7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Creating an Instagram marketing strategy for your restaurant is just a part of getting your business up and running. With more than 1 billion monthly active users and 80% of all accounts following a business profile , Instagram offers restaurants increased reach and engagement, with the potential for increased foot traffic.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 24, 2023

A busy owner’s guide to restaurant social media strategy Restaurant social media strategy refers to having a plan to connect with your guests where they spend their time: online. Food is the most popular category on the platform. Stories are an important way to stay active on the Instagram platform. Create an account.

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Embrace the Suck

AUGUST 11, 2019

In business strategy, there is a common theory referred to as Red Ocean and Blue Ocean strategy. You’re in a category called average. A: Starbucks did not invent the coffee business. You need to be consistent and persistent in sharing your brand story with the world. You need to tell the story.

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EATER

JANUARY 23, 2023

I used Instagram as the main tool for marketing directly to our consumers, posting pictures of weekly specials and telling the story of where our ingredients came from. Instagram gave us the ability to tell our story on our terms and create a direct dialogue with our customers.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JULY 1, 2022

Here are this week’s stories. New UKHospitality survey finds only 37% of UK HoReCa businesses are turning a profit. The survey also found that around 45% of UK hospitality businesses (including coffee shops) have been forced to reduce opening hours. Here are a few news stories from previous weeks that you might find interesting.

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Perfect Daily Grind

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Here are this week’s stories. With rising energy costs for hospitality businesses, motion sensors for super automatic coffee machines could reduce energy consumption by up to a third. The company’s Compass temperature monitor – developed by ONA Coffee’s Angus Mackie – won in the Coffee Accessory category.

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Perfect Daily Grind

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Here are this week’s stories. Analysis by African Business suggests origins like Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania will be hit hard by adverse weather conditions brought about by climate change. The business, which is run by active and retired firefighters, supports first responders in need through its Fire Dept. Mon, 19 Sep.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 3, 2020

So, in giving some thought to the different types of individuals who stumble or rush head first into a kitchen career, I came up with ten categories of cook types (you may have a few others to add on your own) – see where you fit. They have fantastic stories to tell (some of them might even be true). Ah…the kitchen pirate.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But what’s at stake justifies the risk: In creating these brands, founders like Sharwani are collectively working to see themselves reflected in the modern American pantry, affirming their place in the American story. Das has joined the effort to change that, starting with the underappreciated category of South Asian snacks.

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Food Consumer Goods Education Point of Sale 85

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 14, 2020

COVID-19 has transformed the restaurant and hospitality industry, which means that restaurants need a new approach to promoting and marketing their business to health and safety-conscious diners. Social media is an incredibly powerful tool—especially for such a universally loved (and needed) category like food and drink.

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Perfect Daily Grind

MAY 26, 2023

Here are this week’s stories. The first edition will open for entries on 19 June and will include four categories: children’s fiction, debut fiction, fiction, and nonfiction. Here are a few coffee news stories from previous weeks that you might find interesting. Check out last week’s stories. Take a look.

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EATER

APRIL 5, 2024

It’s proven to be good for business (restaurants along the path of totality are planning special events to draw in tourists) and for marketing: SunChips’s release will be available only during “the 4 minutes and 27 seconds that the moon’s shadow is passing over the United States,” according to Space.com.

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2009 Consumer Goods Transportation Innovation 92

Xtra Chef

AUGUST 26, 2020

It should come as no surprise when we say that bookkeeping is important for any business. But in the restaurant industry, where invoices can get lost or damaged and vendor credits jotted in paper margins are the norm, balancing the books is a bit more complicated than a regular retail business—to say the least!

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 26, 2023

In the post-COVID marketplace, there has been a profound and pivotal cultural shift toward empathy and engagement that is requiring business leaders, and companies at large, enhance these kinds of EQ skillsets to meet new expectations. What are their values? What inspires them to action? What notoriously upsets them?

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Perfect Daily Grind

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Here are this week’s stories. The German company says its new machine is designed to provide more support to hospitality businesses experiencing staff shortages. The company’s multi-group espresso machine placed first in the Retail Fittings category. Cardinal Spirits launches new Songbird Spiked Cold Brew.

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 5, 2022

Here are this week’s stories. The manufacturer says the machine is aimed at businesses seeking a balance between cost and quality. Coffee businesses can still sign up to feature in the Show Guide. Here are a few news stories from previous weeks that you might find interesting. Mon, 1 Aug. Take a look. However, D?Longhi

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T-Ching

OCTOBER 15, 2020

World Tea Media’s virtual event was the platform for their announcement of this year’s winners in 10 different categories. Just being one of the top three in the Best Tea Publication category is still a reason for joy! Recognizes a new tea business that’s a shining example of how to do things right. Best Tea Industry Innovation.

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Social Media Innovation Café Events 92

Buzztime Business

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Yes, Halloween is upon us in the bar and restaurant business. 2) Categorical Contest Raise the stakes with Halloween promotions for the best costumes in crazy categories like: most WTF, sexiest, scariest, least effort, likely to have spent an entire paycheck on their costume, most realistic…you get the picture. BEHIND YOU!

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Because inventory management best practices are so reliant on accuracy, consistency, and a host of insightful calculations, this is the perfect chance to let smart software take over some of the heavy lifting and automate tasks so you can get back to making well-informed business decisions that better your restaurant.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

To be successful, restaurant operators will look to strike the perfect formula of on- and off-premises for their business as consumers strive for convenience, but continue to look to the social escape that restaurants provide. The prepared food category is expected to grow 17 percent year-over-year, surging from a seven percent rise in 2017.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

launched two new products designed to help businesses with multiple locations better reach and understand consumers at every phase of the purchase cycle. Available to multi-location advertisers, Yelp Store Visits is a first-party attribution tool that allows businesses to better understand the impact of their ads. Showcase Ads : ?Showcase

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T-Ching

MARCH 5, 2021

Seventy-eight new tea businesses submitted their creative new ideas for judging in three categories. . Prizes: 3 Winners will receive the following onsite at World Tea Conference & Expo 2021 in Denver, CO: A complimentary table and two expo passes in the New Business Launch Pad section of World Tea Expo 2021.

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ChowNow

JANUARY 15, 2021

Among all takeout and delivery providers, we rank number one in the categories of Best Relationship , Best Support , and Easiest to Do Business With. By far, the best part of being in the delivery and takeout business is helping restaurants thrive. We spend time getting to know them, their story, and their business goals.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 15, 2020

But as much of the story written during the month, it is really the last two weeks that require special attention. The real story there was the widening check growth dynamics between segments. In fact, 86 percent of consumers indicated that local restaurants and stores could proactively earn their business, even in the current climate.

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EATER

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In most bottle collecting categories, color is of great importance.” To become truly valuable, a bottle has to tell a story too, especially one about a well-known brand. “Eye-pleasing pieces may have a great visual appeal from either color or form. Kikkoman #SoySauce #Sauce #50th ♬ Simple Hit - Dombresky But looks aren’t everything.

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The Restaurant Times

JANUARY 26, 2022

The most advantageous aspect of dark or cloud kitchens is that it has provided small businesses with an opportunity to enter and test the market. The pandemic has burned through countless industries like a deadly wildfire, forcing many businesses to shut down. One of those types of businesses is the Dark kitchen.

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EATER

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

And there are also more creative categories, like making a plate that must include a cheese of Mondial’s choosing, and creating artistic cheese platters and sculptures. But the story of Roquefort, he says, is the story of everything good — and everything at risk — with the cheese industry today.

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Bar and Restaurant Coach

JUNE 4, 2019

The Answer to Every Business Question You’ll Ever Have. We lay it all out for you in the video, but the short answer to any question you’ll ever have in business is: It depends. Businesses are in a constant state of flux, so what you’re doing today might not be right tomorrow. The rent still has to be paid.

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 14, 2022

Minimising the distance between the producer and the consumer is becoming increasingly necessary for any coffee business.”. In 2020, we won in the ‘farm’ category for our coffee from Fazenda Santa Izabel-MG.”. It’s about clear communication, not just selling or buying products,” he adds. Connecting with producers.

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EATER

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Similar stories go viral with semi regularity: A Baltimore restaurant denied entry to a Black child because of the dress code, while letting a similarly dressed white child sit and dine. Dress codes are a tool to codify de facto segregation, keeping Black customers out of “white” businesses. According to Reuben A.

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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. And while our business has evolved over the past decade, so have our customers.

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Cheetah

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Today, in most industries, foodservice especially, marketing falls into two major categories – offline and online. Unless you’re paying an expert to manage your business’ social media platform, spend time creating organic content and spread it around. Reading Time: 3 minutes. Be conscious of each platform’s purpose and style.

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Social Media Website Management Customer Experience Coupons 60

Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 10, 2022

Here are this week’s stories. Smucker reports 11% net sales increase in retail coffee category. The four-day event is set to attract more than 28,200 visitors and over 220 exhibitors – including international coffee businesses. Here are a few news stories from previous weeks that you might find interesting. Mon, 6 Jun.

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Harbor Touch

MAY 15, 2018

It was through story problems like, “If you go through X bags of flour in a night, how many do you have to order to cover Y amount of days?” Stories not only teach, but they also help people build community and morale. Buzztime Business suggests this solution for stressed restaurant managers: Delegate, delegate, delegate.

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SpotOn

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

You can’t run a business alone—nor would you want to. Plus, working alongside people you like and respect makes the long hours and busy weekends more enjoyable, even when there are places you’d rather be. Hiring a staff member costs almost $6,000 per month on average. Does the general manager handle complaints?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 18, 2023

It’s a passion of mine and I’ve always been told that I ‘should write a book’ about my journeys in the restaurant business. You have to understand that you will not appeal to everyone and be prepared to be the best in whatever category, ethnic food, and price point you choose. The health care business.”

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EATER

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Delivery-only restaurants, which have proliferated during the pandemic, could change the way the industry does business for years to come Sunset Squares Pizza has fewer than 1,000 followers on Instagram. A market research firm recently estimated that delivery-only restaurants could be a $1 trillion business by 2030.

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