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The holiday season is upon us, providing restaurant owners several opportunities to engage customers with holiday themed promotions and campaigns. In addition to Hannukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve, December is host to several festive ways to promote your restaurant’s products and services.
Draw customers into your restaurant on National Bartender Day
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National Bartender Day - December 1
National Bartender Day celebrates those prepared to pour. Whether at a bar, restaurant, pub, or club, bartenders help set the tone of a dining environment. Draw customers into your restaurant to let your customers thank their favorite bartenders on National Bartender Day. |
National Cookie Day commemorates one of the most popular treats in the U.S.
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National Cookie Day - December 4
The word “cookie” comes from the Dutch word “koekie,” or “little cake.” National Cookie Day commemorates one of the most popular treats in the United States, with billions consumed each year. Promote your restaurant on National Cookie Day with discounted or free cookies on qualifying purchases. |
Spruce up your restaurant menu with a few creative brownie recipes
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National Brownie Day - December 8
Brownies are a delicious chocolate-based dessert originating from the 19th century U.S. With hundreds of brownie variations and millions of Americans enjoying brownies each year, National Brownie Day is a great opportunity to spruce up your restaurant menu with a few creative brownie recipes:
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Enhance your holiday campaigns by providing customers special offers for pastries
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National Pastry Day - December 9
Pastries are a perfect addition to a morning coffee or as an after-meal sweet. This National Pastry Day, enhance your holiday campaigns by providing customers special offers for pastries bundled with qualifying food, drink, or gift card purchases, or as a “thank you” to customers who spend over a specified amount in-store, or through your restaurant’s Masa+ Online Storefront. |
Promote hot cocoa on your restaurant and even bar menu on National Cocoa Day
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National Cocoa Day - December 13
There are few better ways to ring in the festive season than with hot cocoa. Promote hot cocoa on your restaurant, cafe, coffee shop, and even bar menu on National Cocoa Day!
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Cupcake consumption has drastically increased in popularity over the last 10 years
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National Cupcake Day - December 15
Cupcake consumption has drastically increased in popularity over the last 10 years. Cupcakes are a perfect way to enjoy one or multiple flavored desserts without the hassle of cutting and serving a cake with plates and utensils. Here are a few creative cupcake ideas for National Cupcake Day:
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Celebrate National Sangria Day with take-home cocktail kits
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National Sangria Day - December 20
Sangria is a festive wine and fruit cocktail perfect for a holiday menu. As more states consider laws that permanently allow off-premises alcohol purchases and delivery from restaurants and bars, owners and operators can celebrate National Sangria Day with sangria specials and limited-time take-home cocktail kits. |
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Advertise via Masa+ QR Codes Restaurant owners using Aldelo Express Cloud POS easily grow their customer network by using Aldelo Express’s native Masa+ Online Ordering and Digital Payments platform. Aldelo Express merchants that deploy a unique Online Storefront, QR code-based Digital Menus, eGift Cards, and digital Loyalty/Rewards programs based off of their existing Aldelo Express cloud database, increase sales by an average of 8.3%. Just like every native Aldelo Express POS integration, Aldelo merchants can begin using Masa+ at any time. Learn more by contacting an Aldelo representative today at [email protected] or 925-621-2410 |
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