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Halsey’s Deli and Eatery has a history that goes back to 1854. With a track record of adapting to new times, the company recently decided it was time to invest in an app. This resulted in 400 downloads in just six weeks, and now 40% of all orders come through the app. Historic Business Looking…
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Restaurants and takeaways benefit hugely from allowing customers to order food online. Web-based ordering creates more sales opportunities while making existing delivery or takeout processes more accessible. It’s also a great way to set up contactless table service at your restaurant. To get started, restaurants need to set up an online food ordering system. What…
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Having great content on your website is quickly becoming one of the most important aspects that needs to be taken care of. It allows small businesses to bring in more customers, get more conversions, and make more money. Companies who blog get 97% more links to their website and have 434% more indexed pages. So,…
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Raglan Road Bar is an Irish bar in Nottingham. Faced with COVID-19, it needed an innovative way to keep customers safe and revenue flowing. Owner Ged Dowling looked to AppInstitute to create an affordable bar app with the features it needed. The app was an instant success. In the ten days following the bar’s reopening…
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The Eat Out to Help Out scheme is an excellent opportunity for restaurants to improve sales post-lockdown. In this article, we’ll explain how it works, how to get involved, and how to promote your offers. We’ve also included an Eat Out to Help Out calculator that shows you exactly how much to charge customers. Eat…
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Whether they’re looking to make a donation or simply exploring your work, more supporters are engaging with causes online each day. To increase your organization’s visibility and get in front of more prospects, you’ll need to design an engaging website for your nonprofit. A well-designed website has the potential to help you connect with prospects,…
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An effective restaurant PR strategy can be a lot of help in raising awareness of your business in a way that connects with your customers. It takes in aspects of social media, outreach, and building your restaurant’s brand. While it can be expensive to hire a specialized team to look after your restaurant’s public relations…
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Restaurants around the world are opening their doors to customers for the first time since lockdown began in March. While this was welcome news, it is certainly not back to business as usual. Restaurants are operating in a vastly different environment to the one they were in before lockdown. Those that successfully navigate the next…
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In many ways, coffee shops are well-placed to succeed despite social distancing. Hot drinks are easy to package and sell to take away, which means business can continue even with measures in place. However, there are still challenges. The closure of many offices and shops means that there is less footfall than usual, something that…
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Pubs and bars are reopening across the world, ending months without customers. But owners have a new challenge to contend with: how to enable social distancing effectively. While many of the problems facing pubs and bars are similar to those of restaurants and coffee shops, pubs have things a little tougher due to the focus…
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