Whatever your reason to change your Tampa restaurants menu, you need to follow certain procedures and guidelines before doing a revamp of your menu. Whether it’s rebranding your restaurant, streamlining kitchen operations, cutting food costs, or keeping pace with evolving tastes, a change in menu is always called for to keep you always in the loop and part of the discussions.
Choose the menu design carefully
Keep your theme in mind when choosing the layout, the colors, and the fonts for your menu. If you own a diner, you would want a menu with a fun and retro vibe. If you own a classic French restaurant, you need a menu that is elegant and sophisticated.
You want your Tampa restaurants menu to be easy to read and descriptive (by only using short phrases). What you need to avoid are long descriptions that would make the diner lose interest. You have to be mindful of every little detail on your menu because it will affect your customers.
Set prices
You have to factor in a lot of things when setting the price such as the ingredients, salaries, rent, utilities, insurance premiums, kitchen equipment, and marketing expenses. When it comes to ingredients, the prices can skyrocket on certain food items such as fresh Maine lobster.
Locally sourced ingredients can be cheaper, so you may want to look into that. Just remember not to be too greedy with your prices because consumers don’t want restaurants fooling hoodwinking them into paying for more.
Prepare your customers for the changes
Even before you publish your new Tampa restaurants menu, you should let your customers know in advance. You can do this through a variety of ways: making the announcement through an insert in your current menu, posting about the changes on social media, and encouraging your staff to talk with the customers.
Of course, some customers may get disappointed if their favorite dish didn’t make the cut or if the prices increased but if your reasons are good enough, they might be able to understand you.
Risk-manage your menu
Now that it’s time to overhaul your Tampa restaurants menu, it’s a good time also to take stock of the dishes that you offer. You should make sure that there are no potential allergens on your menu, add consumer advisories if there are peanuts and dairy in the ingredients of the dish, and offer alternatives for allergy sufferers. You can also think about offering dishes specifically for people following a certain diet.