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WEBINAR: 30+ Marketing, Sales, Service & Profit Ideas for Your Restaurant in 30 Minutes”

Register Now... In this session Jaime and Roger present a rapid-fire session with immediately actionable ideas to: * Drive business on a slow night(s) * Create Cash Cow items that

By Jaime Oikle

/ 19 Aug 2026

WEBINAR: 30+ Marketing, Sales, Service & Profit Ideas for Your Restaurant in 30 Minutes”

8 Ways Your Online Ordering Menu Is Killing Conversions

Your online ordering menu might be costing you! Here are 8 conversion killers hiding in plain sight on independent restaurant ordering menus, and how to fix each one before your next rush.

By Jaime Oikle

/ 10 Aug 2026

8 Ways Your Online Ordering Menu Is Killing Conversions

6 Ways Your Email List Could Bring Guests Back (And Why Most Restaurants Waste This Asset)

Independent restaurants often spend heavily to attract new guests while ignoring the cheapest retention channel they already own: email. This article breaks down six specific, trackable tactics, that operators can put to work this week to bring lapsed guests back through the door.

By Jaime Oikle

/ 29 Jul 2026

6 Ways Your Email List Could Bring Guests Back (And Why Most Restaurants Waste This Asset)

2026 State of the Restaurant Industry Mid-Year Report

Restaurant365 recently released its 2026 State of the Restaurant Industry Mid-Year Report, identifying what it calls the Restaurant Profitability Gap—a measurable difference in business performance between restaurants using

By Jaime Oikle

/ 23 Jul 2026

2026 State of the Restaurant Industry Mid-Year Report

The New Era of Restaurant Marketing Is Built on Hospitality, AI, and Guest Data

Guest Brett Linkletter, CEO of Dishio speaks with RunningRestaurants.com founder Jaime Oikle about how AI and data-driven marketing are transforming the restaurant industry. Brett explains how restaurants can

By Jaime Oikle

/ 14 Jul 2026

The New Era of Restaurant Marketing Is Built on Hospitality, AI, and Guest Data

AI, Ordering, and Customer Relationships: Tips for Restaurant Operators

Running Restaurants Founder Jaime Oikle speaks with Stephen Klein, co-founder and CEO of Saivory, about how AI is transforming the restaurant industry. Stephen explains how Saivory helps restaurants reduce

By Jaime Oikle

/ 11 Jun 2026

AI, Ordering, and Customer Relationships: Tips for Restaurant Operators

Give Them a Reason to Return: 12 Ways Restaurants Can Turn One Visit into the Next

Restaurants live and die on frequency. This is why restaurants should not view the guest visit as a single transaction. It should be part of a cycle: Attract / Serve / Capture / Invite back/ Reward / Repeat. Here's how to get it right at your restaurant. (Read time @ 9 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 19 May 2026

Give Them a Reason to Return: 12 Ways Restaurants Can Turn One Visit into the Next

Reactivation Marketing for Restaurants: How to Run the Campaign

One of the biggest missed opportunities in restaurant marketing is not actively marketing to the lists of people who already know you. A reactivation campaign is a focused effort to

By Jaime Oikle

/ 12 May 2026

Reactivation Marketing for Restaurants: How to Run the Campaign

12 Things to Do if Your Restaurant Needs More Sales This Week

If you need fast, practical moves that can be implemented right away that are easy to launch, low cost, tied to immediate traffic and aimed at people most likely to buy now then here are some of the best moves to make for your restaurant's sales. (Read time @ 7.5 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 5 May 2026

12 Things to Do if Your Restaurant Needs More Sales This Week

Restaurant AI for Independent Operators: Practical Ways to Improve Operations, Marketing, and Profitability

Why AI matters right now and how it can be a tool for: inventory management & cost control, menu engineering, labor scheduling & staffing, marketing & guest engagement, waste reduction & sustainability. Also: best practices for adoption and risks & challenges to watch. (Read time @ 8 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 21 Apr 2026

Restaurant AI for Independent Operators: Practical Ways to Improve Operations, Marketing, and Profitability

10 Social Media Tips That Help Restaurants Drive More Sales, Build Engagement, and Grow Their Audience

A practical dive into what platforms to focus on, what content to create, when to post and how to engage better. Includes who to put in charge, how much to spend, what to measure as well as how to build an audience you own and a practical weekly social plan. (Read time @ 7 mins)

By Jaime Oikle

/ 14 Apr 2026

10 Social Media Tips That Help Restaurants Drive More Sales, Build Engagement, and Grow Their Audience

Quick Peak on How AI is Starting to Revolutionize Restaurants

In this episode of the Running Restaurants podcast, Jamie Oikle and Roger Beaudoin explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the restaurant industry. They discuss AI's role in

By Roger Beaudoin

/ 17 Mar 2026

Quick Peak on How AI is Starting to Revolutionize Restaurants

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