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Guide on Providing Excellent Customer Service: Before, During and After The Meal

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You may serve the best food on the block, but if your restaurant doesn't match its dishes with plausible customer service, your customers may never come back. That's why it's important to provide an outstanding dining experience from the second your customer's enter your restaurant, till the moment they leave.

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Being Short Staffed Is No Excuse for Poor Customer Service

Modern Restaurant Management

And now, as the pandemic subsides, and customers return to restaurants in growing numbers, owners and managers are dealing with another crisis: being short staffed. But being short staffed, even though it’s a legitimate excuse, is not justification for poor customer service. Your customers do not want to hear it.

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15 Must-Have Restaurant Marketing Tools in 2024

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Let’s be honest - you’re a restaurant operator, not a marketing expert. But the revenue restaurants get from digital channels like their mobile apps and websites surpasses the 32% of revenue they generate onsite and 26% over the phone. You got into this business because of your passion for food and hospitality.

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What Restaurant Operators Need to Know About Specialized Cleaning

Modern Restaurant Management

Most restaurant owners work hard to make sure their restaurant is a clean environment that provides a hygienic experience for customers and workers. A regular commercial cleaning service might be all that is needed if you have a small restaurant with less foot traffic, small walls, and shorter ceilings. Ask for references.

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Best Practices to Establish an Efficient Restaurant Operation

Modern Restaurant Management

What is the ongoing goal for all restaurant owners and managers? Whether that be via restaurant operations, menu improvements, or services, there are quite a few criteria that restaurant owners constantly juggle to create the perfect balance. Doing this helps to establish your brand and create a loyal customer base.

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Survey Says: Restaurateurs Are Making Expansion Plans

Modern Restaurant Management

Ninety-four percent of operators are planning some form of expansion and more than half of the 600 U.S full service restaurants surveyed plan to introduce catering services. To delve more into the results, Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine reached out to Matt Zibell, VP Technology at TouchBistro.

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On the Road to Relief: Restaurant Trends and Opportunities to Watch

Modern Restaurant Management

Restaurant operators have faced stiff headwinds since 2020, with a near-constant swirl of inflation, supply chain and labor challenges. But if last year was any indicator, restaurant operators are on the road to relief in 2024. Here’s how restaurant operators can evolve with them. Full-service menu prices climbed 4.5

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