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Optimizing Your Restaurant Merch Game

Modern Restaurant Management

Merch might a somewhat newer term in a restaurant owner's lexicon, but having a focused merchandising effort can connect a person to a brand as well as be a great way to build awareness and put buts in seats. Promotional products are meant as giveaways, whereas merchandise is intended to be sold to represent your brand.

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How Restaurants, Retail and Mixed-Use Environments Are Capitalizing on a Surging F&B Market

Modern Restaurant Management

A Mutually Beneficial Relationship Appreciating the relationship between restaurants and mixed-use environments is a great place to start, if only to clarify leasing decisions and optimize operational and design details. Well-designed outdoor projects feel organic, immersive, and enjoyable versus purely transactional retail.

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How to Open a Coffee Shop: The Ultimate Guide

7 Shifts

Design the Floor Plan Layout. Do they have indoor seating or are they takeout-only? Seating capacity. Coffee shop with seating: $80,000 to $300,000. Coffee shop with both seating and a drive-thru: $80,000 to $300,000. For more menu design tips, read 9 Restaurant Menu Design Tips That Will Help You Boost Profits.

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The Impact of Restaurant Tablets on Table Turnover and Revenue

Mad Mobile

Once they’re seated, they can place orders when ready that go directly to the kitchen. Real-time table management Restaurant tablets provide real-time data about table turnover, allowing your staff to adjust seating easily to maximize efficiency. They’re equipped with a bombproof design and can take any payment method.

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How food and hospitality can flourish in the next normal

Future Food

He has recently written that, “[Restaurants] spent so many years cultivating relationships with producers, making delicious stocks and sauces, building brands and expertise only to have their ability to monetise it bottlenecked at the number of seats they can fit in a dining room. New design of your venue or precinct needs to be considered.

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Where to Stay, Dine & Be Seen During Super Bowl LIV Weekend in Miami

Sante

Conceptualized by chef/owner Brian Nasajon and bar manager/owner Ben Potts, the restaurant is a 120-seat eatery with a playful, globally-inspired menu and vibrant after-hours bar where innovative food and drinks go hand in hand. Seats are released one month in advance. www.sushibybou.com.

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Restaurant Revenue Management: Increasing Revenue With Traffic, Sales and Service

Notch

Things like number of seats, seasonality, hours of operation, what kind of restaurant it is — all of these can affect how much revenue you can expect your restaurant to bring in. Evaluating your restaurant traffic One of the best ways you can up your restaurant revenue is by just filling more seats at your tables.