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10 Tips To Make Your Franchise Feel Local

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Unlike coupons or discount mailers, the proven offers are gift certificates to treat customers who are weary from unpacking boxes and painting rooms. Treat local influencers to a meal. Social influencers are the new celebrity endorsement. Invite some of your area’s most popular influencers to dine at your restaurant.

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Using Location-Based Advertising with Text Message Marketing

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You can see whether people you’ve messaged open ads right away, claim coupons, call your store or pay an in-person or virtual visit. As soon as you walk into the lobby, your phone would ping with coupons valid for use on snacks during your visit. This information can help you fine-tune your LBA. Strategies for using SMS for LBA.

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Elevate Your Restaurant Brand: Convert Value into Loyalty

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Operators know it’s becoming a crucial part of staying competitive to price-conscious customers as inflation and other macroeconomic factors influence spending habits. To entice customers to sign up for and engage with loyalty programs, operators can offer digital-only coupons and perks.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-April 2021 Edition

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In this edition of MRM Research Roundup, we have news on understanding customer loyalty, beverage insights, restaurant supply loyalty, the influence of discounts, the state of payments and the evolution of gift cards. The Appeal of Coupons and Discounts. Coupons and discounts are also driving consumers to discover new businesses.

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Ordering Channels and Preferences Have Shifted: How Restaurants Can Win The Customer

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Surging prices have been top of mind for consumers for two years and counting, leaving restaurant leaders questioning how inflation might influence diners’ behavior and overall spending habits, including their usage of digital ordering and third-party delivery apps– both of which gained momentum during the pandemic.

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How QSR Brands Can Best Position Themselves for Non-Traditional Expansion

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Over the last couple of years, we’ve enhanced our new mobile app to support order ahead, mobile pay, coupon redemptions and additional functions that increase overall engagement and accessibility with our brand no matter the setting.

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Gen Z Dining Trends Restaurant Operators Must Know About

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Gen Z consumers want the ability to earn free items and get access to coupons/discounts, but they also want other perks that will make their restaurant experience faster and more convenient. .” Gen Z consumers want to dine out a lot, but don’t want to pay too much each time they do it.