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Could Surge Pricing Actually Make Fast Food Better?

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Fast food chain Wendy’s has announced plans to test “dynamic pricing” at its locations across the country, beginning in 2025. According to CNN, the move is a part of the chain’s $20 million investment in digital menu boards, which will allow it to tweak the price of a Biggie Bag or Frosty in real time. If so, you’re in luck!

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From Ghost Kitchens to Living Kitchens: A New Vision for Food Service’s Next Great Space

Modern Restaurant Management

If your cooks are mostly fulfilling off-site orders, you can do away with niceties like a slick front of house, visual merchandising, and a location with hungry walk-ins. Without these pricey anchors dragging down your profitability, you just might be able to focus on making food, and not making rent. Bulk-order fresh and local foods.

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The American Restaurant 2022 (Post Pandemic)

Culinary Cues

Of, course the food must be tasty and appealing at some level and above all else – consistent. How convenient you might ask: we barely need to slow down our cars and roll down the window when our food arrives – that’s convenience. Great food and drink and honest, sincere service can be the sunshine at the end of a not so terrific day.

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How to keep your food business going during the COVID-19 / corona crisis

Deliverect

Governments all over the world have been ordering restaurants, bars and other food businesses to close up shop - until further notice. So how can the food industry try to keep its head above water during these difficult times, and how can consumers continue to support their local food and hospitality businesses?

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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

Modern Restaurant Management

Forecasting tools enable managers to purchase food, beverage, and supplies at the right level. Integration between the POS and inventory management software allows inventory to be managed from end-to-end by automating steps such as tracking recipes, uploading invoices and auto-updating item prices.

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Boost Profits and Get Your Restaurant Haunted for Halloween

Cheetah

They are great for boosting profit margins as diners tend to purchase more of them and accept slightly higher prices. The trick-or-treat spirit draws us instinctively to sweets and food-coloring, but Halloween doesn’t have to be followed by a trip to the dentist. Halloween Merchandise to Boost Restaurant Revenues.

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Improve Your CX and Reduce Operating Costs with a Simplified Payments Strategy

Modern Restaurant Management

Some of the most common elements across these various consumer-driven businesses include pricing, location, environment, quality of goods and services, access, parking, and so on. Will you deliver the drinks, food, or services to their location on your property? Are your staff sufficiently trained in how to handle your customers?