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

Modern Restaurant Management

Here’s how loyalty programs often pan out: A customer downloads the app. They might create an account, log in, place an order, and apply a discount — or they might not even get that far. And when they close their phone or exit the order line, they never touch the app again. Does that sound familiar?

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How Loyalty Programs Give Customers the Biggest Bang for Their Buck

Modern Restaurant Management

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. Loyalty Lessons Learned.

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Restaurant Loyalty Programs to Boost Revenues

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Restaurants, retailers and airlines have been using loyalty programs to drive revenue for nearly three centuries. From their humble, though ingenious, beginnings as copper tokens and stamps, through the era of credit card clubs, to today’s mobile apps, loyalty programs have become indispensable marketing tools.

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Why Restaurants Should Lean Into Loyalty Programs As a Way to Increase Direct Sales

Modern Restaurant Management

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting restaurant shutdowns, online ordering has become the go-to method for many customers. By using loyalty programs as a way to encourage customers to order directly. The first step in crafting a winning loyalty program is gathering the right data.

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Best Practices for Launching Online Ordering

Modern Restaurant Management

Some of those challenges, particularly for smaller, local restaurants, include implementing online ordering, creating a digital presence, and offering delivery for the first time. Even before current events arose, online ordering capabilities and digital touchpoints were becoming nearly ubiquitous.

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Staying In Is Here to Stay. What Does that Mean for Restaurant Loyalty Programs? 

Modern Restaurant Management

Over the past year, many restaurants have reduced the stress of the system by having consumers order online, by phone or mobile app, while additionally offering curbside delivery at the nearest point of retail. Throughout 2021 and beyond, that answer will largely depend on how restaurants adjust their loyalty programs.

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Five Ways to Enhance and Improve the Takeout and Delivery Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

Less than two decades ago, restaurant-quality meal delivery was largely limited to pizza and Chinese takeout. Today, the global food delivery app industry is predicted to reach $320 billion by 2029 — up from $140 billion in 2022. When it comes to delivery, you can take the process into your own hands.