Manpower. Among the many challenges of running a food and beverage (F&B) business, this is probably the one that keeps most managers and owners up at night. There’s already the problem of not being able to hire enough warm bodies. A hire who is likeable, dependable and highly competent? A unicorn, right? Not exactly. We’ve…
Subway is a franchise that’s worth $7.1 billion! How does the brand maintain its popularity in the food industry? In part, by creating various digital marketing campaigns. “Clean” Started Fresh With a New Logo and Campaign Subway’s sales took a hit when the brand’s former spokesman, Jared Fogle, was convicted of child pornography. To recover…
There’s now an easy way to keep updated about what your customers are up to on CandyBar. There’s a new button in your dashboard to get live customer updates over Facebook Messenger chat. Clicking the button starts a chat with our chatbot. You’ll now get push notifications when there are updates to your account like new…
There’s nothing better than looking out over your restaurant and seeing every single table full. It means the back and front of house are working at their full capacity, food waste will be less, and most importantly the profit margin will be higher. But every restaurant has slow hours. Hours where one or two tables…
Social media is a must for any business, but it is especially challenging if you’re in the food industry. Not only do you need to have a product that looks good on camera, you also have to follow through with great taste. Master these two basic requirements, and you’ll have a far easier time nailing…
Don’t you hate losing your hard-earned stamps because you forgot when your loyalty card expires? So do your customers, and it’s time to put a stop to it! With our new expiry reminders features, customers are notified via SMS text message 7 days and 3 days before their loyalty card and rewards expire so they come…
We were talking to several of our merchants, and we learned that lots of them are very interested and involved in having some sort of social mission. I decided to do a bit of research and asking around myself, to find out which businesses are make the effort to help, and I thought I’d give…
A great partnership is timeless: Lennon and McCartney, Marge and Homer, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Mulder and Scully, Bert and Ernie – the list goes on! Comparatively, the most important partnership or collaboration a restaurant owner needs is the relationship between the back-of-house (chef and their brigade) and their front-of-house. Therefore, the big question…
The creative, passionate, art-centric salon owners run their businesses to serve their customers – period. Whether they are hair stylists, nail or makeup artists, or skin and spa treatment professionals, most of them feel that they cannot sell retail products, in addition to providing their services, to customers as a way of boosting sales. These…
It’s time for a new feature! We’re always looking for ways to improve the relationship CandyBar merchants have with their customers. Up until now, traditional text messages have been the primary mode of interaction between CandyBar merchants and their customers. While text messages do have their benefits – minimal requirements, easy to manage, and so…