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Published March 31, 2015

Increase customer loyalty with birthday emails

Brand loyalty is an important thing to cultivate – it’s one of the big ideas that keeps customers coming through your front door. It seems really simple, but sending out an email to your digitally subscribed customers on their birthday is a great way to connect with them on a personal level. Coupons and discounts […]

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What Grassroots Marketing Can Do For Your Restaurant

Many food service business are focusing on increasing their reach on the web through social media marketing efforts, but it’s just as important to target local customers and establish yourself as a feature of the community if you want to maintain a healthy bottom line.

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The Mysterious $100 Tipper

Sometimes a big tip makes the whole work day worthwhile, no matter how difficult it might have been. If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to receive a tip like the one Mattura got from a mysterious tattooed man, would you do what she did? The party left before Mattura came back to pick up payment […]

Published March 30, 2015

Consumers want to keep things interesting and sustainable

Consumers are looking for more adventure when it comes to what’s on their plates. They’re focusing on sustainable, organic, fresh, local food both at home and when dining out. Americans with these more selective tastes are also eating out more often. Supply chain issues are giving food service operators a difficult time, but a focus […]

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Increase Profits at Your Restaurant With Desserts and Portions

Revenue slumps happen sometimes, and while it may be frustrating there are many ways you can pull yourself out of it and get more money out of your business. Some require an initial investment of time or money and pay off in the long run, while others offer almost immediate profit. No matter what your business, you’ll likely find some of these tips useful.

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Don’t take the human out of the restaurant

Technology is completely changing the way restaurants function, and some establishments are decreasing their staff in favor of tablet ordering and payment, and even robot and drone servers. While these changes are futuristic and interesting, consumers want restaurants to know they still value the human side of the experience. In an industry known for hospitality, […]

Published March 27, 2015

Taco Bell is an innovation machine!

Taco Bell has been busy! Ever since Brian Niccol took the lead as president and then chief executive, the quick-service taco chain has been making headlines with the introduction of a full breakfast line, new menu items, and even a new fast-casual brand called U.S. Taco Co. and Urban Taproom! With mobile technology in demand, […]

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Serving Skills Are Life Skills

For a job that often pays minimum wage, servers are seriously skilled workers. Not only that, the things you learn while serving can help you succeed in other areas of your life. Multitasking, people pleasing, and patience are useful things to know!

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Before building a restaurant website, check out these tips!

Websites are a must for almost every business out there these days, but before you start building a web presence you have to make sure you’ve got all your ducks in a row. This article from Fast Casual describes eight things you should do before you get started. You should start by involving I.T. and […]

Published March 26, 2015

Tips for food service business transparency

Consumers all over the U.S. are more interested in where their food comes from and how it got there, and this demand is causing restaurants to respond with transparency about their businesses and products. Customers also want to know how employees are treated and what kind of environmental impact and waste management system restaurants are […]

Monthly Archives: March 2015

Published March 31, 2015

Increase customer loyalty with birthday emails

Published

What Grassroots Marketing Can Do For Your Restaurant

Published

The Mysterious $100 Tipper

Published March 30, 2015

Consumers want to keep things interesting and sustainable

Published

Increase Profits at Your Restaurant With Desserts and Portions

Published

Don’t take the human out of the restaurant

Published March 27, 2015

Taco Bell is an innovation machine!

Published

Serving Skills Are Life Skills

Published

Before building a restaurant website, check out these tips!

Published March 26, 2015

Tips for food service business transparency

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