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Optimizing Your Restaurant Merch Game

Modern Restaurant Management

Merch might a somewhat newer term in a restaurant owner's lexicon, but having a focused merchandising effort can connect a person to a brand as well as be a great way to build awareness and put buts in seats. So, how can restaurants use merchandise as an effective marketing tool to tap into local brand ambassadors and build awareness?

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Nine Critical HR and Payroll Steps to Prepare Your Restaurant for 2025

Modern Restaurant Management

Bonus Tip : If you don’t already have one, consider launching an employee referral program that offers incentives, such as free meals or company merchandise, when a referred candidate is successfully hired and stays with the team. Prepare for Labor Law Changes Stay ahead of—and compliant with—upcoming labor law changes.

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From Ghost Kitchens to Living Kitchens: A New Vision for Food Service’s Next Great Space

Modern Restaurant Management

If your cooks are mostly fulfilling off-site orders, you can do away with niceties like a slick front of house, visual merchandising, and a location with hungry walk-ins. Without these pricey anchors dragging down your profitability, you just might be able to focus on making food, and not making rent. Bulk-order fresh and local foods.

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How to Calculate and Improve Your Bar’s Profit Margin

7 Shifts

A bar is a profitable business option if you’re looking to enter the food industry. Start by tracking all the income your bar generates, including sales from drinks, food, and any additional services. Analyze your product mix Review the drinks and food items you sell the most and least.

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It’s Not Christmas in Buenos Aires Without Pan Dulce

EATER

Every year, its popularity moves the bistro from the periphery to the very center of Buenos Airess food scene, with TikTokers descending to praise the bread and film from the lines. He describes the bread as dried fruit with some dough, instead of the other way around, because of the enormous amount of merchandise that goes into it.

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MRM Research Roundup: Year-End 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

This edition of MRM Research Roundup features top trends for 2020, how 2020 changed food and the year's top wines. While restaurants looked after frontline workers, diners lended their own efforts to support restaurants and their staff in 2020, offering donations, gift cards, tickets towards online classes and merchandise purchases.

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Could Surge Pricing Actually Make Fast Food Better?

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Fast food chain Wendy’s has announced plans to test “dynamic pricing” at its locations across the country, beginning in 2025. The changes come at an interesting time for the fast food industry, especially when it comes to cost. If so, you’re in luck! Surge pricing is, of course, not new.

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