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Menu Prices Are Rising, But Loyalty Programs Can Help Restaurants Stay Ahead

Modern Restaurant Management

It’s an unsavory fact: food is getting more expensive. In October, the USDA reported year-to-date averages, noting that food-at-home (grocery store) prices have increased 2.5 percent and food-away-from-home (restaurant) prices have increased 3.6 Rewards for Loyalty. If current projections from the U.S.

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How a Customer Loyalty Program Helps Restaurants Keep in Touch with Customers

Focus POS

With a loyalty program that resonates with what your customers value, you open the doors to greater communication with your customer base that translates to much more than just increased revenue. How loyalty programs have evolved. Modern loyalty programs add a lot more than a free item after so many purchases.

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Beyond Menus: Creative QR Code Uses for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Drive traffic to your restaurant’s social media page by adding QR codes to posters, food packaging, receipts and table tents. From there, customers can learn more about your business’s history, download recipes or read about upcoming events or menu changes. Up the personalization ante by providing QR code ordering.

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5 Effective Restaurant Loyalty Programs, Plus Tips For Success

Sling

One of the best ways to keep customers coming back to sample your fare is to implement restaurant loyalty programs into your workflow. In this article, the restaurant-management experts at Sling discuss some of the best ideas and give you tips for making your restaurant loyalty program great. What Is Customer Loyalty?

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Digital Dining: What Restaurants Need to Know Now

Modern Restaurant Management

Our recent survey on restaurant apps, loyalty and dining choices gave us insight into what your customers think. Frequent users (ordering from restaurants more than five times a week) were far more digitally engaged with brands. Just 20 percent of non-frequent users downloaded at least two restaurant apps.

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Level Up With Transformative Technologies

Squirrel Systems

From table-side ordering systems to kitchen automation and artificial intelligence, these innovations promise to enhance the dining experience and reshape restaurant operations. This technology eliminates waiting for a server to take orders, reducing wait times and improving order accuracy.

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11 Restaurant Marketing Strategies That Work in 2021 & 2022

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Loyalty Rewards. Restaurant loyalty programs , when done correctly, can increase repeat sales. This method is used by several large food chains, like Starbucks, Panera Bread, and TGI Fridays, which have attracted millions of customers due to their loyalty programs. There are several factors to consider.

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