Restaurant Promo Ideas #22 - Mother's Day Specials

Mother’s Day is just a few weeks away. It is one of the most popular occasion of the year to dine out and celebrate according to the National Restaurant Association in America. This year its celebrated on the 11th May 2014. Most family restaurants will be planning special buffets or hi tea for that Special Lady in Our Life. Mother’s Day like Valentine’s Day and Christmas offers you an opportunity to come out with special promotions thus increasing revenue.

  VIM- Very Important Mummy
For that day give every mother that dines in your place "Special VIP Treatment". Your can give out special garlands with a large shell at the bottom with the words printed in bold "VIM – Very Important Mummy". Give them complimentary beverages, meal on FOC, have a photo taken and put it in a nice frame.

Try Something Different
If your restaurant is located by the beach or a park. Create special picnic baskets for families to purchase to have a family picnic. Get a nice picnic basket, a mat, a nice umbrella and maybe a foldable chair for Mum. Collect a deposit for these items and when the guest returns all the items, give them back the deposit. Prepare some gourmet type finger food, add a bottle of wine. Your tag line could be “The most important gift that you can give your MUM is your time, spend it by the beach or in X park with our special Mother’s Day Picnic Basket”

Give out Gifts
Along with whatever you are offering for this special day, add a gift to draw the customers in. Choose something unique. It don’t only need to be a food or beverage related. You can work with the local photo studio and give out family portraits. They can bring their equipment to your restaurant and set up a mini studio there. Nowadays there is softwares that can even put scenery in your family portraits without much hassle. But make sure your logo is in the picture too. A “Very Important Mum” fridge magnet is also a good idea. Cause your logo will be on the fridge for everyone to see. You can also give out free Spa Vouchers for mums.

Take Care of the Kids
During your mother’s day event. Have a corner for the little ones This is so mum can have her meal with ease without worrying about the kids and eat peacefully. Create a corner for which is fenced up with activities to keep the kids occupied while mum dines. Hire a clown, magician, have some kids games. Even have a mini buffet for the kids to eat. Engage a few staff to take care of the kids. This will give mum a much needed break. No matter what your Restaurant Promotion Ideas  is, do something that will be fun and memorable for families. This will then get you loyal customers.

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A Peaceful Resort by the Lake - Pullman Putrajaya

This is my second time checking in Pullman Lakeside Resort. The last time was for our company team building some two years ago. I booked Pullman again because I thought it is located on the lake overlooking the Millennium Monument where the 6th Putrajaya Hot Air Balloon was being held. But what I failed to notice was that the lake was large, long and the Monument was on the other side of the lake. The very far end. The hotel is really quite hard to locate as with most places in Putrajaya. Just look for the Putrajaya International Convention Centre. As for me I used my trusty WAZE.

But it’s OK. The hotel is really peaceful for those that want to relax. For those that are in need of activities or nightlife avoid this place. We arrive quite late so we just lazed around. We had the room on the Jasmine Wing which had an Indian Theme. The room was decorated to suit the theme. There is a large bench by the window side. As we were too lazy to drive out, we had dinner in their all day dining restaurant which was reasonably priced and fast.

As the bed was comfortable and zircon was great we woke up late the next day that we missed the morning flight session of the Hot Air Balloon. We later had brunch there.

Even the daily newspaper came in a cloth bag.

A Restaurant on the lake

The Pullman Lakeside is a quiet and peaceful hotel. It’s a great place for Rest and Relaxation. The services there were also very good especially from the Front Desk who went out of their way to help. They even left the counter to open doors and help with baggage. Housekeeping services was good too. I ordered a baby cot and got it a few minutes later with a follow-up call to inquire whether we got our baby cot.

 Address:-
Pullman Putrajaya Lakeside 
No. 2, Jalan P5/5, Presint 5,
62200 Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Tel: +60 3 8890 0000 
Fax: +60 3 8890 0330



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Adding an Alfresco Dining to draw in Customers.

Unique Selling Proposition with Afresco Dining

Other then the food or beverages served in the restaurant, you also need look into the Unique Selling Proposition of your restaurant. Unique Selling Proposition is why customers choose your restaurant over your competitors. One way is to add an Alfresco Dining Area.

Adding an alfresco dining area is a great way to increase seating for any busy restaurant and is also a great unique selling proposition to draw in customers. The term "alfresco" comes from an Italian word meaning fresh or open air. I am not sure what is it about an open air dining area that it adds elegance to any dining experience. People also believe that food eaten outdoors taste better. Maybe it’s the sunshine and warm breeze that creates a “I’m on vacation” feeling,

As Malaysia is blessed with warm weather throughout the year, outdoor dining is a favorite option among diners especially from people cooped up in the office 5 days a week. This is the reason that I have setup an outdoor dining area on the roof of the hotel that I worked. The Roof Top Restaurant has a great view of the sea especially when the sun sets. So much so that I have added a special sunset happy hour with beers at a special price. I have even purchased two coin operated binoculars so people can look out into the sea. If your place has a great full moon view on the sea, you can do what I did in Cherating which was have a full moon happy hour. The full moon nights are really beautiful as the moon lights up the sea. What I did was look at the Chinese calendar which is quite easy to get in Malaysia. From there you will get the dates of when the moon is at its fullest. As we had quite a number of long stay guests who normally stayed a week, we put into their rooms that there will be a beautiful full moon in three days time. So on the full moon nights we opened the pool bar which was near the sea, played light instrumental music and served beverages and bar snacks. There were a quite a number of people just sitting having drinks and enjoying the moonlight. Entertainment is provided by mother nature and its free.

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Cost Only $37 60 days unconditional money back guarantee 

CLASSIC restaurant management suite was put together by Andreas Breitfuss and his team to help those people in the restaurant industry. It is a selection of restaurant management tools that when used in combination can help you streamline your restaurant, café or hotel. These pre-designed forms, templates and spreadsheets save you time to concentrate on other areas of the business. There is beverage costing sheet, restaurant requisition sheets, purchase order forms, blank stock take sheets, stock take spreadsheet, stock take financial analysis spreadsheet, wastage sheets, standard food recipe templates, standard beverage recipe. Beverage engineering spreadsheet, menu placement card, menu advertising elements and sample restaurant menus