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Gift Card Marketing During COVID-19 and How It Can Help Restaurants

Touch Bistro

As the COVID-19 pandemic slowly begins to recede, many restaurants are turning to gift card marketing as part of their 2021 recovery plan. First and foremost, gift cards provide restaurants with an immediate source of revenue – cash that can be incredibly valuable in the early months of recovery. Immediate Cash Flow.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-November 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Among the highlights: Online Ordering sales of pizza (+9 percent), burgers (+10 percent), and fried chicken (+5 percent) were up from last year, but the largest trend in online ordering was sandwiches and wraps as guests give up on slapping bread together at home and restaurants pivot to menu items that travel well. The sheer convenience.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-June 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Participants similarly ranked the importance of sourcing from other good food focused business. Wait estimates/crowd management alerts (restroom, concierge lines, merchandise, entry point, etc.) (38 Concierge experience from their seat (mobile-enabled ordering for food/beverage) (34 percent). Total food purchases had a $75.7

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