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How to Calculate and Improve Your Bar’s Profit Margin

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Review your inventory and spot areas where there’s over-ordering and spoilage, especially for perishable items like food and garnishes. For example, if a customer orders a standard cocktail, train your staff to offer a premium spirit upgrade, which can boost the profit margin for that order.

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The Rise of Exclusivity: VIP vs Traditional Discounting

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Programs that enable data capture, incentivize direct ordering in the wake of third party delivery (saving countless dollars in commission fees), and drive engagement have the ability to create compelling enticements without relying heavily on expensive discounts. Additionally, the Backdoor “Secret.”Menu million members to 27.4

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Restaurant Loyalty Programs to Boost Revenues

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From their humble, though ingenious, beginnings as copper tokens and stamps, through the era of credit card clubs, to today’s mobile apps, loyalty programs have become indispensable marketing tools. million members, all driven through their mobile app. But no one forgets their mobile phone. They have roughly 14.2

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Improve Your CX and Reduce Operating Costs with a Simplified Payments Strategy

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Beyond the traditional criteria that need to be considered in delivering a satisfying CX, today’s consumer also has an expectation built around the freedoms enabled by mobility and mobile devices. Can they order goods or services from their phone? What is your payments strategy?

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Ultimate Restaurant Website Design Guide for Beginners

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Diners are turning to online ordering in increasing numbers because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on on-premise dining. According to a survey conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence, 40% of Americans are ordering more food for takeout and delivery now than they were before the pandemic. Online ordering - Ditto.

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Publish Your Website with These Best Restaurant Website Builders

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In an era when enabling online ordering is essential to running a restaurant, having an online presence for your restaurant is critical. Thus, the platform has excellent features for restaurants, like online ordering , e-commerce, events management, contactless dining, and catering capabilities. used Shopify to build their websites.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-November 2020 Edition

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Online ordering is obviously huge in 2020, and customers are craving comfort food when they’re ordering in, according to Upserve’s new 2020 State of the Restaurant Industry data collected from the company's 10,000+ restaurant customers. Mobile ordering trends. State of the Industry.

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