7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Add high-quality photos and videos regularly, posting as soon as new dishes are added to your menu. Keep your hours updated as well, especially if you have special holiday hours or seasonal changes. Another great way to partner with local businesses is by featuring their products on your menu or in your restaurant marketing.

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The Restaurant Group

JULY 25, 2024

Here’s how we do that: Crafting a Profit-Driven Menu Seventy-seven percent of diners visit a restaurant’s website before they visit one. They look at the menu first to decide if it’s worth it. As the average customer studies the menu for only 109 seconds (Gallup), you must make the most of it with menu engineering.

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Next Restaurants

APRIL 17, 2024

High-quality food photos and videos are the new currency of cravings, influencing where hungry customers spend their money. Social proof: People are heavily influenced by social media, especially Millennials who love to share their experiences online. Planning a special-themed menu ? Foodies love the novelty of seasonal flavors.

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The Restaurant Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding your audience helps in crafting a menu and ambiance that resonates with them. Collaborate with Influencers and Food Bloggers Partnering with local influencers and food bloggers can expand your reach. Seasonal flavors, fusion cuisines, or innovative plating styles can make your offerings stand out.

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The Restaurant Group

JUNE 25, 2024

From finalizing a concept, theme, and menu to finding the right location and dealing with financial decisions, there’s a lot of work to be done. A properly executed concept will influence the theme, service style, ambiance, and the food being served, setting the tone for the guest experience. It is stressful, exhausting, and risky.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Not only can color transform customers' moods and views of the restaurant overall, but it's also a great way to maximize interior design. The way logotype is designed can completely transform a restaurant's overall appearance and perception from the consumer point of view. Fonts Can Solve Any Identity Crisis.

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Open for Business

JANUARY 26, 2023

Before launching any new menu promotion idea, it’s a good idea to go back to basics and get clear a few basic points first. Many restaurant owners offer a percentage off a meal or specific menu item. Look at what menu items aren’t selling briskly. Quick links What are restaurant promotions? Who is the target customer base?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 10, 2024

With 22 percent of Gen Zers having at least one immigrant parent and the unlimited access they have to the world through social media, this generation has grown up with more exposure to dynamic cultures; and that global perspective has influenced everything from fashion to food. Be in the right place at the right time.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 13, 2024

These timeless menu items have been meticulously crafted and perfected over the years, holding a special place in the hearts (and stomachs) of many. These are the menu items that customers come back to time and time again, forming lasting connections and becoming ambassadors for brands. In the $387.5

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Ken Burgin

JULY 23, 2023

So I asked it to ‘Give me 10 ways ChatGPT’s new Code Interpreter could analyse and improve menu profitability for a restaurant or cafe? Here’s what came back: ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter can add significant value by analysing and improving menu profitability in the following ways: 1.

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Restaurant Engine

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Your menu, staff, and restaurant are ready. 1: Invite Influencers In today’s digital world, you want to take advantage of local social media influencers and food bloggers with large audiences. For example, if you are a sports-themed restaurant serving burgers and pizza, look for sports influencers as well.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Coping with seasonality and fluctuations in business (37 percent) Economic instability impact on F&B businesses This could indicate that a period of inflation in the US, initiated by COVID-19, may well have impacted small businesses in this industry. Most common challenges for US F&B business owners: 1.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 20, 2022

When the Covid-19 delivery boom took off, many restaurants shortened their menu in order to focus on their best, and most delivery-friendly, items. But as supply chain issues, labor shortages and health concerns persist, the small menu trend is making increasingly more economic and operational sense as a long term strategy.

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Lavu

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Incorporating a POS terminal within your bar’s point of sale system elevates the efficiency and accuracy of managing your inventory, directly influencing your ability to grow your business. Easy Menu Management Integration With a Cloud-Based Point of Sale Built For Bars Happy hours! You may need to change your menu now and then.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 16, 2024

These strategies can combine traditional restaurant advertising techniques like pamphlets, billboards, and radio promotions with modern ideas like running paid ads, advertising on social media, and collaborating with influencers. This doesn't mean, however, that you have to increase the price of your menu in-store.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 12, 2022

A restaurant menu is key to bringing guests in and keeping them around. On average, guests will spend only 109 seconds reading your menu, according to a Gallup poll. Creating a new menu or improving an existing one takes time. You’ll want to consider the items, design, and continued promotion. Selecting menu items.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits unveiled the results of its 2022 Liquid Insights Tour , a coast-to-coast educational initiative designed to explore and identify the latest trends in cocktails and wine. Seasonal Beverages : Bars are increasingly leaning into specialty drinks that cater to each season.

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The Rail

JULY 5, 2024

All aspects of restaurant administration, including menu optimization , cost control, and revenue maximization, are critical to your bottom line. Strategic Menu Engineering Menu engineering is a strategic approach to designing your menu to maximize profitability and customer satisfaction.

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Clover - Restaurants

OCTOBER 3, 2024

What’s more, the location of your soon-to-be restaurant can help influence your branding, day-to-day operations, and customer experience. Analyzing competitor businesses may also help you fine-tune your pricing, craft a unique menu, and market your restaurant more effectively to locals or visitors.

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Open for Business

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

It’s an all-important metric that influences everything from menu pricing to operational decisions and beyond. Is there a seasonal pattern? Measure the impact of changes: Did that new menu item boost your profits? Consider seasonal ingredients to take advantage of lower costs when certain items are plentiful.

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Ken Burgin

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Designing a food-tasting program for front-of-house staff is a fantastic way to enhance their appreciation and knowledge of food, which in turn can significantly improve the guest experience and average customer spending. They are designed to be engaging and educational and build a competitive spirit. Scottish, Welsh, Cornish).

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Future Food

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

As we have endured the past 18 months of the pandemic it is not accurate to say that Covid-19 has influenced the trends we will see and experience in the near future, as many trends were already starting to gather momentum, the pandemic has however accelerated their inevitability. Menus and food designed to travel.

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EATER

OCTOBER 26, 2023

These relationships introduced regional culinary practices, but Phuket also felt culinary influences from the greater Muslim world, South Asia, and even Europe by extension. During this time, most of Phuket Town’s restaurants go meat-free, proclaiming the menu change with yellow banners.

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Sante

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Inspired by McLellan’s supper clubs of the same name, where each dish included a wild element, the menu at Wilder will have many wild components from around London and other parts of the UK, many picked by McLellan himself. Sourdough bread will be made using beremeal, an ancient grain found on the island of Orkney.

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EATER

JULY 31, 2024

While certain design elements — like the zinc countertops you’ll find at the bar in many bistros in Paris — may be more challenging to incorporate into your home, others are easy swaps. One thing to keep in mind: French bistros are generally amalgamations of influences from previous owners, both Polonsky and Pruitt note.

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Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Yet, on any given night, it is the cadre of line cooks (the restaurant industry’s version of studio musicians) who cook those meals, adjust the seasoning, and paint beautiful pictures of enticing food on Italian bone china plates. It is this understanding that allows the musician to feel the music and portray it as it was intended.

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Culinary Cues

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

SALT as a mineral and a seasoning is just salt – why question it? Is it simply because of a product specification designed to meet a standard? Chefs who delve into the winemaker’s closet of understanding will be far better at their job and will reveal a passion that rivals that of the food ingredients that bring a menu to life.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The swanky wine bar offers relaxed seating among a dim-lit space with contemporary artwork and interior design. Here, you can casually sip on some wine and nibble on small plates designed to share. As such, the venue displays an industrial design style, rough-hewn woodwork, and worn metal embellishment. Make a Reservation.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Instagram is influencing menu offerings, restaurant design, and marketing strategies. Remember to mark holidays and seasonal changes so you can post timely greetings and promos! Creating an Instagram marketing strategy for your restaurant is just a part of getting your business up and running.

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EATER

MARCH 19, 2024

To me the word ‘brasserie’ means a nice French eatery that features many classic menu items like steak frites, steak tartare, coq au vin, and more,” and the ambiance should be refined but still casual enough to visit on a weeknight. But mostly they are operating firmly within the French culinary tradition, and usually with design to match.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 8, 2023

Images of a cocktail on a friend’s Instagram feed can be the catalyst for that consumer checking out a restaurant’s Instagram profile and then tapping through to a website to check out the menu. Restaurateurs don’t all have the skill set for social media; they’re not trained marketers, photographers, or influencers.

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Open for Business

OCTOBER 20, 2023

From budgeting and licensing to crafting the perfect menu, here’s everything you need to know about how to open a restaurant. Market research Before you even think about the menu or location, you need to understand the guests who will walk through your doors. Choose wisely and design smartly.

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Ken Burgin

JUNE 6, 2023

Here are the training suggestions I was given by ChatGPT for FRONT OF HOUSE S TAFF Menu Knowledge Training : Utilise ChatGPT to create quizzes and interactive modules to test employees’ understanding of the menu. Questions could range from ingredients of dishes to potential allergens.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

This edition of Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine's Research Roundup features the National Restaurant Association's State of the Indusrty Report, food industry pressures, foodservice opportunities, influencer marketing, foot traffic analysis and the dining-out dollar. 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry.

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SpotOn

JULY 31, 2024

Added service fees, health ordinance fees, and gratuity-included menus are now common as restaurants are looking for ways to appease their guests and keep menu prices low. Breaking down the $18 Burger At Hog & Rocks, the burger was our most popular menu item. Profit margins must factor into menu prices.

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Restaurant Engine

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

You want to create a list of all the food trucks in your area along with the type of menu they offer and where they generally are located. Does anyone have a menu like yours? Bottom line – you want to know if there is demand for your particular menu, or if you can create demand because no one else is offering anything like it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 28, 2024

“Our data indicates that QSR burger chains have generally been the hardest hit by the California increase in minimum wage and subsequent increase in menu prices,” writes Hottovy. The chain benefits from a combination of high perceived value through its “3 for Me” menu and service strength through employee retention.

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