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8 Tips for Selling Merchandise at Your Coffee Shop

Lavu

Coffee shops have a unique customer base that stands and waits patiently (we hope) for their lattes—and not selling merchandise is a lost business opportunity. Those minutes could be spent checking out your café’s merchandise instead of idly scrolling through Instagram feeds. How to Merchandise a Café. Travel Mugs.

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Creating a restaurant website: Why it matters and how to nail it

Open for Business

Menus can be refreshed and hospitality can be fine-tuned, but your restaurant’s success ultimately boils down to discoverability. Diners are doing more research than ever and a restaurant website is a critical touchpoint of the guest experience. The task may feel daunting, especially for business owners who are already stretched thin.

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How the Tech Industry is Shaping the Future of Dining

Lavu

Think of them as the real-life version of those house robots from ’80s movies. Mismanagement of any of the details of restaurant operations—from shift schedules to inventory tracking to food costs—can cause a restaurant’s downfall. A Historical Look at the Evolving Restaurant. Restaurants have been evolving since the 1850s.

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Restaurant Innovation That Goes Beyond Menu Items

Modern Restaurant Management

Friction points that are in back of house trickle to front of house, and so we can find these internal friction points by observing our teams and identifying activities that distract them from delivering value and ask; where were they confused, frustrated, uncomfortable, or delayed. Innovation Through Service.

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All You Need To Know About Starting A Successful Food Truck Business In The UAE

The Restaurant Times

Both the front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house operations are carried out in the same place in a food truck. Renting out is a better option due to lower up-front costs as they can be further upgraded or replaced with a new one based on the revenue generated in the initial phases. Source: The Finest Emirates.

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Trends and Tactics: How to Navigate the Changing Landscape of the European Restaurant Industry

Apicbase

You can use technology to optimise or automate various tasks , such as inventory management and ordering, which helps reduce errors and increase efficiency. Restaurant tech enables you to collect and analyse data on everything from sales and customer behaviour to inventory levels and food production. There is good and bad news.

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Restaurant Profit Margins: A No-Brainer Guide to Maximizing Your Profits

Notch

As an owner-operator, your restaurant likely sits at the center of your life. It's not only your business and your livelihood— it's also your dream. Unfortunately, if your restaurant is typical, your profit margins are exceedingly narrow. According to a recent Forbes article , sit-down restaurants make a profit of about 6%. So, why do it?