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Holiday restaurant planning season is here! We’ve got resources to help with all your holiday menu planning, from best practices to products, tech and tools that help you address seasonal menu shifts, staffing challenges and rising food costs.
Navigate the Holiday Rush with Solutions Built for Operators
Manage Rising Food Costs
To help increase profitability during the holidays, prioritize versatile ingredients that can be used in multiple dishes, helping to manage food costs and reduce labor.
Biggest "Bang for Your Buck" Products
- Risotto: Our fully cooked, innovative and premium product quickly reheats, allowing you to easily add to menus with minimal labor
- Boneless Short Ribs: Delivers upscale steakhouse appeal; works well for catering and group dining
- Chicken Breast: A versatile, cost-effective protein that can be easily elevated with seasonal flavors
- Prime Rib Roast: Offer as part of a high-quality holiday experience to help drive higher check averages
- Mac & Cheese: A guest-favorite, labor-saving comfort food with strong margin potential
Looking for more holiday menu inspiration? Download the full list of high-value products for the holidays.
Menu Engineering Tips
- Use Your Menu as a Salesperson: Highlight high-margin items by utilizing strategic placement, eye-catching callouts and other visual cues.
- Know Your Plate Cost: Make sure to track the true cost and profitability of every dish to protect margins with Menu IQ™, our free profitability tool
- Sell the Dish, Then the Price: Lead with a compelling description before presenting the price.
- Downplay the Price: Remove dollar signs and place pricing at the end of descriptions to keep focus on the food.
- Price with Flexibility: Avoid pricing everything at .99 to allow for smaller, strategic future price adjustments.
Holiday Inventory Prep & Planning
- Reporting: View last year’s products and purchases while planning for this year’s events.
- Order Ahead: Order dry goods and frozen products now if you have the storage. You still have time to order again if needed.
- Set Up Holiday Shopping Lists in MOXē®: Don’t get caught browsing when it’s time to BUY.
- Set Up MOXē Alerts: Don't miss a cutoff, deal, payment and delivery because you’re busy.
- Start Your Orders Now: Products are not reserved until 48 hours out, but you can still have critical orders in MOXē weeks in advance, and modify up to the last minute.
Holiday Menu Ideas and Inspiration
Holiday Planning Resources
Holiday Products & Menu Inspiration
- Beef & Poultry
- Seafood
- Sides & Ingredients
- Desserts
- Non-Foods
Increase Future Guest Traffic & Catering Orders
The holidays are the perfect time to capitalize on group and private event dining – and increase check averages. It’s also a great moment to gain awareness with new guests to engage and promote repeat business.
Promote Holiday Specials Where Guests Are Already Looking: Use tabletop displays, check stuffers and receipts to spotlight seasonal packages, catering and holiday events. It’s a low-cost touchpoint that can drive repeat traffic and larger check averages.
Drive January Traffic with a Holiday Treat: Hand guests a sealed envelope in December containing a mystery offer only redeemable in January. This creates excitement and gives customers a reason to return after the holidays.
Labor-Saving Holiday Catering Products
CHECK® Business Tools to Drive Traffic and Support Staffing
Make Holiday Ordering One Less Thing to Stress About with MOXē®.
MOXē helps operators stay ahead during busy seasons by letting you create shopping lists, reorder products faster, set alerts for key items and manage inventory more efficiently—all from one convenient place.