand sentiment on review sites, and training completion rates. Define the one or two KPIs most critical for your top growth goals.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

There is a way, to both grow profits and upgrade your customer experience at the same time: suggestive selling. Suggestive selling is a sales tactic that encourages guests to order something that is different from what they had planned to order or usually order in an effort to increase the check size and make their experience better.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Contactless payment solutions drive operators’ revenue and elevate customer experiences, but how can the technology set restaurants up for long-term success? Before the pandemic, many restaurants across the country experimented with contactless order and payment solutions but did so with a relative lack of urgency.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 5, 2023

In today’s highly competitive landscape, marketing departments are focused on getting a 360-degree view of the customer in order to personalize their experiences and maximize customer lifetime value. In other words, it means providing services to individuals through digital platforms and technology.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In today’s tech-driven world, customers and workers alike expect a seamless payments experience wherever they go. With the restaurant industry facing an ongoing labor shortage , it’s more crucial than ever to offer your staff the best experience possible, which includes optimizing their payments experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

With staffing having an outsized effect on both the customer and employee experience, restaurants must act quickly and strategically to address the problem. However, this requires demand forecasting technology that will pull data from thousands of relevant sources to create an accurate portrait of predicted demand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2024

Sustainability Remains Essential Beyond just healthy living, consumers are continuing to prioritize the health of the planet with nearly 50 percent of Gen Z and Millennial respondents placing a premium on sustainably sourced products. Personalized Branding: Creating Unique Experiences Personalization is a key theme in 2024.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. For the second part, click here.

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Izettle

MARCH 28, 2019

The customer is king! The customer is always right! The customer is yeah, yeah, we get it! It’s no secret how important customers are to a growing business. But have you ever thought about how you could better connect with your customers? How could it improve customer satisfaction?

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Customer Experience Customer Service Point of Sale Consumer Goods 40

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Due to the growth and increased demand, leading food delivery platforms such as Uber Eats, DoorDash​, and Grubhub are also facing the growing threat of fraud and abuse on both the customer and driver sides as scams and scammers become more sophisticated. Amid this situation, there's been a crucial change.

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Squirrel Systems

APRIL 22, 2024

From table-side ordering systems to kitchen automation and artificial intelligence, these innovations promise to enhance the dining experience and reshape restaurant operations. Guests can browse the menu at their leisure, customize their orders precisely, and send them directly to the kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 11, 2022

For the past several years—and especially since the pandemic—restaurant brands have focused on enhancing digital experiences that allow them to offer more off-premise options and streamline operations to address staff shortages. Dutch Bros: Empowering the customer to personalize their experience.

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Social Media Email Marketing Customer Experience Communication 214

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 17, 2023

Create a Strong Online Presence While platforms like Instagram and TikTok can generate buzz for a restaurant, many Gen Z customers are still looking to traditional platforms like Yelp and Google Maps when choosing a restaurant to visit; therefore, marketing strategies should focus on creating a strong online presence for the overall brand.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 21, 2023

Many brands have been experimenting with new technology to help reduce the demand for labor and combat recent price inflation. According to the National Restaurant Association , 62 percent of operators say their restaurant needs more employees to support customer demand. That is what will truly make the difference.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

“Now, they include online booking information, online ordering, reviews and Q&As to provide customers with a richer experience. As the survey suggests, inaccuracies can significantly impact customer trust and loyalty. One surprising aspect was the extent to which online inaccuracies lead to customer loss.

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Clover - Restaurants

APRIL 9, 2024

They keep the kitchen stocked, help ensure quality products, and provide valuable support that allows you to focus on what you do best: creating a great dining experience for your customers. Restaurant suppliers source and deliver a range of ingredients, from fresh produce and meats to dairy, dry goods, and even desserts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2023

As the first of its fleet, the “sweetlane” provides an effortless experience for visitors in vehicles to pickup online orders through a drive-up window. “We hope this new experience provides ease and accessibility for the community craving deliciously fresh and healthy plant-forward food.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2023

To attract customers while accommodating tightened budgets, restaurants should consider employing marketing strategies that leverage data-driven insights to tailor messaging according to consumer needs. However, to best promote potential discounts, they’ll need high-quality insights into what customers want.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 3, 2024

We will discuss how to build customer communication and what aspects to prioritize to make your establishment stand out and thrive. Trend One: Offering Ready-Made Solutions for Customers In today’s world, restaurant operators face guest attention deficit. The picture becomes part of the user experience shared by the guest.

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