Bloggle + Resources

It took just 10 minutes for popular independent burger restaurant, Fat Hippo, to sell-out their new DIY at-home burger kits and generate £8,000 of revenue after launching on social media.

Almost 1-in-5 consumers would like the option to 'opt-out' of Mother's Day communications from hospitality operators and brands, according to a new consumer poll.

This week's 10-minute Fireside Chat (minus the fire) sees Daylesford Organic's Sustainability Lead, Will Dennis, chat with Andrew Whiteley about how operators can consider their environmental footprint and minimise their impact on the planet, from addressing issues like shortening supply chains to food wastage and recycling.

Let ResDiary teach you how to use a combination of booking channels, table management, payments, pre-orders, and data to ensure every booking delivers when we come out of lockdown.

Ever wandered into a bar and panic ordered a diet coke out of lack of choice or inspiration? More and more, we are hearing consumers commenting on the lack of alcohol-free alternatives available in pubs which leave them feeling uninspired and excluded from social occasions.

This week's 10-minute Fireside Chat (minus the fire) sees Head Hawk and all-round data guru Victoria Searl, founder of DataHawks, chat with Dan Brookman about how data and tech has been at the forefront of everything in hospitality over the last year and how operators can harness this to take back control of their business.

Hospitality operators were feeling the love on Valentine’s Day with cook-at-home meal kits selling out weeks in advance. For the hard-hit industry, Mother’s Day is the next big opportunity to generate additional sales, with consumers looking to spend more and treat their mums for the second Mothers Day in lockdown. Stuck for inspiration for what your venue might be able to do? Team Toggle has put together some ideas that we’d love to treat our mums to for the special day.

Our Togglers have done a wonderful job at creating unique and exciting Valentine’s Day gifts this year! From using Toggle promotions to give a little extra love, to packaging up their products in a box, for guests to enjoy at home!If you’re still to organise a present for your special someone (or yourself), don’t worry, our Cupids have got you covered. Here’s a few of our favourite gifting ideas for Valentine’s Day 2021...

“Look after your staff first and the rest will follow” is a mantra of business but, with 83% of leaders in the hospitality sector having furloughed staff, ensuring that workforces continue to be engaged and motivated is just one of many hurdles that operators have encountered over the last year.

This week's 10-minute Fireside Chat (minus the fire) sees the Mary Poppins of finance for the hospitality world Alison Wong, founder of White Doe, chat with Dan Brookman about the key things operators need to think about (and action now!) to ensure the strongest return when lockdown is lifted.

2020 was a tough year for everyone, including the traders at Sheffield’s Moor Market, and Sheffield Council didn’t want to let Christmas pass without doing something special for the people of the city. 

Most restaurants businesses are not pricing correctly, resulting in lost margin. In addition to this, many brands default to discounting which kills profit and damages brand image in the long term.

There is any number of weird and wonderful days that we all see on social media and on the news - National Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day, anyone? - but how do you know what’s coming up? And what’s the point of getting involved as a hospitality operator? ‍

Our CEO Dan Brookman has been chatting with Rupert Macfarlane, founder and MD of The Advanced Sales Network, about pre-booking and how the public is likely to interact with hospitality operators in a post-pandemic world.

With every hospitality sector news update there is further proof that while clearly, we are still underwater, and will be for some time to come, there is also a growing number of start-up vehicles building teams and war chests to capitalise on the inevitable fallout.

We all might have hoped that 2021 was going to start a little differently. The news pre-Christmas of vaccines was quickly overtaken by the new variant and lockdowns. Any optimism for launching into a New Year with renewed vigour has quickly been forgotten. We must now, with the vaccinations underway (and seemingly going well), look toward Spring/Summer and prepare to maximise the forthcoming opportunities.