Category: Food & Beverage
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Here’s Every Restaurant Marketing Idea You Need To Survive In Today’s Economy
Restaurants – and in particular, dining chains – are slowly but surely dying off. According to restaurant industry tracker TDn2K, 2016 was “the worst year for the restaurant industry since...
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How Chick-Fil-A Overtakes the Competition Through Its Loyalty Program
Chick-fil-A’s sales are very impressive. QSR Magazine’s 2017’s report showed that it had a $4.4 million average sales per restaurant—more than McDonald’s $2 million and KFC’s $3.3 million. A significant...
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Five Ways Your Restaurant POS Can Create Happy Customers and Drive Repeat Sales
This post was shared by our friends at Upserve POS – a restaurant management platform built by restauranteurs. Many new restaurant owners make the mistake of focusing too much on...
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5 Menu Ideas for Excellence in Your Restaurant
A menu is more than just a way to communicate important information about your offerings to your customers. Done right, a great menu can be a form of customer connection...
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Rise Up: How Panera’s Digital Loyalty Program MyPanera is Delivering $1 Billion in Sales
Panera is one of the most successful bakery-cafes in the US. Last 2017, it predicted that it would generate more than $1 billion thanks to its digital, mobile, web and...
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12 Grand Opening Ideas for Restaurants (and other F&B Outlets)
Grand openings can make or break a restaurant. Having a successful grand opening comes down to proper planning and organization as well as some excellent grand opening ideas. There are...
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Checklist: 6 Ways to Use Online Engagement to Deliver A Great Customer Experience for F&B
Your customers are online – you should be too Just like F&B businesses can take on many different forms and styles, there is no single solution to online engagement for...
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The Anatomy of a Review: What F&B Customers Focus On
Reviews reveal what your customers see; often, the little details you’ve missed Word of mouth marketing has gone digital.These days, online customer reviews work the same way as in-person word...