SpotOn

MARCH 18, 2024

On the other side of the dining spectrum, there are restaurants with menus that offer an entire meal at a set price, also known as the prix fixe menu. The prix fixe menu is ideal for guests seeking to indulge in a larger meal for a higher price. The prix fixe menu doesn't only need to serve French food.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 13, 2020

One way this can be done is by leveraging beverage sales alongside traditional menu items, like establishing curbside to-go sales, adding the option to order cocktails, beer or wine for delivery and pick-up, or even hosting virtual events to showcase talented sommeliers and bartenders. Operators must also get creative with guest offerings.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

How would you recommend menu items to guests to enhance their dining experience? Have you ever handled a situation where a customer asked for a dish not on the menu? What techniques do you use to upsell menu items or drinks? How do you handle special dietary requests or food allergies? What did you do? What did you do?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 24, 2022

Meanwhile, diners can scan a QR code to easily view and order from your menu, as well as alter and route items to the correct kitchen location in real time. Manage and market your menu with ease. Making everything an effortless experience paves the way for customer loyalty, repeat business, and increased revenue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

What’s new on the menu for today’s innovative restaurants? Customers’ increased demands have required the restaurant industry to innovate and adapt to provide efficient food delivery, cater to a variety of dietary restrictions, streamline ordering, and accept contactless options for payment.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2024

Leverage consumer data to learn about preferences, dietary restrictions, and favorite foods. Sustainability: A Menu with a Dash of Environmental Conscience Sustainability is the new expectation as modern diners are growing increasingly ecologically conscious.

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EATER

JULY 21, 2022

It’s a familiar scene: After sitting down at a table, the waiter brings you a sheet of fancy paper with the day’s menu printed in pretty fonts. There are around a dozen dishes, which can be ordered as a tasting menu or a la carte. “We But just as that information once did, the minimalist menu is disappearing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Increasing menu pricing has helped to offset costs and so far, has continued to attract customers since grocery prices are outpacing the increases in restaurant tickets for dining out." Menu prices have consistently risen since 2021. They have added technology throughout the restaurant to offset labor hours. The second is pricing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 9, 2024

What are simple ways restaurants can optimize their menu to capitalize on catering opportunities? There are many ways restaurants can optimize their menu to capitalize on catering opportunities. Ultimately, the best catering menus satisfy diverse audiences, tastes, and dietary needs.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 23, 2020

A great menu or location will bring customers into your restaurant, but stellar customer service is what will keep them coming back. Train your employees to use positive language, especially when declining a request or letting them know that a menu item or special is unavailable. So how do we develop vital customer service?

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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. A good menu stays true to a restaurants’ concept and maximizes profit. Selecting menu items.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 1, 2021

A recent survey found that 40 percent of Americans want to continue to view the menu, order, and pay with their phone even when the pandemic is over, so contactless solutions will be crucial in helping diners feel comfortable during their outings.

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Open for Business

JUNE 9, 2023

A guest’s dietary restrictions weren’t honored Order mixups happen, but dietary restrictions raise the stakes. Staff members should never ask the reason behind a dietary restriction—it could be for religious, health, ethical, or other personal reasons. Restaurant mishaps can commonly be seen in the kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 13, 2020

The evidence is clear: more restaurant guests are interested in plant-based and vegan menu items. Tenzo added that restaurants and chains offering exclusively vegan options are seeing the same trends as those offering both vegetarian and vegan options, meaning that catering to the most proscriptive dietary choice may be the best idea.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 26, 2024

Customers now want to see what’s in their food and have the option to adjust meals to fit their dietary needs. Restaurants can meet this expectation with modern POS systems that show detailed menu information, including what allergens dishes may contain. When customers pay and note their dietary needs, the kitchen gets an alert.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 23, 2023

Now that restrictions have well and truly lifted and people are returning to restaurants, their expectations for their dining experience are considerably higher. In addition, many restaurants are now using digital menus in-house. In order to build and maintain loyalty, businesses must rise to these challenges.

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Lavu

APRIL 6, 2020

Feel like your menu is a bit lackluster? Even the most popular menus can seem a bit dull with time. Many restaurants choose to update their menu constantly, and although this can be a successful practice, it must be done with care. So, what type of menu changes can be positive on your ROI? Daily, Weekly, or Monthly Menus.

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Goliath Consulting

DECEMBER 20, 2023

A Vision of Personalized Dining Imagine a dining experience where every menu item is a delicious option and a perfect fit for your unique dietary preferences. These systems analyze vast databases of nutritional information, considering individual dietary requirements, allergies, and health goals.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Olive Garden is continually adding to its menu, creating new twists on old classics, and at the same time maintaining crowd favorites like their signature breadsticks, house salad, and the Tour of Italy sampler. We’ve done plenty of taste testing and have details about eleven of the best Olive Garden menu items listed below.

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Squirrel Systems

APRIL 22, 2024

Table-Side Ordering Systems Table-side ordering technology, including digital menus and tablets at each table, empowers guests by putting the ordering process directly in their hands. Guests can browse the menu at their leisure, customize their orders precisely, and send them directly to the kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Evolving Consumer Expectations – Consumer expectations continued to evolve in 2023, particularly in the areas of transparency, ethical sourcing, and dietary preferences. Establishments will face increasing pressure to adopt sustainable practices, reduce food waste, and offer eco-friendly menu options to meet consumer demands.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 17, 2022

The rapid rise in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity is linked to economic growth and subsequent "nutrition shift," or changes in dietary habits brought about by differences in the way food is produced, delivered, and eaten in recent decades.

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Apicbase

MAY 21, 2024

Whether launching a new concept or expanding into a different market, menu development is critical for a restaurant’s success. That means balancing brilliant ideas with practicality and taking the time to consider all variables that can impact food costs , menu scalability, and customer first impressions. What is Menu Development?

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Restaurants can use AI to analyze customer preferences, dietary restrictions, and past orders to create tailored dining experiences. In 2025, I think we’ll see restaurants double down on personalization by leveraging AI.

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Restaurant Clicks

JUNE 22, 2021

You may not be familiar with the term “prix fixe menu,” but you’re more than likely familiar with the concept, which has been a staple of both fine-dining and casual restaurants for decades. With a prix fixe menu, the food and the final cost are both decided from the outset, leaving you with nothing to do but sit back and enjoy the journey.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 6, 2023

Imagine that you’ve uniquely targeted 10 percent of your customers with a message that fits their behavior, i.e. Wednesday’s Lunch Menu, for anyone that’s been visited for lunch on a weekday in the last four weeks which results in a list of 200 customers of your total list of 2,000 contacts.

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Perfect Daily Grind

JUNE 21, 2020

While COVID-19 will no doubt affect 2020’s sales figures, many countries are starting to ease their lockdown restrictions, which could see the industry experiencing growth in the second half of the year. Next, consider your menu. If you’re looking for easy ways to diversify without giving your baristas a headache, try a seasonal menu.

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Goliath Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Additionally, envision future growth opportunities, innovative menu additions, and effective marketing strategies to maintain a competitive edge. Ensure your menu caters to diverse palates and dietary restrictions, delighting guests with a range of mouthwatering options.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Personalized Menus : AI algorithms will analyze preferences and dietary restrictions to provide diners with menus tailored to their tastes. Dynamic Pricing Strategies : Using AI algorithms menu prices will be dynamically adjusted, based on factors optimizing revenue and adapting to real time market trends.

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Restaurant Clicks

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Located close to Salmon Bay, the Walrus & the Carpenter is a higher-end version of your neighborhood fishing pub with locally sourced oysters, fabulous sides, and a robust beer menu. Some of their top menu items include the pork loin sandwich, full of juicy seasoned meat and sauce, and the chicken salad with caramelized onions.

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Restaurant Clicks

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

Some notable menu options you can choose during the weekend include a veggie hoagie, chicken cutlet sandwich, or a captain’s basket with fried shrimp, fish sticks, and hushpuppies. Morcilla’s menu includes several options for desserts, drinks, and dinner. Bitter Ends provides window service to its customers ordering online.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Over one-third (36 percent) of respondents reported more customers in 2023 than 2022, almost half (47 percent) reported higher check averages in 2023, a slight majority (51 percent) reported tracking better or the same as 2019, and almost three-quarters (72 percent) reporting increasing menu prices by 10-25 percent in the last year.

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Buzztime Business

MARCH 19, 2024

Brunch events are also a great avenue to play around with inventive menu options. Craft sample menus that will make sense for each of these traditions (keeping in mind things like dietary restrictions, if applicable), then play up your interior with fresh decor like bouquets of colorful flowers and greenery, or delicate string lights.

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EATER

MARCH 11, 2024

In fact, many servers will conspiratorially tell you the menu is made of “small plates meant for sharing,” as if you needed permission from the chef to order six things and ask for side plates. But this is how Eater staff tends to operate even at restaurants that organize a menu more traditionally. Is this food meant to comfort?

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

With the right set of tools in place, like back-office software to track trends in customer requests and popular dishes, restaurants can make menu adjustments to account for product shortages with much lower risk. Food allergies, sensitivities, and dietary restrictions are a major issue for restaurants. Balancing staffing needs.

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Restaurant Clicks

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Anything on the menu is great, but I highly recommend the smoked salmon eggs benedict (with citrus hollandaise!). In addition to their regular menu, Buttermilk has both a vegan and gluten-free menu to cater to dietary restrictions. This restaurant is known for dinner, but their brunch menu is also fantastic!

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The Rail

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Incorporating cultural diversity into your menu is key to ensuring success in new markets. By embracing local flavors and traditions, you can create a menu that resonates with the community and attracts a wider customer base. This knowledge will help you customize your menu to reflect the tastes of your new audience.

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