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Restaurant Loyalty Program Ideas: How to Start

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If you aim to increase customer retention, one of the most important investments is loyalty programs. According to Shoes for Crews Europe , 57% of adult consumers are more likely to visit restaurants with a loyalty program. Why get a loyalty program? Why get a loyalty program?

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MRM Research Roundup: Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day 2024 Edition

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In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we feature pizza predictions, Valentine's Day menu trends and lots about loyalty. Other highlights include: Check Size Up, Tips Down: Guests are willing to treat themselves to menu items like steaks, caviar, truffles and tasting menus, resulting in an average 14 percent increase in their bill.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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Other advancements include: integrating data from various sources, including social media, reviews, and loyalty programs, to gain a holistic view of customer behaviour as well as as well as the implementation of real-time analytics for immediate insights into customer behaviour and preferences. Nothing is fraud proof.

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Using Technology to Combat the Labor Shortage

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Without enough workers to meet diner demand, many restaurants have reduced operating hours and rely on overburdened staff, harming employee satisfaction and reducing critical staff loyalty. Industry-leading labor management technology can address this by placing consideration on employee preferences.

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Win More in 2024: Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success

Level 2 | Intermediate: Find out how to optimize for guest engagement, reduce ad costs with guest segments, launch lifecycle automations, and tailor loyalty offers. Level 2 | Intermediate: Find out how to optimize for guest engagement, reduce ad costs with guest segments, launch lifecycle automations, and tailor loyalty offers.

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Lavu Launches Restaurant-Focused Independent Agent Sales Program with Industry-High Commission Split and Training by James Shepherd

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Central to the program is a collaboration with CCSalesPro and James Shepherd, a Master Salesman, who has trained and mentored thousands of successful merchant services sales reps. Many restaurants today are using legacy technologies that cannot support must-haves like tableside ordering, delivery app integrations and loyalty/rewards tracking.

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How to write a restaurant marketing plan that puts butts in seats [Ideas and Strategies]

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Tip: Your competitor analysis needs to include the digital space too. How we consume food, how menus are engineered , and even how restaurants are designed all owe a hat tip to IG. Here are some restaurant food photography tips and tricks. Loyalty programs. Can you undercut their prices, or out-market them?

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