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Merch with a Mission: Creating Brand Ambassadors

Modern Restaurant Management

"Merchandise is more than just a revenue stream — it’s a way to deepen the connection with your customers and expand your brand’s reach." Merchandise became a natural extension of this vision, offering customers a way to carry the brand with them and become ambassadors for the experience.

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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

Modern Restaurant Management

Inefficient restaurant inventory management practices, improper storage, gaps in inventory logs, theft, and waste can cause even the most successful kitchens to struggle or fail. Below are the top seven inventory management mistakes restaurants are making, and how to correct them.

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How to Calculate and Improve Your Bar’s Profit Margin

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Once you have that total, subtract all of your costs, such as labor, inventory, rent, utilities, and other operating expenses. Bars that effectively manage their inventory and reduce waste tend to maintain higher margins. To calculate your pour cost, you have to know the total cost of your alcohol inventory.

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Restaurant Weighing Scales Guide: Why You Need Them in Your Restaurant  

Modern Restaurant Management

These weighing scales are designed to take the guesswork out of food measurement and ensure controlled costs and better inventory management. By making sure that you dish out properly sized portions, you can save money and manage your inventory better. A receiving scale is used to weigh merchandise when it arrives.

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8 Tips for Selling Merchandise at Your Coffee Shop

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Coffee shops have a unique customer base that stands and waits patiently (we hope) for their lattes—and not selling merchandise is a lost business opportunity. Those minutes could be spent checking out your café’s merchandise instead of idly scrolling through Instagram feeds. How to Merchandise a Café. Travel Mugs.

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Leveraging Relationships to Build a Better Bar Program

Goliath Consulting

Your bar gets free product to try out different flavors or drop the price on name brand spirits, the distributor keeps their inventory fluid and product shipping. These brand ambassadors are a bar manager’s gateway to endless promotions that rouse excitement from guests and reduce the ordering cost and inventory of brands.

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What Restaurateurs Need to Know Right Now About the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Offer large format takeout or a family-style to move more inventory. If your restaurant has any branded merchandise, such as t-shirts, mugs, or hats, don’t forget to include it on your menu. Add gift cards to your menu. Some restaurants are even offering discounts on their gift cards to further stimulate cash flow. .