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Driving Recovery and Revenue with Digital Marketing Strategies

Modern Restaurant Management

As restaurants work to navigate through the seismic economic impact of the coronavirus, connecting with and engaging customers is more important than ever for driving revenue and weathering the crisis. Digital marketing is a key ingredient that can help restauranteurs connect with customers to achieve both. Digital marketing strategies can be a force multiplier for bringing back loyal restaurant customers, attracting new customers and increasing brand awareness.

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7 Restaurant Employee Contest Ideas to Boost Sales and Engagement

7 Shifts

What if we told you that there was a great strategy to increase your restaurant’s sales while engaging your staff and reducing turnover? There is a way—and it’s through creating employee contests. According to a study by Quantum Workplace , highly engaged 20 percent higher sales and are 21 percent more profitable. Engaged employees are also less likely to turnover. 47% of restaurants were negatively affected by employee turnover in 2019, with less than a third of restaurateurs reporting that tur

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The New Soul Food of Paris

EATER

Gumbo Yaya in Paris’s 10th Arrondissement. Black chefs are exploring “Afropean” identity and building on American soul food’s long history in the European dining capital “In the years in Paris, I had never been homesick for anything American,” James Baldwin wrote in his 1972 book of essays, No Name in the Street. “But,” he added just a page or two later, “I had missed my brothers and my sisters … I missed Harlem Sunday mornings and fried chicken and biscuits.”.

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How to Tell If You Should Start Catering

Restaurant Engine

People love your food, and they want it outside your restaurant, too. You have a restaurant, and people already love your food. Some of your customers have even asked about catering options. As a restaurateur, you have a built-in clientele at the ready. But is a client base enough to start your catering business? Opening a catering business tied to your restaurant can add extra profits to your business.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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What Restaurants Need to Know About RTD Adult Beverage Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

As restaurants and bars struggle through the pandemic, the alcohol industry is suffering along with them. Despite a jump in store sales as consumers began drinking more at home, global alcohol sales are expected to fall about 12 percent in 2020, according to IWSR Drinks Analysis. In this challenging year, one bright spot for the industry has been the booming popularity of ready-to-drink (RTD) alcoholic beverages.

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Without Government Aid, Americans in Need Are Shoplifting Food Essentials

EATER

Photo: Niloo /Shutterstock. Plus, Colin Kaepernick gets his own Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, and more news to start your day More people admit to shoplifting what they need to survive. Since the pandemic began, Americans have called for relief for individuals and small businesses. Stimulus checks, rent and mortgage cancelation, and universal health care have all been on the table.

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Top Takeaways from Toast’s Staffing Models for Growth Webinar

7 Shifts

In a webinar as part of Toast’s Restaurant Recovery Series , co-sponsored by 7shifts and our trusted partners at XtraChef , we gathered restaurateurs from around the country to discuss new ways of managing staff, new service and compensation models, and how COVID-19 has impacted their business. Hosted by Henry Patterson of Rethink Restaurants , the panel featured restaurateurs: Andrea Borgen from Barcito & Bodega in LA Kevin Healy from HOUSEpitality in Virginia Tanya Li from Flour Bakery + C

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A Good PR Plan Should Be Top of Your Holiday Wish List

Modern Restaurant Management

The holidays are here and if we could pick any year to relax and let go a little more, it’s this year, right? Not so fast. Before putting your feet up and roasting chestnuts on an open flame, remember this: November to January are the busiest and most profitable months in the year. According to Deloitte , holiday retail sales this year should rise between one and 1.5 percent, amounting to between $1.147 trillion and $1.152 trillion during the November to January time frame.

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Food Truck 101: How to Start and Grow a Food Truck Business in Dubai

The Restaurant Times

Food trucks are gaining popularity in the evolving restaurant space. The advantage of mobility in the food truck format has given operators access to multiple locations at an initial capital lower than a restaurant of any other format. According to statistics, in 2019, the overall revenue stream from food trucks grew by $985M. It is no surprise that foodpreneurs are looking for ways to invest in a food truck instead of going for a traditional restaurant.

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Top 5 Ways to Optimize Your Loyalty Strategy

Speaker: Lauren Barash, Vice President, Brand Marketing

In an ever-evolving industry, building and retaining loyal customers is critical to the success of any restaurant business. Join Lauren Barash, VP of Brand Marketing at Full Course, as she delves into the world of restaurant loyalty programs, and reveals the top five essential strategies to optimize your approach! This webinar will explore: Loyalty trends and what you should be focusing on 📊 Actionable insights and ideas to help you develop the most powerful and effective loyalty program

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‘Inedible’ and ‘Inadequate’ Food Is Being Served to People Incarcerated in Massachusetts DOC Prisons

EATER

Incarcerated people, abolitionists, lawyers, and lawmakers paint a grim picture of the state of food inside the Commonwealth’s prison system, especially during the pandemic [link].

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Is ‘Menu Scraping’ Legal for Third-Party Delivery Services?

Modern Restaurant Management

The advent of on-demand food delivery can be traced back to the early 2000s when the use of GrubHub, Seamless and numerous other online and mobile food-ordering systems became commonplace among college students and young professionals throughout the United States. Gone were the days of leafing through a pile of crumpled menus to order takeout. Now, one could quickly search for local restaurants, view their menus, and order and pay online.

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Why Food Traceability Is So Important Now (Podcast)

Modern Restaurant Management

In this week's episode of The Main Course host Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia speaks with Angela Fernandez , the Vice President of Community Engagement at? GS1 US , the information standards organization?, about food safety and traceability. To listen, click here. A new episode of The Main Course , our podcast series with MarketScale, is served up every Tuesday.

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Here’s Why Your Restaurant Should Use SMS for Curbside Pickup

Modern Restaurant Management

The New York Times has a theory on the popularity of curbside pickup : people miss going to restaurants and stores. Picking up curbside gives them a reason to get out, even if they never leave their cars. Beyond an excuse to leave the house, it’s also convenient, no-touch, and safe. Restaurants across the country are adding and expanding their curbside services out of necessity, and consumers have started using them more, also out of necessity.

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Win More in 2024: Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success

Your Guide to Restaurant Marketing Success Start maximizing ROI and doing more with less with Olo’s ultimate guide to restaurant marketing. In this guide: Strategies to level up in 4 key areas: data, audiences, content distribution, and loyalty Interactive checklists to help you track your progress throughout the year Tips for leveraging guest data across your entire business What you’ll learn: Level 1 | Beginner: Learn how to collect guest data, build a healthy subscriber list, launch personali

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A Path to Recovery Restaurants Can Subscribe To

Modern Restaurant Management

It's no secret that the restaurant industry has been severely impacted by COVID, perhaps more than any other industry. There have been bright spots – the QSR sector, notably – and recent signs that a turnaround is underway, including Moody's upgrading its industry outlook to stable last month. But in general, restaurants have had to chart their own path to recovery.

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Restaurants’ New Brand Challenge: Delivering a Consistent Customer Experience in an Inconsistent World 

Modern Restaurant Management

At a time when stress is running high for folks cooped up at home, comfort food from their favorite restaurant is a respite in a crazy world. Fortunately, loosened restrictions have allowed most restaurants to welcome dinner back, although in many cases they are still operating at reduced capacity and with such caveats as shortened menus, face coverings when not seated, and social distancing.

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How a Chinese Barbecue Master Has Been Roasting Whole Pigs for 30 Years

EATER

Chef Jack Tsoi has been developing his technique three decades at East Court and Mike’s BBQ in Toronto “It’s actually a lot of steps to make Chinese-style roast pig,” says East Court and Mike’s BBQ chef and owner Jack Tsoi. “It’s not an easy task, this line of work.” Tsoi has been perfecting the art of roasting up to 10 whole pigs a day for the last 20 to 30 years at his popular Toronto shop, ensuring that each pig leaves the oven with even, crispy skin, juicy meat, to be served in a variety of

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Dalgona Forever

EATER

Courtesy Kat Lieu/Subtle Asian Baking. Subtle Asian Baking, an offshoot of the popular Facebook group Subtle Asian Traits, now has more than 67,000 bakers trading recipes, tips, and a sense of community It’s hard to remember now, but in the early days of COVID-19, people were baking. In kitchens across the world, sourdough sat on counters, fudgy brownies were pulled out of ovens, and home cooks either discovered and then claimed as their own the perfect brown butter chocolate chip cookies, or at

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Unlock Restaurant Success: Mastering 7 Vital Employment Laws

As a restaurant leader, your plate is full with responsibilities, from staff management to serving up delicious dishes. But amidst the hustle, there's a crucial area you can't afford to overlook – employment laws. In this comprehensive eBook, we'll unveil the seven essential employment laws every restaurant leader must master. We'll break down the intricacies of each law, showing you how it directly impacts your business.

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Keep Your Bottles of Bubbles Sparkling for Days With These Wine Tools

EATER

The best gadgets to use so those Champagnes, pét-nats, and other bubbles stay fresh for days after opening Around this time of year, people like to default to wine with bubbles, both as an easy gift and as a personal beverage of choice for the celebrations the month brings. But most of us are paring down our gathering sizes these days, so you may want the bottle of cava, crémant, or pét-nat you pop open to be enjoyable for another day. or two or three.

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The Best Brownie Recipes, According to Eater Editors

EATER

Shutterstock. Our favorite recipes for chewy, chocolatey brownies — and one blondie, too. Holiday baking season is in full swing, but brownies have been on our minds for a while now. Maybe that’s because of the inexplicable inability of the most recent crop of Great British Baking Show contestants to make one correctly. (Seriously, Britain, what’s going on?

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Michelin Announces 2021 Stars for Tokyo

EATER

A dish from Sazenka, the first Chinese restaurant in Tokyo to get three Michelin stars | Sazenka. There are two new three-star restaurants in the most Michelin-starred city Tokyo is the latest stop on Michelin’s international dining guide tour, and the French tire company continues to be particularly generous with its starred designations in the Japanese city, which has more Michelin-star restaurants than any other.

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15 Exciting Ways to Eat in Oklahoma City Right Now

EATER

Clash burger from Burger Punk | Dave Cathey. Support OKC’s restaurants with Doritos-topped burgers, old-school prairie Lebanese food, and “Banh Jovi” banh mi After five years of unmitigated growth, the 405 diningscape was due for some contraction coming into 2020. Years of expansion helped build Oklahoma City’s scene into a rich tapestry of cultures and flavors, including the vibrant Asian District north of downtown, a range of Mexican, Central and South American flavors to the south and west, a

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Brick & Mortar Retail Relevance: How to Stay Ahead of the Curve

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

Let's set the record straight: in-store retail isn't dead - it's evolving! Faced with the digital age and the demands of omnichannel shopping, some retailers are thriving while others are struggling to adapt. Join Jay Black in this exclusive session as he explores the strategies that set successful stores apart, including: Crafting unique and unforgettable in-store experiences 🛍️ Mastering the art of retail demands 🛒 Navigating inventory challenges in today's climate 📦 an

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I Can’t Stop Looking at These Outrageous Dolce & Gabbana Kitchen Appliances 

EATER

But until I can afford a $650 toaster, I’ll just keep on clicking through the Sicily-inspired collection My fantasy kitchen is filled with Smeg appliances: a mint-green refrigerator , an accompanying mint-green dishwasher, even a mint-green espresso machine , and I don’t drink coffee. In my head, I offset the toothpaste palette with pastel accents: a cream-colored stand mixer and a pale pink blender, like the one in Brendan Fraser’s family kitchen in Blast from the Past.

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New Baltimore Mayor Shuts Down All Indoor and Outdoor Dining

EATER

Brandon Scott tightens restrictions on the city’s businesses as its hospitalization numbers reach a record high [link].

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The Crispy, Crunchy Taiwanese Fried Chicken Recipe DC Locals Adore

EATER

Maketto’s fried bird is coated in five-spice, honey, fish sauce, and chili oil “Practically every culture that eats chicken has come up with a way to crisp birds in hot oil,” wrote Osayi Endolyn in her essay “Fried Chicken Is Common Ground,” from You and I Eat the Same. There’s the Southern American version created by African and African-American cooks and now ubiquitous all over the country, behind glass counters in gas stations and sold by the bucket in supermarket chains; there’s Japanese kar

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Nigella Lawson Pleads for End to Microwave Pronunciation Debate

EATER

“I do say it like that, but not because I think that’s how it’s actually pronounced,” the TV chef and writer said after breaking the internet on Monday [link].

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Diving into Diversity: Decoding the Foundations of Inclusion in Hospitality Talent Acquisition

Speaker: Lauren Fernandez - CEO & Founder, Full Course

Companies all over the world, including Marriot International and Hilton Worldwide, are aware of the value of including DEI in their talent acquisition strategy. However, despite these initiatives, there is still plenty that the hospitality sector can do to promote DEI. When comparing the hospitality industries in India, Iraq, the UK, and the US, you will see that there is a consistent underrepresentation of persons from different ethnic, gender, and disability origins across all levels of the i