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Recent food trends indicate customers are turning to health-conscious food and drink choices when dining out – think dairy-free milks and plant-based meat alternatives. In addition, over half of customers say they are more likely to move towards healthy menu items when dining at local restaurants than they were in the past. While not all restaurants are well-suited to providing plant-based food and drinks, there are subtle ways restaurants can meet rising customer demand for health-conscious menu choices, without diverging from their classic dishes.
Smaller Dinner Portions
Some restaurants are known for their generous portion sizes. An easy way for these restaurants to attract a greater number of customers is by offering options for smaller dinner portions at a “smaller” price. This not only provides customers with more options for their staple dishes, it helps restaurants meet a wider customer demographic while tuning their menu to popular trends.
With Masa+ digital menus, Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale users easily make adjustments to existing restaurant menus in their point of sale and online ordering solutions. Through the restaurant’s cloud back-office environment, that’s available anytime, anywhere, owners and operators also view detailed and surface-level reports for item sales, inventories, and food costs.
Grill or Broil
Rather than frying or sautéing ingredients, offering customers grilled or broiled seafood, meat, and vegetable options satisfies most health-conscious choices that can be associated with most menu items. By doing so, restaurants attract more customers and reduce costs for batter, oil, and deep-fryer supplies and maintenance.
Easy to use order modifiers and smart kitchen display systems from Aldelo Express allow customers and wait staff to customize their order exactly how they like it, while letting kitchen staff clearly view customer requests on color-coded, customizable digital kitchen display systems.
Smaller Dinner Portions
Some restaurants are known for their generous portion sizes. An easy way for these restaurants to attract a greater number of customers is by offering options for smaller dinner portions at a “smaller” price. This not only provides customers with more options for their staple dishes, it helps restaurants meet a wider customer demographic while tuning their menu to popular trends.
With Masa+ digital menus, Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale users easily make adjustments to existing restaurant menus in their point of sale and online ordering solutions. Through the restaurant’s cloud back-office environment, that’s available anytime, anywhere, owners and operators also view detailed and surface-level reports for item sales, inventories, and food costs.
Grill or Broil
Rather than frying or sautéing ingredients, offering customers grilled or broiled seafood, meat, and vegetable options satisfies most health-conscious choices that can be associated with most menu items. By doing so, restaurants attract more customers and reduce costs for batter, oil, and deep-fryer supplies and maintenance.
Easy to use order modifiers and smart kitchen display systems from Aldelo Express allow customers and wait staff to customize their order exactly how they like it, while letting kitchen staff clearly view customer requests on color-coded, customizable digital kitchen display systems.
There are subtle ways restaurants can meet rising customer demand for health-conscious menu choices, without diverging from their classic dishes
Eliminate Processed Sugar
Processed sugars are usually the first item customers cut from their diet when making a health-motivated change. For restaurants, this can be a challenge since desserts and sweet drinks often garner higher revenues. But by simply replacing syrups and sweeteners with natural sugars – such as fruit juices in cocktails and applesauce in baked goods – restaurants help their customers embrace their new habit while still enjoying a sweet treat. In fact, customers will pay more for healthier dessert options with alternative ingredients.
Advertise Healthy Alternatives
It is not uncommon for customers to ask for a side of fruit or salad instead of fries or other starches. By explicitly noting this on their menus, restaurants make it clear how they cater to multiple diet preferences.
As customers look to restaurants for regular purchases, clearly advertising healthy alternatives attracts families and customers eager to maintain a healthy lifestyle while incorporating convenient restaurant services throughout the week. Restaurants that cater to an entire family’s dietary needs means more frequent visits to that establishment.
Manage Time-Sensitive Inventories
Adding fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats usually means more careful planning of inventories and restaurant budgets. With inventory and recipe modules from Aldelo Express Cloud Point-of-Sale, owners and operators confidently manage fresh items to limit waste and keep food costs under control.
In addition, restaurants are determining ways to leverage inventory ingredients before making actual purchases. By promoting new menu items with single-day events or loyalty program campaigns, restaurants provide their menu with fresh exposure and quickly garner sales on new foods and drinks.
Restaurants are also partnering with local businesses to donate food in non-traditional ways, such as providing “meal kits” for local food banks, churches, and shelters.
Learn more by contacting an Aldelo representative today at [email protected] or 925-621-2410
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