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The Secrets to Successful Catering

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A strong catering business can be a restaurant’s biggest moneymaker. Most of the year, catering can comprise 10 to 15 percent of your total sales, but during December, if 20 percent of sales are not coming from catering, you’re missing an opportunity. And you’re getting them for free!). ” they all say no.

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Catering and Event Planning Trends for 2020

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Wellness is a still a top trend in catered events for 2020. Caterers are going after green certifications and highlighting sustainable practices and products on their websites. This is also touted on websites, social media and proposals to clients as it can be a determining factor when choosing a caterer.

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This is Slowing Down Your Restaurant Growth — And How to Fix It

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Growing a restaurant or catering business is no small feat. If your catering business isn’t growing as fast as you’d like, you might be facing some common roadblocks. Inefficient Operations and Workflow One major hurdle that can slow down the growth of your catering business is inefficient operations and workflow.

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Revolutionizing Catering Compliance: The Future of Food Safety

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Leading this charge are process management applications that integrate with sensors, essentially revolutionizing how catering compliance and food safety are approached within restaurants. A reactive response to catering compliance due to such will no longer do.

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Downturn Dining Trends: Loyalty, Value, and Menu Innovation Are Key for Survival

Modern Restaurant Management

The data shows that having options to cater to different budgets is vital. How can operators cater to price sensitivity and communicate the value they offer, without sacrificing brand identity or quality? Often, to provide value, operators try to provide more for less, but the answer here might be to provide less for less.

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Catering to Families: The Untapped Potential in the Restaurant Industry

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By catering to families' specific needs and preferences, restaurant operators can gain a competitive advantage and increase their ever-important share in this highly competitive market.

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Table for One – Elevating the Solo Dining Experience

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As more and more people partake in the experience and more restaurants implement measures catered specifically to solo diners, a customer-centric approach is key. Catering to solo diners is more just than seating them as restaurants would any other customer.

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