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How to Turn Your Menu into a Marketing Tool

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Your menu plays a vital role in your business marketing. So, let's dive deeper into the steps on how to turn your menu into a marketing tool. Optimize Menu Design for Customer Behavior A menu is often one of the first things a guest interacts with when entering a restaurant, right after taking in the atmosphere and interior.

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How Restaurants Can Manage Food Costs During Disruptions

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Meanwhile, extreme weather events are likely to disrupt transportation routes, damage crops, and lead to shortages of key ingredients, resulting in price spikes that impact menus. Strategies for Managing Food Costs During Disruptions Don’t be afraid to substitute ingredients Your menu is not set in stone. percent annually.

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Smart Supply Chain Management Can Reduce Food Waste and Improve Margins in Your Restaurant

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What restaurants can do, however, is re-think how their direct food supply is managed – from transport to inventory control. If the special for the night is fresh oysters, but the delivery of those oysters is a day late, it can throw off the entire menu. Accurately timed deliveries : Timing is everything.

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How Sizing Up The Competition Improves Your Business Plan

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Menu and Price Points. Your menu cannot be too similar to other restaurants, but neither should it be gimmicky. Take home a copy of their menu, or take a picture if you can’t get a copy. Explore what they offer on their menu and what they don’t. They will still be competing for your diners. Food Quality.

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In 2025, Small Changes Will Have a Big Impact on Pizza Restaurants

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While pizza remains a category leader in delivery, due to its durability and ease of transport, 2025 will see a greater emphasis on making other menu items travel better, too. Customers appreciate menu consistency, but they’re also looking for value and ways to customize their experience.

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Emerging from COVID With a More Sustainable Approach

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Disruptions in processing, as well as transportation, have created numerous problems for restaurant owners across the country. It’s also a more environmentally friendly endeavor as it doesn’t rely as much on large forms of transportation. You can also cut back on waste by simplifying your menu.

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Is More Delivery/Takeout on Your Menu? Remove Food Safety Risks—Digitally

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As meals are prepared, transported and occasionally reheated in customers’ homes, an endless array of potential safety issues could crop up—without warning or notice. The key to preempting them is to remove the human element from the equation—through technology.