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The American Restaurant 2022 (Post Pandemic)

Culinary Cues

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. Placing your product in a location where customers visit anyway opens the door for spontaneous sales providing your packaging and point of sale merchandising is top shelf.

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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

Modern Restaurant Management

Mistake #1: Inconsistent Counts To ensure inventory information is useful and accurate, schedule routine counts. Employees designated as receivers should be able to both recognize various quality levels of merchandise and be trained how to handle the necessary paperwork and any digital recordkeeping.

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The Recipe for Rebranding Success: Transforming Your Restaurant’s Image

Modern Restaurant Management

Some common examples of why a restaurant might rebrand are: The locals that held your restaurant afloat aren’t coming in as much Your food used to cater to a lower price point, but you are trying to increase your quality You’ve acquired a business that needs to improve business materials for menus, signage, merchandise, etc.

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MRM Research Roundup: Year-End 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurants looked after frontline workers, diners lended their own efforts to support restaurants and their staff in 2020, offering donations, gift cards, tickets towards online classes and merchandise purchases. Find the ones with the best margins, then concentrate on marketing and merchandising them.

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Ultimate Restaurant Website Design Guide for Beginners

7 Shifts

After all, intuitive design and up-to-date information can turn a website visitor into a paying customer. Use these notes to inform your website's aesthetic and functionalities. Include essential information like the restaurant's address, hours, and phone number. How to build your restaurant’s website. Online ordering - Ditto.

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Enticing Restaurant Customers with Loyalty Programs and SMS

Modern Restaurant Management

Consider exclusive updates such as new merchandise and secret or upcoming menu items or VIP rewards such as targeted promotions or coupons. Texting can also be a great way to inform a restaurant’s most loyal customers about hours, adjusted safety protocols, carry-out and delivery updates, and more.

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[Case Study] How Shawn & Ed Brewing Simplified Scheduling and Event Management

7 Shifts

With managers and coworkers only a click away, employees were always engaged and informed about the goings-on in the brewery. “We We were looking for something that was really easy and user-friendly, and would cover all parts of the business.

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