ChowNow

JUNE 12, 2025

Make sure your site has clear calls to action like “Order Now,” showcases your most popular menu items, and links to your current specials. Highlight High-Margin Items in the Right Places Design your menu to guide people to your most profitable dishes. This is a low-effort way to drive repeat business for your loyal customer base.

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ChowNow

MAY 30, 2025

If youve got a big outdoor patio, maybe a summer evening special event is the best move. A restaurant marketing strategy that works for a sports bar might fall flat at a vegan cafe. Restaurant Promotion Ideas Your Customers Will Love You dont need a full-fledged marketing team to pull off these promotions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2024

With AI’s growing prominence in marketing discussions this year, brands have begun navigating both its potential and pitfalls. Now, as restaurant marketers prepare for 2025, lessons learned from the past year are shaping a more pragmatic approach, prioritizing tools and strategies that deliver measurable results.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

This guide will teach you everything you need to know about getting started with restaurant marketing. By the time you finish this article, youll know how to approach restaurant marketing the right way and not waste time doing guesswork, crossing your fingers, and then hoping you see new customers walking through the door.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2020

It should contain all the obvious items like the extra sanitary practices you're going through, your adjusted hours of operation, and an overview of any special services you're offering like curbside pickup or no-contact delivery. Email Marketing: Keep People Informed. The Power of Mobile-First Design.

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ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Understanding your target market is the foundation of making smart decisions for your menu, pricing, and overall guest experience. Without a well-defined target market, restaurants risk wasting resources on strategies that dont connect and menu offerings that dont selltrying to appeal to everyone, but standing out to no one.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Promote Online Ordering Through Social Media and Email Marketing On social media, showcase your food in a way that makes people crave it. Email marketing is another great way to stay top of mind. Keep your emails short, visually appealing, and focused on one clear call to actionplacing an order.

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 5, 2025

Provide digital menus or physical copies that are clear and well-designed. Personalization, such as remembering a regulars favorite dish or celebrating special occasions, can leave a lasting impression. Follow up with thank-you emails, feedback requests, or special offers to keep them engaged.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 23, 2025

And heres the other thing about focusing on customer retention: it saves you a boatload of money on marketing. New customers require you to convince them to come in and eatand this usually requires a lot of marketing tactics to keep your brand on the top of their minds. Marketing = tons of your money. Thats huge!

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A well-designed website does more than just make a good first impression. A well-designed website signals professionalism and legitimacy. A polished, well-designed website establishes your restaurant as trustworthy, credible, and able to meet modern customer expectations. Another great benefit? Owning your customer data.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

In 2025, the US online food delivery market is expected to reach $424.9 Phone orders are prone to human errormisheard items, incorrect addresses, and unclear special requests are all common issues with manual order taking. You can gather emails, send personalized promotions, and build loyalty programs to encourage repeat business.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Within this guide, youll discover proven strategies that help you stand out in a crowded market, captivate your ideal customers, and turn casual diners into lifelong regulars. The key is consistency across all customer touchpoints, from emails and your website to menus, marketing, and signage. Design your brands look and feel.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

To stand out and get more customers means focusing more on marketing. It’s easy to say you need to work harder on your marketing strategies, but aside from the vague generalizations that are all too common, how do you ensure those strategies are practical? Marketing with Your Customers. Email Newsletters.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

If you feel that digital marketing isn’t giving your local restaurant the results you need, then it's time to explore more targeted strategies. Local restaurant marketing can help you reach your target audience more effectively. Local restaurant marketing can help you reach your target audience more effectively.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2021

As a restaurant owner, digital marketing can be a daunting task that takes up valuable time, energy, and resources. Most simply do not have the time needed to research digital marketing strategies, let alone implement them. This often means marketing and advertising efforts are done on-the-fly or simply 86’d. A double win!

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The Rail

MARCH 25, 2025

By using a combination of digital and traditional marketing strategies, you can turn your restaurants move into a celebration rather than a disruption. Share behind-the-scenes moments of the move, from packing up the old space to designing the new one. Offer exclusive deals, special menu items, or limited-time discounts.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 23, 2025

Email Send out a weekly email blast telling customers about your upcoming event. Email lists are a powerful marketing tool because they provide a direct customer link that you fully controlno one can take it away from you except the customer, and if used correctly, thatll never happen.

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EATER

AUGUST 19, 2021

From eye-catching labels for chile sauce to restaurant wallpaper, Overice founder Meijun Li translates culinary vision into visual design In How I Got My Job , folks from across the food and restaurant industry answer Eater’s questions about, well, how they got their job. The second part of my job is design.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 22, 2020

With six times the engagement of email, text messaging is revolutionizing the marketing strategies of QSR, fast food, and dine-in restaurants. Text marketing offers unique and exciting approaches to generate peak engagement and ultimately drive more successful campaigns. Utilizing Notifications to a Restaurant’s Advantage.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 12, 2021

In today's highly competitive environment, restaurant marketing requires precise, dependable, and complete consumer data. Data acquired about your actual consumers can be used in both online and offline marketing campaigns. Consider online marketing for restaurant engagement to be a long-term commitment. Email Marketing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 8, 2022

A repeat sale is 30 percent the cost of attracting a new customer, and repeat customers are walking advocates / marketers to new customers, ultimately generating more revenue–and reliable revenue–for less cost. So how can a restaurant drive revenue without time-intensive and costly marketing initiatives?

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ChowNow

MARCH 28, 2025

Its powering voice assistants, helping people write emails faster, and even suggesting what to watch or where to eat next. The best restaurant-focused AI tools are designed to support staff not replace them. Theyre designed to be easy to implement and even easier to see value from. The short answer?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

These aren’t just adjectives explaining coffee flavors, but should also be terms that describe your coffee shop’s marketing campaigns. Keep reading as we share marketing tips designed to help small coffee shops better compete in today’s market. Crisp and sharp. Attracting New Customers. Out-Of-Home.

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ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

In this article, youll learn: How to optimize your restaurant website for more orders The best marketing strategies to increase online visibility How to use incentives and customer data to grow sales Lets dive into the top six ways you can increase order volume for your restaurants website. Use email marketing to re-engage past customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine surveyed marketing experts to find out the best ways restaurants can market themselves now. Basant Baruah, Senior Content Marketer, Beaconstac. Below are a few examples of small and big F&B chains applying unique marketing techniques. Here are their insights.

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ChowNow

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When looking for ways to grow your sales, look no further than restaurant email marketing. Your customers expect to receive emails from you, whether it be for order confirmations, regular updates, or discounts. This makes email a great way to stay top of mind. Step 1: Build your email list.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 11, 2025

11, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Huddle House will add drive-thrus as it moves into more urban and suburban markets. | They specialize in breakfast staples, homestyle favorites and homey atmospheres—Perkins largely in the Midwest and East Coast and Huddle House in the South. New restaurant designs will have a similar goal.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2024

Brands like McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Starbucks, and others invest and implement customer retention strategies to hold the market share. This customer loyalty stays strong, negating the changing market landscape. With the least marketing efforts, the results in such a situation are quite high.

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The Rail

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The global online food delivery market size was valued at USD 221.65 The graph below illustrates how these models interact within the market: 1. Customer data management for targeted promotions and personalized marketing. The numbers speak for themselves. from 2023 to 2030. Inventory management to keep track of stock levels.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 19, 2020

A standard email outlining how your restaurant is dealing with coronavirus isn’t going to cut it. How you communicate this in your marketing will depend completely on your restaurant brand. To be clear: it’s not about a memo or an email blast, it’s about how you will make people feel at every point of interaction.

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Restaurant Business

JUNE 17, 2025

The three-unit chain has two more under construction in the Tampa Bay area, and another five to seven are planned in 2026, reaching the Orlando market. Side salads are designed for the car cup holder. But Tampa-based Greenlane is among a growing number of fast-casual concepts making freshly prepared salads a drive-thru option.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

For many business owners, email marketing is the ideal solution to fostering relationships outside the restaurant. Most people would think that only big companies should use email marketing while the small ones should go for other restaurant marketing strategies. Pros of Using Email Marketing.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Here are a few things to consider: The pros and cons of the DIY approach to restaurant website design Pros: Making your own website for your restaurant is much more affordable than hiring professional help. Hiring a website designer or developer usually starts at $1k to customize a template or $10k to build a completely custom website.

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The Restaurant Group

MAY 31, 2025

Restaurant email marketing is your secret ingredient to standing out, creating memorable dining experiences, and significantly boosting revenue by nurturing strong customer relationships. Why It Helps Small Restaurants Email marketing is a budget-friendly, highly effective strategy ideal for small restaurants.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 18, 2024

You'll have late nights and have to work on weekends and public holidays The market is saturated with loads of competition. This document will outline your bar's concept, menu, marketing strategy, and financial projections. Sourcing the Right Equipment Your budget, target market, and concept will dictate your equipment needs.

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ChowNow

MARCH 27, 2025

If mistakes are common, consider these fixes: Standardized packing procedures: Use a designated final check station to catch errors. A steady increase in orders can indicate strong demand and effective marketing, while a decline may signal issues like poor visibility, unhappy customers, or more competition in your area.

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7 Shifts

JULY 30, 2021

From stand-out social media accounts, to good old-fashioned mail marketing, we'll walk you through 12 unique customer-driving ideas! Write a Marketing Plan. Your marketing plan is your restaurant's holy grail, so make sure you take the time to prioritize it. Influencer Marketing. Email Marketing.

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