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A SURREALISTIC PILLOW EVENT

Culinary Cues

Digital signs directed us to the first stop where a State Trooper checked my ID to make sure I was eligible by age and that it matched my reservation receipt. We frantically looked for a pen and finally found one under my seat and I worked quickly to complete the five pages of information while holding the papers in my lap.

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Providing The Best Restaurant Customer Experience in 2024

7 Shifts

For instance, using an online reservation system allows customers to book a table conveniently, saving your staff from having to appease disgruntled customers who were overlooked on the waitlist or turned away. In case you have big events, you can send a group announcement to your staff using 7shifts.

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8 Ways 7shifts Can Help You Crush Patio Season

7 Shifts

It’s also important to note that using outdoor space and adding more seating to your restaurant can increase your revenue by 30%. The addition of patio seating—be it in a garden behind the restaurant or in the street out in front—means more tables to touch. Staff up with unlimited users, roles, and departments.

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Resurrect Your Dead Times and Fill Seats with Marketing Innovations

Modern Restaurant Management

Dead times are a hit to your wallet as a business owner as empty seats represent wasted capital investment. Seeing empty seats in your restaurant is disheartening, but the impact goes beyond just losing money. The key to filling seats and tackling declining revenue lies in changing customer behavior.

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How to write a restaurant marketing plan that puts butts in seats [Ideas and Strategies]

7 Shifts

This is best when it includes as much information as possible—plan ahead on social posts, events, direct mail campaigns, holiday promotions, and other marketing campaigns so you always know what's coming next. What to use it for: Showing off your food and drink, promoting events and specials, and engaging with your audience.

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26 Proven Ways to Market Your Restaurant Online and Increase Bookings

7 Shifts

With 90% of diners checking a restaurant online before visiting, you also need a strong online presence to attract and boost reservations. Collaborate with nearby businesses for events or promotions, and ask them to include a link to your website on their site. Use it to share updates, special events, or new menu items.

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THE KING IS IN THE HOUSE

Culinary Cues

Past maintenance and the boiler room of massive furnaces providing heat and hot water for twenty some odd floors of guest rooms and eighteen banquet rooms ranging in size from twenty seat board rooms to two-thousand seat ballrooms, and the three restaurants that grace the main lobby.