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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

"The pandemic forced the restaurant industry to reinvent itself overnight, moving from a primarily in-store dining experience to an omnichannel, digital-first business. These changes have become permanent shifts in how they target customers, market themselves, and design their offerings."

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From Local Love to Lasting Loyalty: Five Marketing Tips for Community Engagement

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We’ve seen firsthand how social media generates buzz—especially when our famous customers get involved. By regularly sharing and reposting moments like these with high-quality photos, engaging stories, and thoughtful responses to comments, we keep our audience excited about the Health Nut experience.

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How Restaurants Can Use Digital Hosts

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With 59 percent of customers hanging up after calling in and waiting for a minute or less, according to Linga, restaurants are missing out on a lot of business. or place an order (for take out). or place an order (for take out). menu, hours, etc.), menu, hours, etc.), It slows down the process tremendously.

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Don’t Let Your Loyalty Program Go Stale – Putting CX Center Table

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Here’s how loyalty programs often pan out: A customer downloads the app. Although the average consumer belongs to 15 or so loyalty programs, they use fewer than seven. So how can you make your loyalty program stand out instead of going stale? Does that sound familiar?

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Avoiding Mistakes in Loyalty Programs

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Loyalty expert Hope Neiman, CMO at Tillster, says these are the four things she sees that restaurants often get wrong when building loyalty programs + brand champions: Lack of clarity and consistency. If rewards aren’t motivating, restaurants lose out on upsell opps (e.g. No personalization.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part Three

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Even though local and state orders prohibiting or severely restricting restaurants’ ability to serve customers and generate and revenue, standard business liability policies did not provide coverage, and many policies had a pandemic exclusion. Wages have risen roughly 13 percent since early 2023, leveling out at $13.62

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How Loyalty Programs Give Customers the Biggest Bang for Their Buck

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Digital loyalty programs surged 124 percent during the height of the pandemic, helping restaurants drive more frequent visits and higher check averages from devoted customers, according to market researcher NPD Group. Having a loyalty program today is table stakes. Having a loyalty program today is table stakes.