{"id":6455,"date":"2018-01-23T17:06:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/?p=6455"},"modified":"2021-02-18T14:53:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:53:03","slug":"boost-restaurant-sales-5-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/boost-restaurant-sales-5-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost Restaurant Sales in the New Year with These 5 Strategies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/arf-january-blog-headers-blog3.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-6458 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/arf-january-blog-headers-blog3.jpg\" alt=\"Boost Restaurant Sales\" width=\"534\" height=\"356\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Boost Restaurant Sales<\/h2>\n<p>Consumers tend to go on a spending spree around the Holiday period that leads to lower restaurant sales at the beginning of the new year. Between gifts and travel and the allure of going out with people you seldom see, plenty of people feel tight on cash by January. This could make them feel like dining in more often, but not if you use some smart tactics to change their minds. You can finance dramatic improvements to your business with restaurant funding, increasing its appeal in a \u201cNew Year, new you\u201d sort of way. Consider the following 5 tactics to smooth out the seasonal bumps many restaurant owners see at the start of the New Year.<\/p>\n<h3>Offer New Specials<\/h3>\n<p>FOMO (fear of missing out) can create strong incentives for people to patronize your restaurant. If they aren\u2019t feeling like spending money on eating out in the New Year, it could be because they have a \u201cbeen there, done that\u201d attitude towards your menu. Rekindle their excitement with juicy, limited-time specials. You can employ creative ideas like mixing regional food styles, such as creating a saucy curry-based pasta dish. Or, you can include things that make people\u2019s mouth water, like adding lump lobster meat to a cheese-based dip. &nbsp; Post photos of these specials on social media, and advertise them heavily at your locations to earn more interested diners.<\/p>\n<h3>Create a Can\u2019t Miss Special Meal Night<\/h3>\n<p>Pop ups are all the rage, which has led to a few restaurants becoming a weekly hotspot with their special \u201cpop up\u201d menu options. For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasobserver.com\/restaurants\/top-knots-uncommon-ramen-series-is-a-stunner-9720285\">Top Knot restaurant in Dallas, TX<\/a> hosts an \u201cUncommon Ramen\u201d night every Monday that asks local renowned chefs to reinvent the popular dish. Hosting weekly themed specials increases the odds that your restaurant becomes part of the routine for some people and top-of-mind for others when looking for a place to eat during a given week day.<\/p>\n<h3>Expand Niche Menus, Like Gluten-Free or Vegan Options<\/h3>\n<p>People with food allergies and special dietary needs feel more welcome at restaurants that openly advertise their use of food restrictions. Nothing can be a more powerful draw than a call to action for someone to \u201cTry Our New Vegan\/Gluten-Free Menu!\u201d Even if all you do is aggregate existing menu items into a specific spot, the change can be enough to rekindle interest. You can also earn referrals from groups who share tips on how to eat within their dietary restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutterstock_554010487.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-6460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutterstock_554010487.jpg\" alt=\"Boost Restaurant Sales\" width=\"534\" height=\"267\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Promote Takeout and Delivery Partnerships<\/h3>\n<p>Many people don\u2019t go out to eat in January simply because it\u2019s too cold to leave the house! Help them have a night in by expanding your off-site dining options. This can include a partnership with a third-party food delivery service like GrubHub or Uber Eats, negating the need to hire a fleet of your own drivers. You can also promote take out options, including the ability to order whole dinners at once like many BBQ or family style restaurants offer.<\/p>\n<h3>Renovate, Expand and Improve in 2018 With Restaurant Funding<\/h3>\n<p>New specials and menu options are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to kicking off the New Year. You can commit to reinventing your restaurant business by dreaming up ambitious projects and then making them happen with the right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/industry-focus\/restaurants-loans\/\" class=\"broken_link\">restaurant funding<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arffinancial.com\/development\/apply-now\/?source=blogpost\" class=\"broken_link\">Click here<\/a> to start securing the financing you need to make improvements, strengthen your business model, or just smooth out seasonality when you apply for a free, no-obligation quote today. ARF Financial offers access to low rate loan products with fixed terms up to 3 years. With a streamlined approval process, you could have your funds released in as little as 3 to 5 business days, so start now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boost Restaurant Sales Consumers tend to go on a spending&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128,112,690],"tags":[212,220,213,116,173,117,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-6455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-day-to-day-business-operations","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-restaurant-financing","9":"tag-bridge-loan","10":"tag-flex-pay-loans","11":"tag-line-of-credit","12":"tag-restaurant-financing","13":"tag-restaurant-funding","14":"tag-restaurant-loans","15":"tag-working-capital"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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