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Restaurant Marketing on Instagram: Tips and Examples

Social Hospitality

Social media strongly influences customer behavior. In fact, brands can be built on social media channels. Similarly, established brands use social media to build recognition and increase sales. The restaurant industry is heavily influenced by this trend. There are several ways to approach social media for restaurants and Instagram is one of the most popular platforms for food photos.

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Mastering Your Bar’s Liquor Inventory System [Updated 2019]

Lavu

Do you dread taking bar inventory? You’re not alone. Most restaurant and bar owners struggle with maintaining order of their inventory. It’s tedious and arduous, but when done right, liquor inventory management can decrease costs and increase profits. Below, we reveal how to set up an efficient bar inventory system. We’ll cover the following topics: Liquor Inventory and Why It Matters.

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Comparing motor racing and kitchen productivity: 1981 vs 2019

Ken Burgin

There’s a dramatic difference between these two – vital minutes in a highly competitive event. I’m wondering how this compares to kitchen and restaurant productivity? What’s lost and gained in the much faster 2019 process? Safety should not be compromised, given that everything is calibrated and practised many times. The staff (about the same number) in the later process may be less skilled – they do just one thing, very fast.

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Inventory Management Guide for Restaurants

Dot It

Inventory Management generally makes us think up images of dreary and endless counting of items. While inventory management is a vital necessity for any well run eating establishment, it doesn’t have to be a beastly chore. Taking time to set-up your management system correctly and then consistently monitoring your inventory ensures a healthy bottom line. [ ] The post Inventory Management Guide for Restaurants appeared first on Dot It.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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5 Reasons Why Facebook Offer Ads Help Your Restaurant Drive Traffic and Increase Profits

Indoor Media

Facebook has become much more than the online water cooler or a quick way to see what your relatives are doing while on vacation. Today, it’s a lean, mean marketing machine–and one that restaurant owners need to look at as a way to increase sales. (more…) The post 5 Reasons Why Facebook Offer Ads Help Your Restaurant Drive Traffic and Increase Profits appeared first on IndoorMedia.

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Let Me Double-Check That For You…

Ken Burgin

Another training gem from Nancy Friedman, the Telephone Doctor. Instead of the server saying ‘sorry, we’ve sold out of calamari/Venison/chocolate mousse or Saturday night tables, get them to take a moment more and say ‘let me double check’ Maybe there are no more, or maybe there is just one extra – either way it softens the No and shows they’re on the customer’s side.

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How to Start a Small Restaurant

MBB Hospitality

There’s nothing small about putting up a small restaurant. You may be looking at a conservative startup with a limited budget, but the amount of planning and preparation needed to pull it off may overwhelm you. If you’re eager to start a new food business at a small scale, let the following strategies lead you to succeed in your small restaurant venture.

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How to Boost Incredible Restaurant Revenue with Catering Menus

Single Platform

While restaurant industry growth creeps along year after year, a new study shows that the catering business is booming. According to Restaurant Dive, catering grew 50% faster than overall restaurant sales in 2018. Catering allows you to reach a new audience of businesses and party planners with the same menu items, kitchen, and staff you already have — and best of all, you know the exact costs and profit margin of catering orders!

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Restaurant profit margin calculator: Know your restaurant’s wealth

Rocket Fuel

Restaurant profit margin calculator: Know your QSR’s wealth. The post Restaurant profit margin calculator: Know your restaurant’s wealth appeared first on Delaget.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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Win Weber BBQ Goodies & Recipe: Satay Beer Chicken with Thai Spices

Gastro Gays

Recently we invested in a Weber Kettle Barbecue after discussing it for quite a while and, we have to say, we’re in love with it. It was a great decision and we’ve loved experimenting with… The post Win Weber BBQ Goodies & Recipe: Satay Beer Chicken with Thai Spices appeared first on GastroGays.

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Muddy Fork’s Pizza Dough

Earth Eats

With a blend of ancient grains and all-purpose flour, this dough rests in the fridge overnight to build flavor and texture.

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How to Boost Incredible Restaurant Revenue with Catering Menus

Single Platform

While restaurant industry growth creeps along year after year, a new study shows that the catering business is booming. According to Restaurant Dive, catering grew 50% faster than overall restaurant sales in 2018. Catering allows you to reach a new audience of businesses and party planners with the same menu items, kitchen, and staff you already have — and best of all, you know the exact costs and profit margin of catering orders!

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Alert! Tariffs Are Coming to Tea!

T-Ching

For all of those who enjoy Chinese teas: Houston we have a problem! With the latest round of tariffs set to go into effect in June, tea from China will be affected. Up until now, Chinese tea escaped the latest trade disputes; but no longer. What the ultimate cost will be to the consumer will be anybody’s guess. We are monitoring the situation closely, but if it is the full 25%, one would be hard pressed to think that these costs will be not passed directly on to the consumer in some way.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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Ecosphere: on turning passion into progress

Izettle

How do you build commitment to a good cause into a business? Open your customers’ eyes to alternatives, and add a touch of personality to stand out. Ecosphere blossomed from Pernilla Johansson’s passion for safeguarding the environment into a fashion and lifestyle brand that offers people sustainable choices. – I like to imagine that I’m both an academic and a dreamer.

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OPINION: The Barriers To Cooking From Scratch

Earth Eats

Though a new study shows that eating unprocessed food is healthier, home-cooked meals require resources that food experts take for granted, such as money and time, the authors of a new book argue.

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Cloud Picker Coffee | Chew The Fat, Series 3 Episode 6

Gastro Gays

Coffee is big business in Dublin. Actually, cafes are big business in Dublin. Can the capital sustain more coffee-slinging, casual, all-day spots? If they make ’em like the newly-opened Cloud Picker Cafe over and over,… The post Cloud Picker Coffee | Chew The Fat, Series 3 Episode 6 appeared first on GastroGays.

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Sac Tea Fest 2020

T-Ching

Guest Contribution by Nami Thompson. Sacramento is excited to be hosting its own tea festival in 2020! Sac Tea Fest will take place on June 27, 2020 at the Scottish Rite Masonic Center (6151 H St., Sacramento, CA 95819). This will be the first tea festival in the San Joaquin Valley and it promises to ’bring the world of tea to Sacramento’. The venue has a nice large auditorium for vendors to sell and sample, separate classrooms for guest speakers and presentations, and ample parking.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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Is Traditional Restaurant Advertising Right for My Business?

Indoor Media

You’ve probably already figured out that you can’t just build a restaurant and assume people will come busting down your door to try out your food. If they do… bonus! But odds are good it’s going to take promotion for the word to get out. When you think of advertising, does your mind automatically go straight to TV, radio and print ads?

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Ancient Wheat, New Farms, Hot Pizza

Earth Eats

Was the ancient grain, Kamut, stolen from King Tut's tomb? Probably not, but Kamut still has an interesting origin story. Was the ancient grain, Kamut, stolen from King Tut's tomb? Probably not, but Kamut still has an interesting origin story.

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What to Expect from xtraCHEF’s $7.5M Series A Round

Xtra Chef

This morning, xtraCHEF announced that we’ve raised $7.5M of funding in a Series A round led by MVP Capital with participation from existing investors ValueStream Ventures and Laconia Capital Group. You can read the full press release here. I wanted to take a moment to put this significant milestone for our company in the context of the hard work and dedication of our team as well as offer a glimpse of what this funding will mean for our current and future customers.

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Bottleneck’s Ballgame Basics (Baseball Fun Facts)

Bottleneck Management

Let us take you out to the ball game with our roundup of baseball fun facts. Uncover the history of the ceremonial first pitch, the story behind hot dogs at baseball games, and the astonishing legend of one beer-drinking baseball player. The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then to pick it up. — Bob Uecker. What do LeBron James , William Howard Taft , and Bill Murray have in common?

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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To Reduce Food Waste, FDA Urges ‘Best If Used By’ Date Labels

Earth Eats

Confusion over whether a food is still safe to eat after its "sell by" or "use before" date accounts for about 20% of food waste in U.S. homes, the FDA says. The new wording aims to clear that up.

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Beer Archaeologists Are Reviving Ancient Ales

Earth Eats

From pre-Incan to Viking-inspired to a George Washington porter, these beer scientists devote their resources toward re-creating age-old flavors. And sometimes that leads to some sticky situations.

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Transcript Of Kamut Story, With Bob Quinn And Liz Carlisle

Earth Eats

From King Tut's tomb to Noah's ark, This large-kernel wheat sure has some good stories!

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