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4 Tips for Building a Restaurant Email List
See those diners with their heads buried in smartphones? Chances are, at least some of them are checking email – and one of your messages should be in their inbox.
Best Practices for Streamlining Hiring and Training Across a Restaurant Chain
Expanding a restaurant chain gives you the opportunity to replicate success – and build revenue – in new markets. But it’s important to make sure your customer experience is consistent no matter the location of your restaurant.
4 Ways to Make the Most of the Grubhub Restaurant Platform
From order processing software to smart kitchen appliances, new technology is quickly becoming a vital component of restaurants all across the country. In fact, 73 percent of restaurant owners plan on using cutting-edge business technology in the upcoming year.
How to Respond to Negative Restaurant Reviews
With every less-than-perfect review comes the opportunity to improve your restaurant. Not only can a few words of criticism highlight areas of your restaurant that need tidying up, but they also give you the chance to win over a disgruntled diner.
Tips for Making the Most of Social Media Recipe Videos
Social media marketing for restaurants comes in countless forms: status updates, polls, tweets and snaps, to name a few. Though each of these tactics is a proven way to drum up awareness for your restaurant, a new food-centric trend is quickly dominating diners’ social feeds: recipe videos.
How to Capitalize on Office Meals, Late-Night Eats and Other Dining Trends
Today’s diners – particularly millennials – are ordering more than simply breakfast, lunch and dinner from their favorite restaurants. They’re eating what they want, when it’s convenient.
Best Practices to Maintain Restaurant Culture and Retain Employees
From boosting employee morale to limiting turnover, a strong culture can save your restaurant tens of thousands of dollars each year. Here are a few tips that will put you well on your way toward establishing a culture that attracts – and keeps – top talent in your restaurant.
How Restaurants Can Market Non-Meal Delivery
It’s easy to organize the average day around three distinct meal times, but few people restrict their eating to just breakfast, lunch and dinner. Between doughnuts, smoothies and handheld wraps, most restaurant menus don’t only target the square-meal crowd either – nor do their delivery services.
3 Ways to Manage Rising Restaurant Costs
Do rising restaurant costs have you scrambling for ways to save money? You’re not alone. Keeping costs under control is a top priority for restaurant owners.
From Robots to Drones: Restaurant Tech of the Future
Mobile apps, tableside payments, online ordering and electronic menus are just a few examples of restaurant technology that has seen widespread adoption in recent years. While such technology has been well received by both restaurant owners and customers, other emerging technology might take a bit more convincing before it becomes mainstream.
How to Overcome Restaurant Delivery Pet Peeves
As a restaurant owner, you’ve put a lot of work into providing diners with an excellent customer experience when they dine at your establishment. So it’s only natural for you to maintain these high customer service standards when it comes to delivery.
New FDA Sodium Guidelines: What Restaurant Owners Need to Know
According to recent research conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Americans currently consume 50 percent more sodium than the recommended daily limit.
How to Prepare Your Restaurant Delivery for the Summer Months
Rain or shine, humidity or snow, food delivery is a year-round business. But for restaurants that offer delivery, the same rules that apply to wintertime meal transportation don’t always hold during the summer.
Are You Ready for These Five Crazy Food Trends?
From modern twists on old classics to lesser-known ingredients just waiting to be discovered, a handful of creative food trends take the culinary world by storm each year. Check out five of the latest food trends to learn how your restaurant can begin attracting diners and critics who are eager to discover what all the […]
3 Ways Restaurants Can Prepare for New Overtime Regulations
The start of 2016 welcomed new minimum wage regulations, causing restaurant owners in several states to start increasing wage pay for employees. Nearly a year later, the next wave of paycheck changes is here: overtime pay.
5 Fun Ways to Encourage Diner Loyalty
Diner loyalty is more than a feeling. Not only does it guarantee repeat business, it also generates the positive word-of-mouth that drives new customers through your door.
3 Commonly Overlooked Locations to Open a Restaurant
When it comes to choosing a location for your restaurant, you might be looking into leasing a space in an up-and-coming neighborhood with heavy foot traffic and a vibrant culinary scene. But while there’s plenty of success to be had in opening a standalone restaurant, this isn’t your only option to bring in major profits.
Harnessing the Power of Restaurant Reviews
Positive reviews from diners and well-known critics can help bring your restaurant revenue to the next level. After all, more than half of all 18- to 34-year-olds reference online reviews before making a dining decision.
How Chain Restaurants Can Incorporate a Local Feel
When it comes to supporting the local community, consumers aren’t afraid to spend a few extra dollars. In fact, more than half of all diners are willing to pay up to 10 percent more for dinner at an independent restaurant that leaves a positive impact on surrounding homes and businesses.
4 Simple Tips for Taking Your Restaurant on the Road
As the weather heats up and summer festivals kick off, now is the ideal time time to tap into the $857 million food truck industry and take your restaurant on the road. Food trucks can help to drum up new business and grow your brand recognition.