Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 28, 2022

Customer data is only one segment of the information you need for good sales insights, marketing information, and business analytics. Some great examples for restaurants are: How often the customer orders. What the customer orders. Which of your locations the customer orders from most. What the customer orders.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2024

This industry seeks to develop a value proposition that speaks to its consumers and convinces them to dine in their restaurants. How can you adjust your B2C marketing strategy to align with their needs and provide an elevated culinary experience? But precisely, how can you determine what customers want?

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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. Optimization of NAPs.

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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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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2022

When restaurants got the green light to reopen their dining rooms, they implemented a host of safety procedures to prevent the spread of germs. To go contactless, customers scanned a small black and white square called a QR code on their mobile device to see a digital copy of the menu. QR codes are nothing new. Direct Mail Campaigns.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Effective restaurant marketing means reaching diners wherever they are. In today’s world, that means their mobile devices. To gain more diners and drive more orders, restaurants need to optimize their mobile marketing and make it easier to order. What’s mobile marketing?

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This keeps information from getting lost in the text and email shuffle. Kiosk ordering Your busy customers don’t always have time to wait in line. Kiosk ordering tools speed up the ordering process, making it easier to keep up during a mealtime rush. The role of a restaurant manager is always in motion. And compliance?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Before the pandemic, many restaurants across the country experimented with contactless order and payment solutions but did so with a relative lack of urgency. Contactless payments have become the industry standard and the future of ordering and payment solutions for restaurants of all sizes.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Diners are turning to online ordering in increasing numbers because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on on-premise dining. According to a survey conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence, 40% of Americans are ordering more food for takeout and delivery now than they were before the pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Digital marketing is a key ingredient that can help restauranteurs connect with customers to achieve both. Digital marketing strategies can be a force multiplier for bringing back loyal restaurant customers, attracting new customers and increasing brand awareness. The fact is, mobile optimized websites fare better in search rankings.

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Goliath Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this post, we’ll outline top digital marketing strategies that every restaurant should consider to stay competitive in the current digital landscape. In this post, we’ll outline top digital marketing strategies that every restaurant should consider to stay competitive in the current digital landscape.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

As consumer options and demand shifted, businesses were forced to adapt and prioritize new technologies and alternate ordering experiences that would allow them to deliver on customer expectations. Adopting a digital-first environment quickly became a priority and mobile technology is playing an integral role.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 26, 2021

The impact of the global pandemic has fast-tracked the restaurant industry's need for digital ordering, particularly for off-premises dining options. Digital ordering channels are vital for your restaurant’s success in 2021. Learn how to leverage your digital ordering experience to grow your business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Valentine’s Day is often a busy time for restaurants, but many are now dealing with various challenges amid the pandemic, like no indoor dining or limited capacity as well as more customers opting for carry out. With the Marketing Rule of 7 , it takes an average of seven interactions with a brand before a purchase takes place.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

More and more restaurants are launching their own websites, mobile apps, and online ordering channels. So much so that diners go out of their way to order directly from restaurants they love. We’re always looking for new ways to help restaurants get more from their online ordering and boost their revenue streams.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

But while some may predict a future with burger-flipping robots, it’s hard to imagine tech taking the place of a skilled line cook, experienced server, or seasoned marketer. Enter digital tableside ordering. For fast-casual or QSR brands, digital tableside ordering is equally beneficial.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Suddenly, the ability to engage customers digitally – to take orders via apps and websites, to fulfill orders via delivery and curbside pickup, all occurring “outside the four walls” – became existential. In February of 2020, the restaurant industry was on a long, slow march toward digital sales growth.

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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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 20, 2020

Email Marketing: Keep People Informed. Along the same lines, you'll want to have a crystal clear and effortless way for customers to sign up for your email newsletter. Be sure to send everyone on your list at least two email blasts per week to keep them up to date on what you're doing.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Did you know that three in four customers will visit a restaurant's website before dining at that restaurant? In an era when enabling online ordering is essential to running a restaurant, having an online presence for your restaurant is critical. However, relying on your restaurant's Facebook page or Instagram just won't cut it.

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Lavu

APRIL 15, 2020

With dine-in options no longer an option for your restaurant guests, it’s time to start increasing your gift card sales to stay afloat. With the right restaurant gift card marketing campaign, you can stave off the revenue losses during COVID-19 pandemic mandates.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2022

As technology has evolved, however, the number of potential channels has increased, giving rise to first multichannel and then omnichannel marketing. When lockdowns and indoor-dining restrictions hit early in the pandemic, technology enabled many restaurants to respond and move much of their footprint from on-premise to off-premise.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 6, 2021

Invest in the right online ordering platform. Online ordering became a vital lifeline for restaurants at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even long after the pandemic has ended, consumers will continue to use online ordering to patronize their favorite restaurant. Keep delivery on the table.

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Restaurant Engine

APRIL 26, 2023

That’s because it’s one of the most critical marketing tactics you can utilize to grow your restaurant. With text messaging, you can do the following things to increase engagement: Notify customers when their pick-up orders are ready. Let customers text to place an order. Let diners know when their table is ready.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

Marketing a restaurant looks completely different today than it did heading into 2020. Not only are marketers in the restaurant space facing the fallout of the pandemic, they are dealing with the implications of ever-increasing privacy concerns. Let me walk through a few of these changes. Be Driven by the Right Data.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 1, 2021

Just a few short years ago, customers paid for their meals in cash or credit cards, orders were totaled on analog cash registers, and customers called restaurants to place orders over the landline phone. The New Norm: Text to Order. These solutions work in tandem, making it easier than ever for customers to order and pay.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2021

This is no surprise given that mobile has now become the restaurant industry standard, especially as the pandemic accelerated the need for digital ordering technologies. In 2020, Starbucks reported that nearly a quarter of all its orders in the U.S. Mobile engagement is extremely valuable for restaurants, as timing is critical.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And three, above all, we see the need for digital marketing automation continuing and growing into 2021 and beyond. Restaurant owners are as busy as they’ve ever been, so they will look for marketing platforms that allow them to efficiently and effectively set their marketing campaigns, to drive traffic and growth without added effort.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

Restaurant bookings in May were up 48 percent compared to May 2019, and revenues are increasing as on-premise dining picks up heading into a busy summer season. Although there has been an increase in-person dining, Americans are being more selective about the establishments at which they choose to dine.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 10, 2021

The pandemic accelerated the rise of contactless solutions like mobile ordering and payment and self-ordering kiosks. Successful restaurant owners have many traits in common. They have a passion for food, an adventurous spirit, a strong work ethic, and the ability to teach and lead. Also, consider investing in a new POS system.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The software processes and tracks customer orders then distribute the rewards when a qualifying purchase is made. Consider developing a mobile app that customers can access to view loyalty program promotions and their purchase history. How to leverage restaurant loyalty programs? In addition, they also offer the 10th item for free.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 27, 2020

At a time when COVID is still on the rise, many states continue to ease up their lockdown restrictions with restaurants all over the country reopening their doors for dine-in guests. But how do consumers feel about the reopening? What are the barriers and motivations driving restaurant visits?

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Open for Business

APRIL 9, 2024

When guests know they’ll get extra benefits every time they dine at your restaurant, they’ll be incentivized to return consistently. For example, suppose your loyalty program offers extra rewards for ordering a combo or specific add-ons. It may require some patience, though. Loyalty rewards programs can help boost revenue.

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The Rail

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

By Viktoria Arsenteva, Contributor In the hyper-competitive restaurant industry, effective marketing can be the difference between a bustling dining room and a quiet one. Are they families looking for a cozy dining experience, or Millennials seeking the latest gastronomic trend? Invest in professional food photography.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 19, 2022

For most successful brands, the way out is clear: become more digital, become more data-driven, operate more efficiently, move the marketing needle. But travel to the same establishment’s suburban or rural locations, and you’ll find counter-based ordering, guests dining in and fully open dining room.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 8, 2024

QSRs Shift Focus from Slow-Paced Dining to Swift, Transactional Experiences Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) are reimagining their dining spaces to prioritize speed, convenience, and personalization over traditional, slow-paced dining experiences. Read the first part, here. For the second part, click here.

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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. Customers are going to be hesitant to dine indoors. That they can get coronavirus from someone sitting next to them while dining. Basant Baruah, Senior Content Marketer, Beaconstac.

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