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GROWTH HACKS FOR CAFES AND RESTAURANTS

April 16, 2025

How to Boost Easter Brunch Sales – 2025: A Last-Minute Guide for Restaurants

April 9, 2025

Meet the 12 Independent Cafés We Met at Coffee Fest New York 2025

Square Doubles Down on Restaurant Enterprise: New Executives, APIs and Acquisitions

Forget Starbucks: How Square Crushes Customer Loyalty for Coffee Shops

Customer Loyalty

Sweet Success: Implementing an Ordering App with Loyalty at Your Ice Cream Shop

The Empanada Effect: How Latin America's Favorite Street Food Won Over America

The Definitive Guide to Commission-Free Delivery

The Secret to Food & Drink App Success: Optimizing Your Owned Media

Direct Response

The Step-by-Step Guide to Driving Mobile App Orders With Square Email Marketing

Double the Stars, Double the Sales: How to Run a Summer Loyalty Promotion That Pays Off

Menu Engineering

Hekate and Koloman: Pioneers of the Mocktail Movement

Ray’s NYC and the Rise of the Upscale Dive Bar

The Smoothie Revolution: How Health-Conscious Urbanites Are Fueling an Industry

Loyalty Programs

Mastering Bonus Stars Through Challenges: How Starbucks Engages Customers

Maximizing Your Square Loyalty Program Through Points-Based Rewards and Challenges

Loyalty Programs

Inside Sweetgreen's Sweetpass: The Fast Casual Chain's Attempt at Generating Recurring Revenue

Leveraging Instagram and TikTok to Fund Your Restaurant on Kickstarter

Café Oficina: Equipping Your Coffee Shop for the WFH Workforce

The Future of Beer: How Local Breweries Are Reshaping the Industry

Customer Experience

Take It to the Next Level: Adding Apple Pay to Branded Ordering Apps

So You're Saying There's a Chance. How a Coffee Shop Could Get Into Y Combinator

Get More Bang for Your Buck: Unlock Customer Lifetime Value at Your Restaurant

Craving Korean BBQ: Bulgogi Is Taking Over NYC + LA

Customer Experience

Build Loyalty by Creating an Amazon Prime-Like Experience at Your Restaurant

Becoming Instagram Famous: Unlocking the Secrets of Latte Art

The Modern Deli: Old School Hospitality Powered by New Technology

How to Power Up Your Coffee Shop's Social Media Strategy With ChatGPT

Customer Experience

Boost Conversion: Eye Popping Photos and More Online Ordering Best Practices

Smart Spending: What Restaurants Can Learn From Warren Buffett's Frugality

Arabica vs. Robusta: A Sustainable Solution for Coffee Shops in a Changing Climate

Customer Experience

How Coffee Shops in the Suburbs Are Adopting Curbside Pickup

Anticipating A TikTok Ban in the US: How Restaurants Can Adapt Their Social Strategy

Vegan Baby! Add These 5 Dishes to Your Restaurant's Menu Now

Little Saigon: Orange County and The Origins of Vietnamese Cuisine in America

From Coffee to Cocktails: Get Creative With Mixed Use Retail Spaces

Menu Engineering

Drink Ideas to Make Your Coffee Shop Pop This Spring

The Matcha Boom: How to Incorporate Matcha Into Your Coffee Shop

Unlock Your Online Store's Potential With DoorDash Drive

Avoiding Financial Disaster: What Restaurants Need to Know About the FDIC and Insured Deposits

Comparing Square, Toast, and Clover: The Best POS for Independent Coffee Chains

Unlocking Profits Through Your Link in Bio: Strategies for Restaurants

How to Promote Your Mobile App on Your Website With a Smart Banner

Examining the ROI of the Starbucks and DoorDash Delivery Deal

Customer Experience

Are Self-Serve Kiosks the Answer to Staffing Issues in the Restaurant Industry?

Starting a Wine Club at Your Restaurant: A Step-by-Step Guide

A Healthy Dish Taking America By Storm: Understanding the Poké Bowl Craze

The Win-Win of Too Good to Go: Reducing Waste and Growing Revenue for Breads Bakery & Blue Bottle Coffee

From Brooklyn to Manhattan: A Look at the Rapidly Growing Blank Street Coffee Chain

Let's Get Technical: A Guide to the Costs of Building an App Like Sweetgreen

Beyond Revenue – An Insight Into the Essential Metrics Restaurants Should Track

The Power of Data: Leveraging Cost Control to Improve Performance at Your Restaurant

Taking the Leap Into Healthier Eating: Restaurant Trends That Will Guide Us In 2023

Unpacking the History of Coca Cola's 1888 Coupon Campaign and Its Impact On Mobile App Strategies Today

Dominating the Niche: Trader Joe's Strategy to Win Over Affluent Customers

Unlocking the Secret of Unreasonable Hospitality: What QSR's Can Learn From 11 Madison Park's Will Guidara

Mixing the Old and New: Finding the Best Music for Your Coffee Shop

The Economic Impact of Google and Meta's Ad Spending Decline on Hospitality Businesses

Cash App's Social Media Strategies: What Restaurants Can Learn to Increase App Downloads

Make Customer Loyalty Your Priority: The Year Ahead for Coffee Shops and Bakeries

The Impact of Gen Z on the Growing Popularity of Boba Tea in the US

Crafting the Perfect Ordering System: What American Restaurants Can Learn From Japan's Kura Sushi and Other Restaurants

How McDonald's Leverages Mobile Exclusivity to Boost App Downloads

How Restaurants Can Use ChatGPT, According to ChatGPT

Customer Experience

Staff Friendliness & Speed of Service Contribute to Chick-Fil-A's High Restaurant Ratings

Network Effects for Restaurant Growth: What Andrew Chen's Cold Start Problem Can Teach Us

Exploring the Benefits of White Label Ordering With DoorDash Storefront and Bbot

Going Green: How Mobile Apps Can Help Reduce Paper Receipts

Applying Daniel Kahneman's Prospect Theory to the Hospitality Sector

Strategies To Generate Off-Premise Demand: A Guide for Restaurants

What You Need to Know About Starbucks Odyssey and Its Use of NFTs

Best Practices for Merchandising Gift Cards This Holiday Season

Relay Is Quietly Becoming A Force In New York City's Delivery Scene

Keep Customers Coming Back: Process Returns & Give Store Credit With Electronic Gift Cards

How Noah's Bagels Mobile-First Strategy Proved Successful

How to Prepare Your Restaurant for Take Out and Delivery - A Step-by-Step Guide

Navigating Labor Shortage & Inflation: How a Mobile App Can Help Your Restaurant

Winter Is Coming: Coffee Shop Strategies to Weather the Storm When Temperatures Drop

The Automat: A Must-See Documentary on the Origins of Fast Food

Why Coffee Shops Can’t Live Without Square POS in 2023

How Apple Pay Improves Conversion Rates and the Customer Experience

What the Hospitality Industry Can Learn From Airbnb About "Doing Things That Don't Scale"

The Benefits of Adding Push Notifications to Your Restaurant Marketing Mix

Chipotle and Sweetgreen Are Changing the Drive-Thru Rules

The Pros and Mostly Cons of Eliminating Tipped Minimum Wage in Restaurants

Laptop-Free Zones: Why More and More Coffee Shops Are Banning Laptops

How QR Code Ordering Can Increase in-Store Sales

Sweetgreen's Mobile-First Digital Sales Strategy

How Cannabis Could Change the Delivery Industry

How Visualizing Data Can Help Boost E-Commerce Revenue

Bentobox Breakdown: Is it the Ideal Solution for a Restaurant Website?

The Benefits of Toast POS for Restaurants

Tips for Weathering a Recession in the Restaurant Industry

How to Choose the Right Online Reservation Platform for Your Restaurant

Tips for Getting More Views on Your Instagram Reels

Bucks, Bites and Bake Club: How Milk Bar Builds Brand Loyalty

3 Benefits of Pay at the Table for Restaurants

Why GraphQL Matters for Restaurant Marketers

How to Use DoorDash: A Restaurant Owner's Guide

Why Every Coffee Shop Should Have Their Own Starbucks App

How Subscriptions Help Coffee Roasters Grow Their Business

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