Goliath Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Understanding the Fractional CFO Role A fractional CFO is a seasoned financial expert who partners with businesses on a part-time or contract basis. Advanced Financial Analysis: Creating sophisticated tools for budgeting, cash flow projection, and profitability analysis that drive informed decision-making across all aspects of the business.

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EATER

OCTOBER 21, 2024

However, if you were to walk into one of PLNT Burger’s at least 12 locations, you won’t find a deluge of information about the environmental impact of eating meat. On its website, the restaurant describes itself as a place that “strives to source local, sustainable and organic when possible,” and lists its farmers on the menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 7, 2025

A customer in Miami should bite into the same perfectly seasoned burger that delights diners in Seattle. It’s no secret that restaurants with more than one location depend on standardization to thrive. Reliable experiences build brand loyalty, and systemic processes lead to reliable profit margins.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Claiming and optimizing your profile makes sure that your restaurant information is displayed accurately across all Google platforms, like Google Maps and the local 3-pack, which shows the top three results on Google searches. Use it to share updates, special events, or new menu items. It's an active marketing tool.

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ChowNow

MAY 23, 2025

You can have a crowd-pleasing menu, loyal regulars, and a packed dining roomand still watch your margins disappear. Too many restaurant menus are built on intuition and aesthetics, not real numbers. What Is Menu Engineering and Why Should You Care? Because not every dish thats popular is profitable.

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ChowNow

MAY 16, 2025

Understanding what customers order, when they order, and how often is an untapped goldmine of information for restaurant operators. Restaurant data analysis eliminates the guesswork and helps you turn ordering information into actionable steps that will improve your restaurants performance. Which dishes are getting ordered the most?

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ChowNow

JANUARY 23, 2025

Pick your event idea by looking at your: Venue size and layout Customer demographic Available resources Time of year (season) Community Write out each of these factors, and a picture will emerge of which restaurant event idea will best fit your location. Get the word out to regulars and people curious about your restaurant.

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ChowNow

MARCH 7, 2025

You can also use sales trends to adjust menu pricing and share customer-favorite menu items, helping you get the most out of high-demand dishes. Data can help you create a menu that contains more of your customers favorites so you can phase out underperforming dishes. Optimize your menu based on sales trends.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2020

Restaurants can streamline the ordering process by including helpful and customizable information as part their digital display strategy. Free from the limitations of static signage, restaurants can effectively and visually educate their customers on menu items, pricing structures, and ordering protocols.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Foot traffic or heat mapping, menu item engagement, or consumer demographics by time of day. The quicker businesses can feed that information back into operations, the better, whether for personalized dining, staffing optimization, or advertising and marketing. . As we expand globally, these principles of innovation are our guide.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 24, 2025

Seasoned store manager labor is even harder to find. You have more information about your menu, your restaurant, your employees, and your customers than anyone else. ." Tang also suggests employing video analytics with frontline task management.He Exploit the competitive advantage in your proprietary data.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

It puts you in control of your brand, helps customers find you online, and makes it easier for them to view your menu, book a table, or place an orderand thats just the beginning. The hours arent clear, theres no menu, and youre not even sure if the place is still open. Frustrating, right?

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Social Media Online Ordering SEO Email Marketing 195

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While your restaurant may feature a diverse menu, delicious food, a great ambiance, and excellent customer service, you will still struggle to build a customer base without promoting it. Others tend to emphasize their cheaper menu options. A quick look at your POS data will identify the top three selling items on your menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2023

To position your restaurant at the forefront of innovation, consider the following four key strategies and techniques: Seasonal and Trending Eats In a culinary landscape defined by constant change, incorporating seasonal ingredients and aligning with trending topics is a powerful strategy for attracting customers.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 27, 2024

For instance, restaurants can offer VIP perks like early access to seasonal menus or invitations to exclusive chef-curated events. Zero- and first-party data—information willingly shared by guests—are especially valuable. This requires going beyond transactional benefits to offer unique and memorable experiences.

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2025 Loyalty Program Email Marketing Customer Experience 275

ChowNow

MAY 2, 2025

The right restaurant newsletter doesnt just share updates; it keeps customers invested in your brand, your menu, and your next move. Its your chance to turn casual diners into consistent regulars, promote new menu items before they even hit the table, and build a real sense of community around your restaurant.

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Email Marketing Loyalty Program Social Media Seasonal Menu 195

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Many restaurants have had to alter how they serve customers, and some have had to close their indoor dining and become creative with extending patio season. Offering both physical and digital gift cards (also known as eGift cards) is a great tactic to help increase revenue during the holiday season. Make Your Menu Seasonal.

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Loyalty Program Seasonal Menu Social Media Email Marketing 539

ChowNow

MARCH 21, 2025

Understanding your target market is the foundation of making smart decisions for your menu, pricing, and overall guest experience. Without a well-defined target market, restaurants risk wasting resources on strategies that dont connect and menu offerings that dont selltrying to appeal to everyone, but standing out to no one.

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The Rail

JANUARY 21, 2025

To battle this issue, AI systems forecast customer demand by analyzing historical sales data and seasonal trends. This allows kitchens to plan meal preparation better as they can tap into powerful waste pattern insights and make more informed decisions.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 18, 2021

While there are clear benefits to an all-digital menu system, to get the most out them, you must first take a step back to re-examine what your menu means to you. Your menu: Part love letter, part manifesto, instructions for use and a bill of goods, all rolled into one. Should your menu move to the cloud?

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

MVP Menu Performances More than 200 million people tuned in to the Super Bowl last year—many with a plate of wings in front of them. On such a pivotal weekend for restaurant delivery, promotions, menus, pricing and operations should all be informed by holistic customer intelligence.”

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Winter can be a tough season for restaurant and bar owners. Here are a few ideas for restaurant and bar owners to consider in an effort to continue to serve up good eats and top-tier service during the winter season. Keep Customers Informed on Social Media. Consider Adding Festive Menu Items.

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Social Media Seasonal Menu Customer Service Consumer Goods 474

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The increased challenges and stress of the holiday season often reveal pinch points in bar and restaurant operations. How to Prepare: Identify a method of more real-time analysis of kegged throughput for more accurate forecasting – especially for your seasonal products. Manage and Optimize Your Increased Holiday Inventory.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Have you ever walked into a restaurant, excited for a great meal, but the server can’t answer your questions about the menu? Without the right training, even the best menu or ambiance can fall short due to poor service, leading to dissatisfied customers and lost revenue. How long should restaurant staff training be?

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This includes hours of operation (including holiday updates), your website link, phone number, and menu. Limited-time offers like happy hour, seasonal specials, and holiday-inspired promotions tap into a persons fear of missing out (FOMO) and encourage immediate action. Upload high-quality photos. to drive spontaneous visits.

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2025 Email Marketing Social Media Loyalty Program 195

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 26, 2022

Many restaurants are doing this by raising prices, cutting costs, taking items off the menu, and making do with lean crews. Having this deeper understanding will begin to answer questions you may have with how to integrate produce in your menu. When is the season for the produce I want to work with?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2024

There are a number of proven strategies for being proactive about possible supply chain shortages including menu optimization, building partnerships and LTO maximization. Creating strategic LTOs is a great way to keep customers interested each season on the brand, but it's also important to be strategic about the recipes you create.

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Supplies Seasonal Menu Retail Food Supply 428

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 2, 2023

Behind the scenes, strategic decisions greatly impact a restaurant's bottom line, and at the forefront of these is the art of menu engineering. Far from just a list of dishes, a well-engineered menu is a powerful tool that can significantly increase a restaurant's efficiency and profitability.

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Menu Cash Management Seasonal Menu Customer Experience 419

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 15, 2023

Most customers seek a personal, thoughtful experience in restaurants and will give their contact information for tailored, individualized service. An integrated tech stack will help bridge the data of your ordering platforms and loyalty information so you can develop impactful marketing and loyalty programs – that drive revenue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

By leveraging advanced tech solutions that enhance guest experiences and deepen customer relationships, operators can increase guest loyalty to lock in key customers as spending habits change and the holiday season ramps up. Use marketing automation tools to send an email letting them know about an upcoming holiday dessert tasting menu event.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

A well-crafted email can remind a past guest to stop by again, encourage reservations for a new seasonal menu, or even boost online orders with a limited-time discount. A well-timed email with a special offer, new menu item, or exclusive promotion can be the nudge they need to place another order.

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Email Marketing Marketing 2025 Online Ordering 195

ChowNow

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

When customers order through a third-party app, you dont get access to their contact information, making it harder to bring them back. That means you dont have access to valuable customer information or an easy way to engage with customers to encourage repeat orders outside the platform.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform on the topic of menu engineering. Need to make menu changes? The best results right now can be discovered through the alteration of menus based on what consumers need now, and on what sells best. Keep in mind to keep the menu simple.

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ChowNow

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Increase sales by promoting high-margin menu items and special offers. Factor in seasonal trends: If your restaurant has seasonal peaks and slow periods, adjust your budget accordingly. You might need to spend more on marketing before busy seasons and scale back during slower months. Looking to promote new menu items?

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Marketing Email Marketing Social Media Loyalty Program 195

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 7, 2021

Users also see the information displayed in the video to be more valuable. In addition, a report suggests that 95% of information is retained when people watch a video in comparison with only 10% from reading blocks of text. Highlight Your Menu. With this in mind, you can highlight your menu items through a video.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A Link Page solves this problem by hosting a menu of links accessible with one evergreen link. In the caption, you write something like, “Tis the season for Cranberry Martini’s! Online Menu Link. The first thing most customers want to find is your online menu. Example : “Check out our new online menu!

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

If this means deleting menu items, don't be afraid to do it. Maybe the menu item needs a better menu description. If there is a menu item listed as "Roasted Turnips," it may not be a top seller. Before an item gets deleted from a menu, change the menu description or change the item's location.

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