F.oodage

15/02/2023

Introducing our Marketing Training and Consultancy Services for Hospitality Industry!

Whether you're a pub, restaurant, hotel or a bar - we offer training for your team to further promote your business.

We understand there's many reasons for not being able to hire a marketing team or a social media manager as a hospitality business. With recent economic changes, bills skyrocketting, your social media and marketing is probably last thing on your mind.

However, as a business, marketing is one of the first things you should work on.

Our training sessions give you an extensive insight into

✅ how to promote your business online, using readily (and free!) available tools,

✅how to take better photos and videos of your products, food, staff and utilise this content to get more customers through your door

✅how to save time and money on marketing so you have more time to focus on other areas of your business

It's 3 x 1 hour sessions, either in person or online where our Marketing Expert will show you how to do all of the above and more!

➕ You get a marketing plan, bespoke hashtags & captions sheet to help you along the way!

If you think this would be perfect for your venue (and we think it will be!) then get in touch by emailing us or Whatsapp the number on the last slide of this post! 💛

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17/01/2023

In case you missed it on our stories, here's the latest announcement!

Due to cold weather, and the quiet month that January usually is, we've decided to close Tuesdays as well as Mondays for the foreseeable future. Make sure you keep following us for further announcements.

We are open as usual between Wednesday - Sunday.

Happy Hour
4pm - 8pm 2 for £10 cocktails Wednesday - Friday & Sunday
3pm - 6pm Saturdays!

We also have yummy deals on our food! Check out our website or simply pop in anytime between Wednesday and Sunday from 12pm!

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17/01/2023

Our Southampton Networking events will be back in February 2023!

Full details will be announced on our Instagram & page.

It would be amazing to catch up with those who attended before and get to know new business owners in the area!

This time they will be held at 10.30am- 12pm on the first Tuesday of every month in Oxford Street, Southampton.

Head over to Southampton Networking page for full details ✨coming soon✨

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17/01/2023

10/01/2023

Marketing is the first thing you should invest in.

That's it. That's the post.

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05/09/2022

We had the pleasure of dining at on Sunday. Not our first visit and certainly won't be our last!

Sunday Roast and spinach gnocchi with pancetta 😋

Great portions, reasonably priced & great selection of drinks from wines, many lagers, cocktails and spirits!

After all this delicious food, we finished off with a strong black coffee. Perfection!

Definitely give them a try!

📍Ocean Village Southampton

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05/09/2022

05/09/2022

Coffee, English Breakfast from 9am, pizza & pastas from 12pm!

Pop in this week to see us!

📍4 Canute Road, Southampton

Or order via Deliveroo 👉🚴‍♂️

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30/08/2022

Short answer: ✨ Brand awareness ✨

Long answer: brand awareness, keeping up with competition, selling special offers, building a community of loyal customers.

Everyone knows where the closest McDonald's is to where they are and what they sell.

So why do we still see so many ads and marketing campaigns from these big companies?

To keep up with ever changing market.

To win over more loyal customers.

For the consumer market to remember them or how their last offer made them feel so they keep coming back.

An average company marketing budget should be around 3 - 5% of their revenue.

It's astounding, how many businesses don't have ANY.

It's time to stop thinking about marketing as just "posting to social media". It's so much more than that.

This is why you need an expert to help guide you through it & turn that 3 or 5% investment, into blossoming ROI.

Ready? 👉 Email us today or send us a message to take your hospitality business to the next level.

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23/08/2022

Being the foodies that we are, we've recently visited the brand new restaurant in Ocean Village, Figurati Southampton !

Modern Italian food from small plates, to pastas and pizzas, steaks and wonderful wine!

The decor is modern (reel coming soon!), crisp and refreshing. Prices are reasonable, considering the food is absolutely spectacular!

The lasagne was enormous and my pasta dish was absolutely delicious. Aubergine had a nice soft crunch to it which I love (mushy is not for me!) and the sauce had lovely kick to it.

We also got the N'duja and mozzarella aranchini to start (which we didn't photograph as we were starving when we arrived!) and it was soooo delicious. I would actually come back just for that! Slightly spicy and despite it the cheese and rice, it was quite light!

We highly recommend this brand new gem with stunning views and decor. Perfect for a date night or a special occasion with a group of friends!

Side note: I always judge a venue by its toilets before anything else and can confirm the ladies is stunning, perfect for selfies with the girls in between courses - and I don't know what air refreshener they use but it actually smells like doughnuts in there 😂 it's brilliant 😂

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16/08/2022

You've been running your restaurant for a while.

Changing up menus.
Trying out different special offers.
Added new cocktails and dishes...
You've been posting on social media as advised...

But customers are still not showing up?

It may be time to change things up. Get with the times.

Update your branding.
Update your message.
Update your physical promotional materials. Update your POS.
Update your systems & processes.
Update how you communicate with your staff and customers.

Not sure what doesn't work?

Reach out to us! With 10 years of experience in hospitality and in marketing, our team can direct you on what does and doesn't work in your venue and give you the ideas AND tools to fix it!

Email us at [email protected] with subject 'More Customers' and we'll schedule a call or a meeting 📞

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