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Beating the Summer Rush: Three Tips to Get Your Restaurant Ready for the Surge

Modern Restaurant Management

The seasonal surge in foot traffic can drive significant business, but without proper preparation and training, teams can quickly become overwhelmed. For restaurants to thrive during busy season, it’s crucial to focus on the below three critical areas.

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CHEFS – SIMPLE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL

Culinary Cues

Now, make sure that the vegetables on the sandwich are at their peak and reflective of the season: dont serve raw tomatoes outside of July and August. Out of season do something interesting with tomatoes (oven roasted, marinated, sun-dried tomato paste, etc.) Make the tomato an experience. Make the sandwich your lifes work.

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Restaurant Market Research: Ultimate Guide to Market Analysis

7 Shifts

For instance, "Discover which menu items are most popular among our target market" is a clear and focused goal. If your market research goal is to introduce a new menu item, you can measure its success by tracking its sales and customer feedback. Collect data on the age, income, family size, and education level of people in your area.

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2025 F&B Trends: Newstalgia, Stealth Health, and Botanical Beverages

Modern Restaurant Management

From salted egg yolks and chili crunch fusions to mushroom-infused teas and freeze-dried fruit powder garnishes, Kimpton’s in-house experts share the standout ingredients, menu items and techniques that will come to the table in 2025.

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Is Bitter the New Sweet on Restaurant Menus?

Modern Restaurant Management

Educating patrons on how bitterness can actually enhance enjoyment — just as salt sharpens sweetness — requires thoughtful menu language and trained front-of-house staff. It also means rethinking menu development processes. What’s Next for Bitter in Menu Development? First is guest perception.

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Encouraging Diners to Order Direct—Here’s How to Make It Easy

ChowNow

In this article, you will learn: How to educate customers on why direct ordering matters Simple incentives to encourage direct orders Ways to streamline and promote your direct ordering system Lets explore the best ways to shift customer behavior and grow your direct ordering sales. But how do you get diners to change their habits?

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5 Ways to Update Your Restaurant to Keep Customers Coming Back

The Rail

2 Fresh and Local Ingredients Elevate the Menu Using fresh, locally grown foods freshens the menu and demonstrates quality consciousness. Seasonal cuisine lets guests look forward to something all year long. Creative menu changes can draw foodies searching for the next outstanding taste sensation.