# Guides for restaurant owners

Plain answers to the questions owners ask most: more sales, bad and fake reviews, texting guests, Google Maps, delivery app fees, social media and catering. Each one with a picture of the screen that matters.

## What you get


## More sales

- [How to increase restaurant sales: 8 ways that work](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/increase-restaurant-sales)
- [Slow days at your restaurant: how to fill the quiet hours](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/slow-days)
- [How to raise your average order without raising prices](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/raise-average-order)
- [How to get more lunch orders](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/more-lunch-orders)
- [How to price your menu, and when to raise prices](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/menu-pricing)
- [Restaurant promotions that do not hurt your margins](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/restaurant-promotions)
- [A restaurant marketing calendar for the whole year](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/marketing-calendar)
- [How to get more pickup orders](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/more-pickup-orders)

## Reviews

- [How to respond to a bad review](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/respond-to-bad-reviews)
- [Can you remove a Google review? What actually works](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/remove-google-review)
- [Fake reviews on your restaurant: how to spot and report them](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/fake-reviews)
- [How to get more 5-star Google reviews](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/get-more-reviews)
- [How to reply to good reviews](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/reply-to-good-reviews)
- [12 review reply examples for restaurants](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/review-reply-examples)
- [Yelp reviews: what restaurant owners can and cannot do](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/yelp-reviews)

## Guests and texts

- [20 text message ideas for restaurants](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/text-message-ideas)
- [Text marketing rules for restaurants, in plain words](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/text-marketing-rules)
- [How to get repeat customers](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/repeat-customers)
- [How to build your own customer list](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/build-customer-list)
- [Birthday offers that bring guests in](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/birthday-offers)
- [How to win back guests who stopped coming](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/win-back-guests)
- [Restaurant email marketing: what to send and when](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/email-marketing)

## Google and Maps

- [How to get your restaurant on Google Maps](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/get-on-google-maps)
- [How to fix the Order button on your Google listing](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/google-order-button)
- [How to update holiday hours on Google](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/holiday-hours-google)
- [How to show up in “near me” searches](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/near-me-searches)
- [Photos for your Google listing: what to post and how often](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/google-photos)
- [Restaurant not showing on Google? 7 things to check](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/not-showing-on-google)
- [Apple Maps and Yelp: why your listings there matter](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/apple-maps-yelp-listings)

## Social media

- [Instagram for restaurants: a simple plan](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/instagram-for-restaurants)
- [TikTok for restaurants: is it worth it?](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/tiktok-for-restaurants)
- [Facebook for restaurants: page, posts and groups](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/facebook-for-restaurants)
- [How to take great food photos with your phone](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/food-photos-with-phone)
- [30 social media post ideas for restaurants](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/social-media-post-ideas)
- [Short videos for restaurants, made easy](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/short-videos)

## Ordering and delivery apps

- [How much do delivery apps charge restaurants?](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/delivery-app-fees)
- [Commission-free online ordering: how it works](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/commission-free-ordering)
- [Delivery vs pickup: which makes you more money?](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/delivery-vs-pickup)
- [QR codes for ordering: where to put them](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/qr-code-ordering)
- [How to write an online menu that sells](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/online-menu-that-sells)
- [Delivery apps and your own ordering, together](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/delivery-apps-and-your-own-ordering)

## Website, POS and app

- [Restaurant website checklist: 12 things it needs](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/restaurant-website-checklist)
- [Why your restaurant website is slow, and how to fix it](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/slow-restaurant-website)
- [Online ordering with your POS: Clover, Square and Toast](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/pos-online-ordering)
- [Is a restaurant app worth it?](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/is-a-restaurant-app-worth-it)

## Catering, loyalty and getting started

- [How to get more catering orders](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/catering-orders)
- [How to win office lunch orders](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/office-lunch-orders)
- [Restaurant loyalty program ideas that work](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/loyalty-program-ideas)
- [Marketing a new restaurant: your first 30 days](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/new-restaurant-marketing)
- [Free restaurant marketing that actually works](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/guides/free-restaurant-marketing)

EatFuti is in Des Moines, Iowa, and works with independent restaurants across the United States, most of all in Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas and Texas.

## How it works with EatFuti

1. **Run the free check.** Three minutes, no sign-up. See your Google page, where your Order button goes and how your site does on a phone.
2. **Say yes.** Send your photos and menu, or we take the menu from your POS or online. Online ordering is live 48 to 72 hours after signup.
3. **Your website goes up.** Built for you from your photos, menu and reviews, right after ordering is live. You approve it before it goes up.

## Questions owners ask

## See where your restaurant stands today

[Run the free check](https://scanner.eatfuti.com/) (Free · 3 minutes · no credit card). Call (515) 493-0243.

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