For years, the advice to independent restaurants has boiled down to “compete with the chains.” Match their apps, copy their loyalty programs, and buy in bulk as they do. Recent spending data suggests that the advice was pointed at the wrong target. According to Bank of America Institute research published in August 2026, the 2026 […]
Increase restaurant traffic without cutting prices: diagnose where visits are down, then give the right customers a specific reason to come back more often.
Off-premise sales and off-premise profit are not the same thing. Before you decide whether delivery, pickup, direct ordering or catering is actually helping your restaurant, you need to measure restaurant delivery profitability by channel: contribution margin, fees, discounts, packaging, variable labor, refunds and repeat behavior. This guide gives you the formula, a 10-metric framework and a reusable channel scorecard.
For years, the advice to independent restaurants has boiled down to “compete with the chains.” Match their apps, copy their loyalty programs, and buy in bulk as they do. Recent spending data suggests that the advice was pointed at the wrong target. According to Bank of America Institute research published in August 2026, the 2026 […]
