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How to Find the Target Market for Your Restaurant

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Climate & Seasonality: Does the weather impact what people order or when they dine out? Lifestyle Choices: Do they prefer fast, casual meals or long, social dining experiences? Online Ordering Behavior: Are they more likely to dine in, take out, or order for delivery?

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How to Calculate and Increase Customer Lifetime Value at Your Restaurant

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Instead of focusing on a single order or check size, CLV zooms out. One diner comes in once, orders a $20 pie, and never returns. Average Order Value : How much the average customer spends per visit. You can find this by dividing your total sales by the number of orders in a given time period. At least once a quarter.

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‘Being Adaptable and Responsive to Changes in the Industry Landscape Is Key’

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Joe Gale has more than 30 years of sales, operations and account management experience, including 20 years with Coca-Cola North America Foodservice where he worked closely with numerous QSR and fast casual brands. It's important to guide them in adjusting to specific parameters in order to achieve a successful partnership.

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2025 Outlook: Experts Weigh In on Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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So much data is generated at every point within a restaurant, whether fast casual or fine dining. Restaurants are already experimenting with using AI to handle drive through orders to allow human employees to focus on customer interactions in the restaurant. Data, Data, Data.

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MRM Research Roundup: Holiday Spending, Franchise Optimism, and Pickle Energy

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However, the industry has renewed optimism, driven by the adoption of digital and mobile ordering, menu creativity and heightened expectations around AI. Similarly, 59 percent of respondents believe mobile apps that offer easy online ordering will have the greatest impact on operations over that same time period.

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The 11 Best Restaurant Event Ideas That Actually Bring In New Customers And Keep Regulars Excited

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Are your regulars ordering the same drink and entree every time they come in? An easy way to collect customer emails is through your online ordering system. Often, instead of full courses, the supporting role of the food will come in the form of smaller dishes, sometimes just as one bite so guests dont get too full too fast.

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Restaurant Staffing Crisis Solutions: Experts Weigh In

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“Wages across the country are definitely up for the industry, in virtually every location. “We are seeing sign-on bonuses at fast food and fast casual locations, something never seen before in the industry. Customers can order and pay without speaking to a human and a runner delivers the food. .”