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Why Restaurants Need an ‘Always On’ Approach to Marketing

Modern Restaurant Management

" Chirone's best practical advice for avoiding marketing mistakes includes: being consisitent, having a balanced marketing mix and leveraging the POS. "Consistency The right POS system can help you pull key performance indicators (KPIs). The right POS system can help you send surveys and prompt reviews.

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Tips for Keeping Restaurants Afloat as COVID Cases Spike

Modern Restaurant Management

Given that we are in a time where many restaurants are making changes to menus on a regular basis, it is important that the online menu is always accurate and connected to the restaurant POS. This will help restaurants avoid the possibility of customers placing orders and ending up with missing or non-existent menu items.

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This is How Customer Insight Data Can Lead Restaurants to Success

Modern Restaurant Management

This includes the POS system, phone calls, and online ordering platforms to create a record of customers’ order history. The first is to gather data from all relevant channels. Maximizing marketing efforts – Using data can help restaurants identify effective channels to reach their audience.

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Restaurants Count on Cloud for Improved Operations and Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

Easily integrate various systems – Through APIs, multiple systems can share data and provide insights across multiple locations and POS systems quicker than ever. This allows restaurant operators to know, for instance, what’s selling faster than hot cakes or which dishes are performing poorly.

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10 Proven Restaurant Management Tips and Tricks for Success

Harbor Touch

A solid POS handles payments and reports smoothly, cutting end-of-night stress. A robust bar and restaurant POS system can simplify thislearn more at Harbortouchs bar and restaurant POS page. Use a notebook or a POS like SkyTab to track it. Try $5 off after $50 spenttrack it manually with punch cards or a POS.

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Restaurant Marketing Has Evolved: Unlock the Preferences of the Modern Customer

Modern Restaurant Management

This creates an opportunity for restaurants to bite into market share by enticing a budget-sensitive customer base with incentives like coupons and loyalty programs. As diners continue to prioritize saving money, however, they still need incentives to spend, such as coupons and loyalty programs that suit their needs.

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7 Issues that Threaten the Franchisor and Franchisee Relationship

7 Shifts

Example: Quizno’s In 2009, Quizno’s decided to go head-to-head with Subway’s “Five Dollar Footlong” special, offering coupons to patrons for a free sandwich. Unfortunately, franchisees' concerns were not heard, which caused owners to reject these coupons.