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Each June restaurants prepare to attract customers with Father’s Day specials, limited-time discounts, drawings and pools, free menu items, and loyalty/rewards campaigns.
By celebrating simple and creative holidays at their restaurant, operators create fun opportunities to encourage local customers to purchase food and drinks, sign up for a restaurant loyalty program, and even buy restaurant gift cards that result in future visits.
Here are a few whimsical ways to help boost customer traffic in June 2024:
By celebrating simple and creative holidays at their restaurant, operators create fun opportunities to encourage local customers to purchase food and drinks, sign up for a restaurant loyalty program, and even buy restaurant gift cards that result in future visits.
Here are a few whimsical ways to help boost customer traffic in June 2024:
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National Egg Day - June 3
Eggs are a timeless ingredient used for millennia in bread, baked goods, home cooked recipes, high-end restaurants, and served à la carte. Here are some popular egg-based menu items to help customers celebrate National Egg Day in your restaurant:
National Cheese Day - June 4
The United States is the leading global cheese manufacturer, producing and distributing billions of pounds of cheese each year. With thousands of varieties and uses, and now expanding into the dairy-free sector, cheese is a universally appreciated menu item, used in appetizers, entrees, and even desserts. Restaurants can use National Cheese Day to promote featured cheese-related menu items, or introduce new items to their restaurant menu such as:
National Best Friends Day - June 8
“Friends are the family we choose.” National Best Friends Day celebrates those people we hold most dear, who are always ready to waste time with us, and who are with us through thick and thin. National Best Friends Day is the perfect opportunity for restaurants to promote their establishment as a destination for a delicious meal out with friends! Offer customers delicious food, enticing discounts, or an inviting environment to enjoy with their best friend or group of friends, or encourage customers to celebrate their friends with “buy-one-get-one” gift card discounts to help bring new diners into your restaurant! National Iced Tea Day - June 10
Iced tea is the most popular way tea is consumed in the United States, often served with add-on flavors such as:
World Martini Day - June 19
Martinis are a world-famous cocktail made of gin and vermouth, though there are dozens of varieties and variations commonly found on restaurant and bar menus. This June, consider extending your “happy hour” schedule to help more customers celebrate World Martini Day. Operators can also add some popular martini variations to spruce up restaurant or bar menus with:
National Smoothie Day - June 21
National Smoothie Day comes during the time of year when many fruits and berries are ready to be harvested. Since all a smoothie takes is a liquid base and fruit thrown into a blender, the possibilities are endless for a refreshing, flavorful, and nutritious summer beverage. By throwing in leafy greens and spices (such as cinnamon or turmeric), smoothies pack an even better punch for health-conscious customers. Celebrate National Smoothie Day by offering make-your-own smoothies using fresh and frozen fruits already in your restaurant kitchen, or sourcing new ingredients from local supplies to provide new options to existing smoothie menus. National Coconut Day - June 26
More customers turn to health-forward alternatives in coconut ingredients. Entice customers on June 26 with National Coconut Day additions to your restaurant menu! Coconut oil, water, milk, cream, and fruit (shavings raw or dried) support a variety of recipes to spruce up your menu with items such as:
Easily Manage Limited-Time Promotions with Masa+
Limited-time menus allow restaurants to promote experimental, seasonal, or top-selling items. Menus created with Masa+ from Aldelo Express provide support for static or dynamic limited menu offerings, enabling owners and operators to make changes from the Masa+ cloud back-office, from anywhere with a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection. Masa+ image-based online menus complement traditional in-store menus and can even replace these when customers use Masa+ Online Ordering in-store. Plus, by launching a native Masa+ Loyalty campaign around these types of events, restaurants can generate future sales and long-term customer loyalty by offering double loyalty rewards around the above noted special days, which will also drive customer traffic. Masa+ also supports:
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