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How Restaurants Can Navigate Food Inflation and Protect Profitability

Put rising food inflation into historical context and uncover action items to help protect profits and remain agile in the face of sustained economic pressure.

Step 1: Improve Menu Profitability & Keep Costs in Check

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How to Improve Your Sales With A Seasonal Menu

Learn what a seasonal menu is, how a summer menu can improve business, and how to make a summer menu that will keep customers coming back.

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10 Popular and Most Profitable Bar Foods and Menu Items

Get ready for your busy season with these 10 profitable, high-margin bar foods that will help your business succeed.

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How To Use Restaurant Food Cost Control To Protect Profitability

Learn how to calculate restaurant food costs, determine if percentages are on track for your profit goals, and implement tactics to take control of food costs.

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How to Calculate Restaurant COGS and Boost Profitability

Calculating your restaurant cost of goods sold might seem like a pain, but it's an important part of making sure your business is healthy. Here's an easy way to calculate it.

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How a Restaurant Cost Breakdown Can Help Inform Prices and Protect Profitability

Restaurant operators must understand the costs they're up against if they want to optimize performance, turn a profit, and scale their business.

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Curso sobre ingeniería de menús

Realiza este curso para sacar el máximo provecho a tu menú. Obtén información sobre psicología y diseño aplicados a los menús, cómo administrar tu menú en línea y cómo adaptar tu menú para aumentar las ventas.

Step 2: Staff Your Restaurant for the Busier Months

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Restaurant Seasonality: How to Hire for Busy Season

Seasonality can dictate the highs and lows of your business. Planning ahead can help you run your restaurant smoothly year-round.

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How to Survive the Restaurant Industry Labor Shortage

Dive into the data to see how to help boost employee retention for your restaurant operation — even amidst the ongoing labor shortage.

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How to Retain Restaurant Employees

Fight the labor shortage: Learn what it takes to staff your restaurant and how to remain well-staffed.

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How to Hire Front-of-House Staff

Hiring stellar staff is essential to your restaurant team and your bottom line. Learn how to hire the best front-of-house employees for your restaurant.

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How to Hire For Back-of-House Restaurant Jobs

Learn how to attract, interview, and hire great back-of-house employees to build a happy, engaged team in your restaurant kitchen.

Nuevo curso

Learn how to build (and rebuild) your team with Joy from Busboys and Poets.

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Step 3: Find Ways to Improve Operations

Service Models for restaurant busy season

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Update Your Restaurant Service Model to Thrive in Your Busy Season

Harmonize your restaurant service model with your cuisine, sales channels, labor force, and other key components to prepare for your busy season.

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How Balancing Occupancy and Profitability Can Help Restaurants Succeed

Learn how restaurants can maximize returns by boosting occupancy and controlling profitability.

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How to Improve Restaurant Operations

While the thought of reconfiguring or updating your operating procedures might seem daunting, start with one focus area at a time and go from there. Here are a few things to start with.

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How to Choose the Right Restaurant Service Model

Harmonize your restaurant service model with your cuisine, sales channels, labor force, restaurant space, and other key components.

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SOPs Template

This template will help you create SOPs for your entire business, so you can create consistency and easily train employees.

Step 4: Capture Guest Demand & Drive New Business

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Restaurant Specials Ideas: Discounts and Promotions You Can Offer

Give your guests something to look forward to.

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Spring Break 2025 Trends and Insights to Help Boost Sales

See what restaurants can expect for 2023 Spring Break dining trends, including spending, deals and specials, decision-making priorities, and more.

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15 Unique Restaurant Promotion Ideas You'll Wish You Had Thought of Earlier

Here's 15 restaurant promotion ideas that work to increase your food sales and boost your profits. Get the full list of restaurant and food promotion ideas now.

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How To Create a Restaurant Marketing Plan For Any Size or Budget

Restaurant marketing is all about keeping in touch with your loyal customers and turning one-time visitors into regulars. Here's how to do it without breaking the bank.

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Estrategia de marketing en redes sociales para restaurantes (2025): guía completa y ejemplos

Tus clientes están en las redes sociales. Te mostramos cómo los restaurantes usan las redes sociales para atraer a nuevos clientes e interactuar con los actuales.

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10 Great Examples of Restaurant Email Marketing [+ Why They’re So Great]

Learn how to use email marketing for restaurants and get inspired by restaurant brands doing great marketing.

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Plan de marketing para restaurantes

Aprovecha esta plantilla personalizable de guía de marketing y calendario interactivo para crear un plan de marketing que haga que los clientes regresen.

Step 5: Create a Great Guest Experience – No Matter the Season

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How to Drive Success with an Unforgettable Dining Experience

Read our full guide on how to create an exceptional customer experience in just 23 ways. Let customers spread the word and watch as your profits climb.

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How QR Codes Transformed the Guest Experience at Café Gratitude

The New Steps of Service made a huge impact for Cafe Gratitude – here's how.

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40 preguntas de encuesta para restaurantes que te ayudarán a obtener comentarios cruciales

Reflexiona sobre lo que quieres saber sobre la experiencia de los clientes en tu restaurante y elige algunas de estas 30 preguntas para hacerles.

Entrena a los meseros para brindar una excelente experiencia a los clientes

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El servicio puede salvar o arruinar una experiencia gastronómica.

RECURSOS PARA RESTAURANTES

Plantilla del manual de capacitación

Usa esta plantilla de manual de capacitación para restaurantes, un documento de Word personalizable, para proporcionar a tu personal las reglas, pautas y claridad que necesitan para hacer su trabajo con eficiencia.