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Merch with a Mission: Creating Brand Ambassadors

Modern Restaurant Management

"Merchandise is more than just a revenue stream — it’s a way to deepen the connection with your customers and expand your brand’s reach." Merchandise became a natural extension of this vision, offering customers a way to carry the brand with them and become ambassadors for the experience.

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Nine Critical HR and Payroll Steps to Prepare Your Restaurant for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

Bonus Tip : Structure your handbook around the employee lifecycle, covering company culture and recruitment through performance management and termination to ensure a clear, easy-to-follow guide for every stage of the employee experience. Prepare for Labor Law Changes Stay ahead of—and compliant with—upcoming labor law changes.

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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

Modern Restaurant Management

Inefficient restaurant inventory management practices, improper storage, gaps in inventory logs, theft, and waste can cause even the most successful kitchens to struggle or fail. Below are the top seven inventory management mistakes restaurants are making, and how to correct them. Always date and label everything.

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Optimizing Your Restaurant Merch Game

Modern Restaurant Management

Merch might a somewhat newer term in a restaurant owner's lexicon, but having a focused merchandising effort can connect a person to a brand as well as be a great way to build awareness and put buts in seats. So, how can restaurants use merchandise as an effective marketing tool to tap into local brand ambassadors and build awareness?

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Why Data Is the Secret Ingredient for Successful Loyalty Programs

Modern Restaurant Management

Elevating Loyalty Programs with Branded Merchandise With fierce competition for customer attention and more restaurants utilizing loyalty programs, picking the right rewards can make or break a program. This is where the hidden hero of loyalty programs comes in: branded merchandise.

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Top Tips to Show Appreciation for Your Employees This Year

Modern Restaurant Management

These platforms utilize point systems and integrations with communications platforms to make it easy for managers and fellow employees to give out kudos. Merchandise and Prizes. Some examples include the boss’ parking spot, coupons, wine or company merchandise. Implementing a Rewards System.

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How to Calculate and Improve Your Bar’s Profit Margin

7 Shifts

It just goes to show how important drink pricing and cost management are to maximizing profits. Bars that effectively manage their inventory and reduce waste tend to maintain higher margins. Using restaurant team management software like 7shifts allows you to adjust shifts based on real-time demand.