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Eco-Friendly Wedding Catering Tips (Infographic)

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An average wedding produces 400 pounds of garbage – and a large amount of this waste comes from the catering. As a caterer, having eco-friendly options for your business can help you build relationships and get more customers, all while limiting your company’s own impact on the environment. Buy Local Ingredients.

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Catering for Productivity: How to Make Your Kitchen Work Smarter

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The productivity puzzle is one that is most complex in the catering industry. Skills shortages, margin pressures, and a high turnover, ‘revolving door’ culture contributes to a difficult environment to be time-efficient within, all while making sure you’re providing optimum customer service.

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Don’t Let COVID-19 Erode Customer Experience

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So, what can brands do to address the impacts of COVID-19, while being mindful of the past, present and future of customer experience? First and foremost, keeping your customer’s safe is good customer service though beforehand it may not have been such a high priority.

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Beating the Labor Crunch: Outsourced Strategies Are Key

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By outsourcing functions like the recruitment process, regular kitchen cleaning, and exterior and janitorial services, managers and staff alike can focus on their core expertise. First, the amount of time managers spend recruiting can have a distracting domino effect on food service operations.

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Connecting with the Millennial Generation of Diners: Embracing New Mover Marketing Strategies

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With an increasing number of Millennials spending more on dining out each year, it is evident that restaurants that successfully cater to this generation stand to gain a competitive edge. Building lasting relationships : Acquiring customers who have recently moved can lead to long-lasting relationships.

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Restaurant Execs Optimistic About AI Impact

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"Embracing AI signifies a shift towards customer-centricity, where innovative solutions can cater to each and every customer – from automated interactions, seamless reservations, instant inquiries, and beyond – all converging to place the customer firmly at the heart of the restaurant experience."

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Restaurants Going Digital Require Technology That Always Works

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Savvy restaurateurs are looking at technological innovations not as a side dish, but as one of the main ingredients in a restaurant’s direct relationship with its customers. This includes integrating point-of-sale terminals, fixed and mobile POS devices, and tabletop tablets for easy ordering and paying.