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Restaurant Market Research: Ultimate Guide to Market Analysis

7 Shifts

One of the building blocks you must put in place before starting a restaurant is market research. Just like a well-crafted mission statement will help guide your business decisions, identifying and understanding your target customers and competitors through restaurant market research will give your business a competitive edge.

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Where Are All the Servers? Why Your Restaurant Workers Aren’t Showing Up and How You Can Change That

Modern Restaurant Management

It's time for restaurant operators to look hard at why their servers aren't showing up and solve that issue for the short and long term. The Real Reason Servers Aren't Showing Up. The average server salary in the U.S. Reduced tips: As workers who rely primarily on tips, the pandemic was devastating for server income.

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Kindness Is on the Menu in Cleveland

Modern Restaurant Management

They will be "O-ranging" kindness in Cleveland as part of an effort to encourage restaurant servers and customers to highlight the acts of kindness of one another and those around them. On the flip side, diners and customers show servers acts of kindness by being polite, understanding, and gracious." " Laurie L.

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Restaurant Marketing in the Coronavirus Era

Modern Restaurant Management

Proactive marketing can be an effective tool for restaurants that can remain in operation during the COVID-19 crisis. As one way to help restaurants navigate this uncertain time, our team has created a short e-Book with marketing tips for restaurants. Among the highlights: Pickup Incentives. Rotating Pre-Fixed Menu. Create New Roles.

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How to Reduce Technology Management Costs in Hotels

Hotelogix

On-premises or server-based hotel management systems require you to invest upfront in costly hardware, a dedicated IT team, and ongoing maintenance expenses. It lowers initial investment and mitigates unexpected costs, allowing you to maintain your budgets more prudently - improving hotel amenities, marketing,etc.

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How ‘Phygital’ Marketing Improves Customer Engagement for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

One of the most impactful ways to target your audience is through location-based marketing. This is ‘phygital’ marketing: the blend of a physical presence with digital engagement. Phygital marketing is a hybrid channel delivering an immediate, immersive experience to make brands memorable and converts.

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Pandemic Reflections: What Lessons Has the Restaurant Industry Learned?, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

These changes have become permanent shifts in how they target customers, market themselves, and design their offerings." Staffing also required adjustments, as many longtime servers hesitated to return. The pandemic changed how businesses market, no doubt about it. Thank God, people accepted eating indoors again.