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Table Turnover Rate in Your Restaurant: How to Improve & Seat Incomplete Parties

Lavu

It is calculated by dividing the number of guests served by the number of tables available during that time period. For example, if a restaurant has 10 tables and serves 30 guests in a four-hour period, its table turnover would be 3. This should include all tables available for seating customers.

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THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE

Culinary Cues

Past maintenance and the boiler room of massive furnaces providing heat and hot water for twenty some odd floors of guest rooms and eighteen banquet rooms ranging in size from twenty seat board rooms to two-thousand seat ballrooms, and the three restaurants that grace the main lobby.

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How Restaurants Can Use Loyalty and Reservations to Grow the Brand

Squirrel Systems

Two such powerful tools are loyalty programs and reservation systems. For instance, a customer who frequently orders vegan dishes might appreciate a discount on the new vegan menu items. User-generated content serves as authentic testimonials and broadens the restaurant’s reach to potential customers in the customers’ social networks.

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5 Ways to Get Your Restaurant Summer Ready

SpotOn

  From crafting a summer menu that celebrates seasonal ingredients to offering cool beverages can enhance customer loyalty, adapting to the busy season with innovative menu ideas and online ordering can set your restaurant apart. Optimize your tech Set up an online reservation system to handle more customers smoothly.

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Why restaurants should take reservations

Open for Business

People fall into two categories when it comes to reservations: Love ‘em or hate ‘em. Guests on team reservations tend to be planners, the people who aren’t willing to wait for a table or roll the dice on where they’ll have dinner. Team no-reservations, on the other hand, prize spontaneity. Reservations bring order to this chaos.

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

7 Shifts

Maybe it's how you cook or serve the food, like at Benihana. Since videos don't play on a user's feed by order of post date, you can share many videos about the same topic or using the same trend. Dozens of companies provide high-quality drag-and-drop templates with all the tools you need to take reservations and online orders.

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

7 Shifts

Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. Adjust floor plans to fit local seating capacity and social distancing regulations Demarcate floor with markers for any areas where a line up may occur (restrooms, pick up areas, etc.)

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