Culinary Cues

OCTOBER 24, 2020

Consider this – the menu is the most important component of a successful restaurant and once designed it can, and should, impact every other aspect of the business. YES – the menu is that important! The menu comes first and should reflect the philosophy of the owners and chef and how the operators expect to be perceived by the public.

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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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2025 Marketing Social Media Email Marketing 195

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Have you ever walked into a restaurant, excited for a great meal, but the server can’t answer your questions about the menu? Without the right training, even the best menu or ambiance can fall short due to poor service, leading to dissatisfied customers and lost revenue. How long should restaurant staff training be?

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Perfect Daily Grind

AUGUST 16, 2022

There’s no doubt that seasonality plays an important role in influencing consumer behaviour. Seasonal signature drinks have also become commonplace in coffee shops across the world. For many coffee shop owners, including seasonal food and beverages is essential to boost sales and maintain customer interest.

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Design Menu Seasonal Menu Social Media 157

7 Shifts

MAY 23, 2024

We’ve studied what makes the 20% of restaurateurs successful and categorized them into essential categories, including optimizing your menu, providing unforgettable experiences, hosting events, and improving takeout. When done right, menu engineering can grow your sales by as much as 15% ! This is according to a study by Toast.

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Social Media Loyalty Program Email Marketing SEO 195

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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Seasonal Menu Loyalty Program Innovation Point of Sale 124

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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Social Media Seasonal Menu Customer Experience Specials 126

ChowNow

JULY 19, 2024

A well-thought-out menu is more than just a list of dishes. It’s a strategic tool that influences diner choices, enhances their dining experience, and ultimately drives your restaurant’s success. Are you creating a full menu, a breakfast menu, a brunch menu, or perhaps a seasonal or limited-time menu?

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Menu Seasonal Menu Fine Dining Customer Experience 88

EATER

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The menu, which includes the ever-popular fry bread taco, tells a story of connection, innovation, and respect for legacy and Indigenous culinary traditions. Thirty Nine’s menu highlights high-protein and precolonial ingredients.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 17, 2024

Create an app to make it easy for Gen Z to place a mobile order, review their regular meals and stay up to date on seasonal specials and rewards. Finally, Create Brand Advocates In addition to loyalty programs, restaurants are also teaming up with celebrities and influencers to reach younger audiences.

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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

DECEMBER 10, 2021

While your restaurant may feature a diverse menu, delicious food, a great ambiance, and excellent customer service, you will still struggle to build a customer base without promoting it. Others tend to emphasize their cheaper menu options. A quick look at your POS data will identify the top three selling items on your menu.

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Open for Business

MAY 9, 2024

From transforming your space into an outdoor retreat to making the most of occasions like Father’s Day and Pride Month, there are several ways to elevate your dining experience, attract new guests, and boost your bottom line this season. Engage customers with mouth-watering photos, behind-the-scenes glimpses, and seasonal deals.

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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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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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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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Menu Seasonal Menu Dietary Restrictions Customer Experience 52

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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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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Menu Seasonal Menu Point of Sale Pricing 113

Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 16, 2023

By displaying menu items, offers, and specials on screens, QSR operators can effectively communicate with their customers and influence their purchasing decisions. In fact, studies have shown that a majority of QSR customers make their decisions at the register, making digital menu boards an effective tool for increasing revenue.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 30, 2024

Research New Offerings Rigorously Before Adding The question of whether, when and how aggressively to add new menu items, expand hours/days, launch catering options or open another location has substantial implications for restaurateurs. Expand thoughtfully at a manageable pace that allows teams and culture to season properly.

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Leadership Small Business Hospitality Customer Experience 204

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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Marketing Social Media Advertising Influencer 52

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. billion in 2023.

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Marketing 2024 Email Marketing Social Media 195

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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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Or, modern font typology can influence feelings of power, confidence, and style. As far as menu and website fonts are concerned, these choices can stray from the original logo option. Because many restaurants have had a slow season, they may want to check out reimagining their overall images before reopening.

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Consumer Goods Social Media Seasonal Menu Influencer 209

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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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

According to the 2022 survey produced in partnership with the National Restaurant Association and the American Culinary Federation, the top 5 regions expected to influence American menus in 2022 are: Southeast Asian (Vietnamese, Singaporean, Filipino). Pay attention to menu costing and pricing. The menu price is $8.00.

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Sante

JANUARY 27, 2020

" Mama Lion's strategy is to remain relevant to a menu that excites guests. Being curated by a renowned chef is valuable, but more importantly, it is the creativity that Chef Zarate brings to the menu. The theme will be Asian and Latin cuisine influenced by the variety of cultures in Koreatown.

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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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Kitchen Safety Food Safety Restaurant Law Design 78

7 Shifts

AUGUST 16, 2024

Managers also handle budgeting, track income and expenses to maintain profitability, and work closely with the kitchen staff to ensure menu items are prepared according to the restaurant's standards. As a supervisor, you can hone your problem-solving skills and practice delegating tasks under a seasoned manager's guidance.

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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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Social Media Customer Experience Website Management Customer Service 180

EATER

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Making the move from Houston to Philly for school changed more than my winter wear; it exposed me to all sorts of new regional and cultural influences, which were, in turn, shaping my journey into adulthood. So there I was, at 21 years old, trying to mix up the tried-and-true family menu. I was thinking perhaps…” “No.”

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Food Seasonal Menu Social Media Education 141

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Top Down is what made that influencer risk their life by standing on your chair to take a picture—it’s the best angle for dishes like pizza or avocado toast. It’s also the optimal angle for capturing charcuterie boards or collections of dishes for a pre-set menu. Your menu or wine list. Tea lights. Logo matchbooks or pens.

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The Rail

AUGUST 14, 2024

It could be a themed-dining experience , a menu featuring seasonal ingredients , or a collaboration with a guest chef. Create a Limited and Focused Menu With a pop-up restaurant, keeping the menu limited and focused is essential. A smaller menu can improve quality control and offer a more cohesive dining experience.

Social Media 52

Social Media Seasonal Menu Customer Experience Customer Service 52

Hot Schedules

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

What Hotel Menu Trends Will Define 2022? For these travelers, the dining experience will be back on the menu. Plant-based options are a must on any menu from bed and breakfasts to five-star resorts. Finding innovative ways to incorporate novel foods into your menu sets your properties at the forefront of healthy dining.

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EATER

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Chef Samuel Clonts and general manager Raymond Trinh created their version of the dish as an ode to their Arizona roots “When people ask us about what type of food [we serve], we kind of fall back on saying ‘Modern American’ or ‘New American,’ but I think overall it’s very much a New York-style menu,” says 63 Clinton co-owner Raymond Trinh.

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Menu Seasonal Menu Back of House Influencer 102

Future Food

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Less choice might be the obvious downside for customers but then focus can move to the quality of food being made and potentially deflect menu price increases. The operator can take advantage of the opportunity to reduce waste from too much stockholding and use less labour resources for a narrow menu. Small is beautiful.

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