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26 Proven Ways to Market Your Restaurant Online and Increase Bookings

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With 90% of diners checking a restaurant online before visiting, you also need a strong online presence to attract and boost reservations. Photos of your menu items, ambiance, and even happy customers will give potential guests a glimpse of the dining experience you offer. Use it to share updates, special events, or new menu items.

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THE CHEF’S SECRET INGREDIENT – CONTEXT

Culinary Cues

The chef invests time in building a signature menu, testing recipes, establishing plate presentations, and making sure the best ingredients are within the teams reach. MAKE the time to walk the dining room on occasion, stop at tables, offer advice on menu items and drinks, smile and thank them for choosing your restaurant.

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What Travelers Want in F&B and US Foods Scholars

Modern Restaurant Management

What’s Important to Travelers. SevenRooms released its “Checking In For F&B” report, which uncovered the most important things to today’s traveler when it comes to food and beverage at hotels. ” Building Loyalty.

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How to Plan Your Restaurant's Grand Re-Opening Event

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A seating capacity goal (such as 100% of the allowed seating capacity) or a reservation booking goal A revenue goal—such as a volume number or percentage compared to pre-COVID A follower goal on social media from gaining new interest in your restaurant A return visit goal for diners who return to your restaurant after the grand opening 2.

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The Complete Guide To Dynamic Menu Pricing for Restaurants

The Restaurant Times

Menu pricing is one of the most underestimated aspects of restaurant management. If your customers don’t think the prices on your menu are reasonable, how great your concept or your food is won’t matter much. Therefore, restaurants must keep the menu at the heart of all restaurant operations and business plans.

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DON’T NICKEL AND DIME YOUR GUEST or IMPRESS THEM WITH QUANTITY

Culinary Cues

There has always been a commonsense way to build a menu knowing that in the end it is the beverage, and the bookends (appetizers and desserts) that hold the greatest opportunity for profit. A menu should thus be designed and priced to make those items seem essential.

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Win Big with Smaller Menus: How Tech Can Supercharge Limited Offerings On- and Off-Premise

Modern Restaurant Management

One such solution has been shrinking restaurant menus. This past year, 60 percent of restaurants reported reducing their menu size , citing a 23 percent drop in the number of items. A smaller menu might limit ordering options but not the ability for restaurants to wow their guests.