ChowNow

MARCH 14, 2025

On the flip side, poor operations can lead to inefficiencies that snowballlike staffing issues that slow down service, supply chain mishaps that throw off the menu, or rising costs that eat into profits. By putting systems in place to effectively deal with random dilemmas, youll prevent them from derailing your business.

Operations

The Rail

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Leveraging engaging and authentic video content allows restaurants to showcase their menu offerings, build a recognizable brand identity, and create a loyal base of regulars and word-of-mouth referrals. Showcasing New Menu Items and Specials While many aspects of a restaurant shape the experience guests have, the most important is the menu.

Serving

ChowNow

MARCH 28, 2025

These are tools that can help you streamline operations, easily schedule staff, and make sure you never run out of ingredients for your best-selling menu items. These botsoften built into your website or online ordering platformcan handle tasks like: Taking reservations Answering FAQs (Are you open on Mondays?)

Front of House

ChowNow

AUGUST 1, 2025

But actually knowing how to use social media marketing to grow their business is where restaurant owners get stuck. It’s these small actions that create real relationships and get people talking about your restaurant. Start with a small ad spend and test what works before scaling. Where do you start?

Social Media

SpotOn

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The holiday season is just one blink of an eye away. Thankfully, you still have time to strategize for the holiday season so your restaurant runs smoothly and your guests and employees are happy. Here are six ideas to help capitalize on the holiday season. For the restaurant industry, it can be challenging to manage.

Loyalty Program

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 30, 2025

Growing menu innovation and healthy fast food further drive the growth of the market. The demand for fast food is still strong because it is affordable, convenient, and offers a wide variety of menu items, which is why it is the go-to option for millions of Americans every day. billion in 2024 and is anticipated to rise at a CAGR of 3.74

Fast Casual

ChowNow

AUGUST 1, 2025

Influencer marketing sounds like something reserved for big-name brands with massive budgets and full-time social media managers. You might host a tasting event, run a giveaway, offer a behind-the-scenes kitchen experience, or invite someone to cover a special menu launch. It’s easy to see why so many operators are skeptical.

Influencer

The Restaurant Group

MAY 31, 2025

These emails include promotions, menu updates, special events, feedback requests, and loyalty program details, serving as a direct communication line to keep your restaurant prominent in customers’ minds. Why It Helps Small Restaurants Email marketing is a budget-friendly, highly effective strategy ideal for small restaurants.

Email Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 31, 2025

The research found that businesses worldwide – particularly restaurants – intend to experiment more in 2025, especially with customer retention programs like loyalty, as they face the triple challenge of sustained high inflation, shrinking consumer wallets and the need to raise prices across the board.

Marketing

ChowNow

APRIL 25, 2025

Building a restaurant email marketing list might be the single most underrated move an operator can make to grow their business. Theyve either dined with you, placed online orders, or want to hear about upcoming events and menu items. But heres what really matters: people who join your list are already interested in your restaurant.

Email Marketing

EATER

JANUARY 31, 2025

Almost everything written about the restaurant shoehorns in a mention of the roasted chicken with bread salad for two, a dish that the late chef Judy Rodgers added to the menu almost 30 years ago. We ordered a bunch of starters to keep us busy while we waited the hour for our chicken to be blasted in Zunis famed wood-fire oven.

Seasonal Menu

The Restaurant Group

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Understanding the Impact of Social Media on Restaurants Benefits of Social Media Marketing for Restaurants Increased Reservations and Orders Platforms like Instagram and Facebook help highlight your menu. Whether its happy hours or seasonal deals, you can amplify these offers easily. Plus, its free content for you to share!

Social Media

Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

From the rise of AI to the increasing popularity of experiential dining, businesses are adapting creatively to meet new consumer demands. Hospitality businesses that were exposed to reduced consumer discretionary spending, higher operational costs and increased costs of servicing debt were most likely to be at risk. Small is beautiful.

Hospitality

The Restaurant Group

APRIL 18, 2025

Accounting vs Restaurant Bookkeeping Restaurant accounting uses data to assess your restaurants financial situation and make business decisions. Its simpler and often used by small restaurants. Mixing Personal and Business Expenses This is a classic rookie mistake! Handling Seasonal Variations Summer boom? No excuses!

Management

Open for Business

OCTOBER 15, 2024

For instance, don’t ask guests to rate the color of your napkins or the font on your menu. If you use a reservation system like OpenTable or a loyalty program, you likely already have guest email addresses on file. You might also decide to offer a small incentive to boost survey response rates, like 10% off their next visit.

Customer Experience

The Restaurant Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding your audience helps in crafting a menu and ambiance that resonates with them. Guests should find menus, contact information, and reservation options without a hitch. Collaborate with Local Businesses Partner for Cross-Promotions Offer joint deals with nearby shops or services.

Loyalty Program

Web Diner

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

It’s not just your cravings calling the shotsit’s menu psychology at work. The Sweet Spot: Your Menu’s Million-Dollar Real Estate Think of your menu like prime real estate in Manhattanlocation is everything. This data-driven approach ensures every inch of your menu real estate works to boost your bottom line.

Menu

Restaurant Engine

APRIL 23, 2025

Do you want to launch a new menu or promote a seasonal special? You can use promo codes, custom reservation links, or even simple tracking (for example, Mention [Influencer] for 10% off) to measure the effectiveness of your influencer relationship. tweet this) Start small and test the water.

Influencer

Restaurant Engine

JUNE 14, 2025

Take a look at your menu, your interior design, or even your brand messaging. If you find that your revenue drops are persistent, and you have fewer reservations, or even take out orders, it may be a sign that your restaurant isn’t what people are looking for. Menu design: Matches the new visual direction.

Social Media

Restaurant Engine

MAY 28, 2025

Get your customers excited for your new menu with a strong marketing plan. Are you expanding your menu at your restaurant? Introducing new menu items is a great idea because it keeps your restaurant fresh and competitive in an ever-growing industry. These tips can help you do just that. Use eye-catching icons like New!

Menu

Paper Chase Accountancy

JULY 10, 2025

It’s not just about tracking income and expenses; it’s also about analyzing the financial data to make better business decisions. Let’s take a closer look at this critical aspect of running a profitable restaurant business. But what are these basics and how can they be effectively implemented?

Cash Management

ChowNow

JUNE 20, 2025

Most restaurant marketing ideas sound good in theory, but fall flat in the day-to-day of running a busy restaurant. It means a clear identity that shows up everywhere, like your menu, your website, your social feed, and even the bathrooms. They’re built to last, and they work even when you’re short on time, money, or bandwidth.

Marketing

EATER

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Social reckonings and politics and pandemics and recessions and all kinds of horrific real-world stuff have intersected with restaurants in a way that had to happen, but which has turned the act of eating food into pretty serious business. And that’s a good thing; food is serious business. Ana flew back to the U.S.

Seasonal Menu

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Restaurants will also explore delivery options beyond costly third-party partnerships, and hike delivery menu prices to make the channel more lucrative as off-premise demand holds steady. Simplified Menus. Menu variety plays a substantial role in every dining experience. Health-Conscious Food Will Dominate Menus.

2022

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 17, 2022

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.

Seasonal Menu

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 20, 2020

Lacking cash reserves and the resources to access money (traditional bank loans), most restaurants were forced to lay off their employees. Professionals advised restaurant clients not to seek traditional bank loans to cover wages and to save their money instead for the reopening of their businesses. Two months of rent and utilities.

Front of House

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 13, 2020

"It's a challenging time for restaurants — large and small — and we believe that there are some practical steps restaurants can take to address the social distancing concerns you and many are voicing today," said Susie Fogelson, Founder/ CEO, F&Co. "First

Front of House

7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

Here’s how to plan your restaurant’s grand opening (or re- opening) to get back to business with a bang. 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. Pssst, if this is your first opening, check out our blog on How to Start a Restaurant!

Events

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 10, 2019

According to a study, 82 percent of small businesses fail due to cash flow problems. A cash flow shortage occurs when more money is flowing out of the business than is flowing into it. To overcome your restaurant's cash flow crisis, you need to be ready to take action to save your business from an ultimate demise.

Cash Management

Culinary Cues

MAY 16, 2022

If you are a seasoned veteran of the kitchen, you have likely experienced this a few times and know exactly what I am referring to, but for others – here is an attempt to re-create the “feel” of being in the kitchen zone: Tom arrived a bit later than normal for his shift at Café Monique.

Café

Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Long before the restaurant chains of today, decades prior to the birth of fine dining, experience dining, and molecular gastronomy, there were neighborhood cafes that were part of small communities across the country. In any case, The Blue Gentian was a busy place. No one ever left the restaurant still hungry.

White Paper

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

With the right tech tools, managers can ease their workloads, employees enjoy a much smoother scheduling process, and guests benefit in countless ways — from mobile ordering to digital menus to better ways of making and managing reservations. It's arguably the go-to platform for diners looking to make a reservation.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

lines of business (Business Dining, Education, Healthcare Hospitality, Leisure, and Sports & Entertainment) beat the kitchen heat in sector championships to earn their spot in the national competition. .” Competitors have 30 minutes to create a menu, 4 hours for allotted cooking/service time, and 30 minutes for clean-up.

Delivery

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Expert Market’s survey results also revealed that labor shortages have been cited as a top concern for nearly a quarter (23 percent) of US F&B businesses, top chart. This insight highlights staffing issues as a concerning and current challenge faced by US F&B businesses. Economic Uncertainty (52 percent) 3.

Food Truck

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

With the right tech tools, managers can ease their workloads, employees enjoy a much smoother scheduling process, and guests benefit in countless ways — from mobile ordering to digital menus to better ways of making and managing reservations. It's arguably the go-to platform for diners looking to make a reservation.

Management

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

A Link Page solves this problem by hosting a menu of links accessible with one evergreen link. In the caption, you write something like, “Tis the season for Cranberry Martini’s! Online Menu Link. The first thing most customers want to find is your online menu. Example : “Check out our new online menu!

Social Media

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

2023 Trends at a Glance Persistent Planners : When life gets busy, DoorDash’s schedule ahead feature makes it even easier to check everything off your list and ensure it arrives right when you need it. Dash From the Past: A Decade Delivered In 2013, things started off small, with a simple idea.

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