http://www.mygrubshop.com By Experts in Technology, Business and Restaurant Operations Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:48:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Online ordering is critical and nothing can over state the importance, particularly if you are interested in catering to the coming generations. Over the last 12-18 months, we have observed a growing number of restaurant operators who find themselves in a sticky situation. Many "Restaurant Operators do not OWN ... http://www.mygrubshop.com/?p=17 OK! you now realize that it is imperative that you take online orders at your website. However, the fact - as of now - is that many customers are using Portals to place their online orders. The customers probably like having a choice of restaurants and the Portal brand is ... http://www.mygrubshop.com/?p=16 There are few things restaurateurs find more satisfying than watching their tables fill up with familiar faces. Repeat customers, the kind that keep coming back for birthdays, anniversaries, or just to grab a quick bite on a Friday night, are crucial for the success of any restaurant. According to global ... http://www.mygrubshop.com/?p=14 Recently an online portal pitched something similar to the following offer: "Give 20% discount to online orders coming from our portal and we'll promote your restaurant to 70,000+ of our customers". As a restaurant owner, you: a) Sign-up (what's there to lose?) b) Ignore the promotion because you already get PLENTY of orders from ... http://www.mygrubshop.com/?p=8 There are many portals who offer restaurants the opportunity to use their ordering platform at the restaurant’s website at a low cost. Simply stated, this is a great way for the portal to get customers familiar with their user interface and most importantly gives them the ability to add customers ... http://www.mygrubshop.com/?p=7 Portals are aggressively marketing themselves and generating online orders to restaurants ... For every order that comes from the portals, the restaurants (i.e. you!) pay a hefty fee (%10 - 15% of the order amount). Of course the justification for the high fee is simple: "Its the portal customer, who ... http://www.mygrubshop.com/?p=6 Portals are popping up all over the country. Seamless Web has a stranglehold in New York and has made inroads in other major metropolitan areas. Grubhub has made inroads in Chicago and others like Campusfood.com and Delivery.com have changed the way consumers order food for pickup and delivery from traditional ... http://www.mygrubshop.com/?p=4 Portals are designed to facilitate choice for the end users. They offer a multitude of restaurants from which a user can order. Although a novel concept, I think portals are good for products that have little differentiation ... like an airline ticket. Do you care whether you go from place 'A' ... http://www.mygrubshop.com/?p=3