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The American Restaurant 2022 (Post Pandemic)

Culinary Cues

To nourish and provide sustenance To offer convenience To provide a forum for conversation To create opportunities for gatherings To reward customers To provide an outlet for chef creativity To complete a neighborhood or destination To rock customers world. I know what you are thinking – WHAT!!!!

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8 Tips for Selling Merchandise at Your Coffee Shop

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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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From Ghost Kitchens to Living Kitchens: A New Vision for Food Service’s Next Great Space

Modern Restaurant Management

Dark kitchens or virtual kitchens––real places staffed with non-ectoplasmic people—bring efficiencies to running a restaurant by providing off-site commissary services for delivery orders. Growth for most, after all, isn’t walking through the front door, it’s coming in online. It might not be.

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Top 10 New Restaurant Post-COVID Strategies to Improve Customer Satisfaction in Menu and Overall Service Fulfillment

Web Diner

In order to meet customer expectations and improve satisfaction, the industry will need to develop and implement new processes and approaches. Reducing Front-line Friction by Incorporating Digital-Only Items. Digital-only items provide an avenue for quicker service, which is usually of great advantage to restaurants.

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How the Tech Industry is Shaping the Future of Dining

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While service and food remain the most important parts of driving your business, your restaurant’s management system is what keeps it running smooth and healthy. Think of them as the real-life version of those house robots from ’80s movies. A Historical Look at the Evolving Restaurant. Restaurants have been evolving since the 1850s.

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Restaurant Innovation That Goes Beyond Menu Items

Modern Restaurant Management

But what if I told you it is not the only place where you can find innovation, that if you go to the next food show and not find a product that dazzles you, that there are other channels to bring something new and different to your customers. Innovation Through Service. Bringing customers value by reducing friction.

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The Leftovers

EATER

Every purchase, usually between $3 to $6, is described as “rescuing”: Customers get the chance to ensure “good food gets eaten,” while businesses get the chance to recoup sunk costs and find new customers. Lille Allen/Eater. Can an app promising discount, end-of-day goods make a dent in America’s food waste problem?

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