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Five Ways for Restaurants to Make Valentine’s Day Special in 2021

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Create a Special Menu. Design a prix fixe or specials menu that’s festive for the holiday. Customers are looking for something to celebrate and be excited for, so making your menu reflect this will help mark the day and add to the specialness. Another question is how long you want to offer your specials.

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It’s Time to Focus on the Good

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We all had contests for our staff where the goal is to sell the most specials/most wine/most desserts, etc. Very often the prize might be a bottle of wine, a gift certificate or cash. Along with the letter came a $100 gratuity for our busser because he had made a fun evening special and memorable. Lesson Learned.

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Why Your Restaurant Should Prioritize Order Accuracy

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It might be a simple miscommunication, where the person taking the order misheard the customer’s special request. These include how many employees are working per shift, how special requests are communicated, how modified meals are marked, etc. Perhaps they’re understaffed and struggling to keep up with incoming orders.

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Patio Season is Here. Make it Your Best Summer Ever with 7shifts Tools Built for Restaurants

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Employee Doc Storage & Certifications. Employee Document Storage & Certification allows you to upload unlimited documents and certifications to your employees’ profiles. You can access key employee docs across all locations and get reminders 30, 45, 60, or 90 days before certifications expire. Special Events.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Three Ways to Bring Your ‘A’ Game to Accessibility 

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Look Beyond Certification. Examples include identifying and marketing popular items such as iconic cocktails or signature entrees via special instant offers; or even offering personalized, on-the-spot coupons or gift certificates for individual items guests have just consumed or for a packaged experience (“Wine Wednesdays”).

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Net-Positive Dining at The Green Orchid

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Going above and beyond LEED certification, Selby Gardens is seeking “Petal” certification through The Living Future Institute and will strive for net-positive energy, be free of toxic chemicals, and lower the energy footprint many times below that of a generic commercial structure.

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How to Add Products to Your Restaurant’s Sales Mix

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Most importantly, you want to find a product that is proprietary and something that is unique and special to your menu. If there are certain certifications you want your product to have, that can affect your choice of manufacturer as well. What dish gets the most mentions on Instagram, Yelp or Google? That’s your product.

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