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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Two

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2024, brands will continue to overcome the challenge of accessing and aggregating this valuable owned data to cultivate this level of hospitality and long-term brand loyalty. Stored value will also emerge as a critical element in loyalty programs, offering added flexibility and customer benefits. – Joe Hand Jr.,

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Six Happy Hour Promotion Ideas to Boost Sales

Modern Restaurant Management

Data reveals that bars with happy-hour programs had an average increase in revenue of 26 percent during happy hours. Happy hour promotions can help build brand loyalty and create a sense of community around your business. Instead of including your usual dishes, mix things up a bit and develop some innovative new offerings.

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Sprinkling Success: A Conversation with Dan Mesches

The Restaurant Times

He later attended the Masters of International Studies Program at the University of South Carolina. Prior to Star, Dan was successful in various positions for respected restaurant groups, including Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, The Peasant Restaurant, the dinner house division of Marriott, and Gilbert/Robinson restaurants.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

We expect restaurants to place more emphasis on these things given increased competition in the space as operators aim to increase brand loyalty both internally and externally. This will cause restaurants to innovate their offerings amidst reduced menu sizes. Jay Fiske, Vice President, Powerhouse Dynamics. Kari Hensien, RizePoint CEO.

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Redefining ‘Dine and Dash’ and Review Hub

Modern Restaurant Management

” Ahead of the official launch, Yelp ran a successful pilot program with Denny’s, with the help of their media agency, ?Spark Yelp is continuing its commitment to innovating on new advertising products for multi-location brands: Yelp Store Visits : ?Available Spark Foundry?. Carl Mittleman.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

“Restaurateurs and chefs will need to continue to innovate in order to increase margins on takeout and delivery, but they can count on people visiting in-person instead of just virtually as restrictions subside.” Convenience is key when it comes to technological innovations, especially when appealing to younger audiences.

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2021 Restaurant Industry Trends To Keep Operations Profitable

Squirrel Systems

Outdoor dining has become a lucrative on-premise dining alternative during the pandemic With hospitality technology innovations pushing hard to close the gaps in terms of changes to how restaurants can operate and serve diners, it’s clear people still value physically visiting restaurants to eat. 2021 NRA State of the Industry Report.

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