January 19, 2024 By David Hopkins
Menu engineering is one of the most crucial yet often overlooked aspects of restaurant operations. Restaurateurs place so much value on a menu’s taste, ease of execution, and customer satisfaction that they may forget to engineer for profit. Few restaurants understand the importance of properly pricing and costing out their menus and the ...Read more about this post
January 11, 2024 By Katie Belflower
In the first edition of RestoBiz and Technomic’s Trend Watch for 2024, we take a look at some of the top trending dishes and ingredients, spotlighting some of the restaurants featuring them on their menus. This edition focuses on mushroom toast, cedar cocktails, and aji panca.
Mushroom toast
Trending at independent restaurants is mushroom toast, ...Read more about this post
December 8, 2023 Although there are signs that inflation is cooling, restaurants are still on the road to recovery, with many continuing to raise their prices to recoup higher costs from rent, food prices, labour, and more. As the end of the year approaches, can restaurants continue to raise prices into 2024 or will consumers start to push ...Read more about this post
December 7, 2023 When you’re looking to increase guest cheque totals at your restaurant, adding pairings to your menu might just do the trick. Suggestive selling, or upselling, becomes simpler when your team has the tools to easily pair complementary food and beverages.
Wine pairings are the traditional way to go, but there are other ways to boost your ...Read more about this post
November 6, 2023 By Katie Belflower
We’re well into fall now, and Canadian operators are looking to add trending items to their seasonal offerings. RestoBiz and Technomic’s latest edition of Trend Watch focuses on juniper, pineapple weed, chayote and some of the restaurants that are featuring them on their menus.
Juniper
Juniper is a shrub bearing edible berries with a piney, ...Read more about this post
November 1, 2023 By Dawn Castell
Is territory management part of your restaurant strategy? For restaurateurs, the way we navigate and oversee our territory can affect our success or failure. It’s more than just selecting a successful spot to set up shop; it’s about intimately connecting with the local community and ensuring that our brand is clear in every ...Read more about this post
October 27, 2023 We’ve seen so much change in the foodservice industry in the last few years, what does 2024 bring to the table? As the industry continues to recover, the labour market grows, and supply chain disruption slows, the competition will be fierce for restaurants to win over customers, boost loyalty, and build up the bottom line.
What ...Read more about this post
October 16, 2023 Are you seeing sales with the plant-based or alternative dishes on your menu? With dietary preferences growing and diners becoming savvier, operators need to prioritize the customer experience, along with menu clarity and accuracy, and their marketing goals, as they engineer menus that appeal to guests and raise revenues.
Whether you are accommodating gluten-free, vegetarian, or ...Read more about this post
October 2, 2023 There have been countless studies on the dining habits of Millennials, Gen Z, and even the boomers, but the next generation to watch out for is the Alpha generation. Born after 2010, these school-aged customers are growing up tech-focused, globally informed, and have different likes and needs when they visit a restaurant.
These factors make this ...Read more about this post
September 29, 2023 By Katie Belflower
Restaurant branding is vital to stand out and attract attention for your business. Every month, in Technomic’s Concepts to Watch, we highlight three restaurants that are demonstrating this across the country. In this edition, we are highlighting Stacked, Bergham, and Tap & Barrel.
Stacked Pancake House
Chocolate Banana Pancakes
Image Source: Stacked Pancake House Instagram
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September 27, 2023 Chocolate has always topped the favourites list for desserts, with 86 per cent of Canadians having consumed chocolate within the last three months. However, from rising health concerns to flavour preferences, how can restaurants include sweet treats on their menu that will appeal to guests and raise cheque totals?
Health vs. indulgence
The ever-increasing desire to live ...Read more about this post
September 14, 2023 Fall is the perfect time to start celebrating those food holidays that can help your restaurant stand out, attract a crowd, and give you some engaging content to post on social media. Make a list of the holidays in October that interest you most and start planning your menu, décor, entertainment, and more.
This month offers ...Read more about this post
September 5, 2023 By Katie Belflower For restaurants and chefs it’s important to be innovative as a way to stand out in a competitive marketplace. Staying up to date on the latest food trends is one way to stay a step ahead and treat your guests to something new and delicious. This latest edition of Trend Watch focuses on three ...Read more about this post
September 1, 2023 Diners often spend special moments like birthdays or anniversaries at their favourite restaurants, so becoming an occasion destination means your guests associate you with some of the important milestones in their lives. This not only builds relationships with your clientele and boosts loyalty, but it may also help your bottom line by filling those tables ...Read more about this post
August 31, 2023 As we head back to school and into cooler weather, most QSRs have chosen to release their full fall menus even earlier than last year. Some of the regulars remain on the menu, like the ever-popular pumpkin spiced latte, but many restaurants have chosen to increase the number of fall flavour selections to broaden the ...Read more about this post
