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Five Ways for Restaurants to Thrive When Offices Reopen

Modern Restaurant Management

Merchandise new take-out procedures that will make customers feel more secure — such as curbside pickup and mask and glove requirements. True hospitality and creativity will set you apart from other restaurants, so figure out how to extend their guest experience beyond their four walls. Deliver a Stellar Customer Experience.

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The American Restaurant 2022 (Post Pandemic)

Culinary Cues

This is what hospitality is all about. [] TO PROVIDE AN OUTLET FOR CHEF CREATIVITY: The definition of a chef sometimes includes: “frustrated artist”. Renting shelf or cooler space for your product places the merchandising, collection of cash and credit, and facilities maintenance in the hands of the store.

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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. Instead, create an area just for employees with the same level of hospitality you’d show a diner. Proper break space and a place to study, train, or eat.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part One

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. – Jay Fiske, President, Powerhouse Dynamics The Future is here – Robots will become a larger part of society In 2024, I anticipate an increase in the number of robots deployed in the hospitality industry, especially in terms of cleaning, cooking and security robots. The hospitality industry suffers the most from labor shortages.

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Vaccine Flair Could Be the ‘It’ Accessory in Restaurants This Summer

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The restaurant group has always been savvy about merchandising, serving up Greek soft-serve yogurt in branded versions of the iconic “we are happy to serve you” paper coffee cup. Duval, who’s been making pins and other merchandise for 10-plus years, thinks of pins as “bumper stickers you wear. Souvla’s vaccine pin. They’re flair.”

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Ultimate Restaurant Website Design Guide for Beginners

7 Shifts

With these integrations, your website can take orders and reservations, sell merchandise, and capture visitor data so that you can market your business to website visitors and turn them into customers. Taste Hospitality Group Check out Taste’s site for hospitality group website ideas.

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Restaurant Innovation That Goes Beyond Menu Items

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We’ve seen examples of this with how staff greet customers, stunning brand art that everyone loves, merchandise a customer takes home, or the way service is carried out. Bringing customers value through hospitality, entertainment, connection. Is there a new, different way to tell your story? Innovation Through Experience.