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Event Planning Tips for Food and Beverage Functions

Master the Event

For most meeting planners, planning for a main event often involves food and beverage. And, as most meeting planners will also tell you, when planning an event with food and beverage you can chew up a large portion of your budget. Another aspect of the menu cost is the food menu itself.

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Culinary Finance 101: Food Costs for Restaurant Owners

Planning Pod

Many restaurant owners today are struggling to avoid rising food costs eating into profits and hindering their overall growth. At Planning Pod, we’ve noticed an uptick in business owners asking for tips on lowering food costs while maximizing profits. For reference, the industry average is between 25-35%.

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What are BEOs and Why do Event Pros need them?

Planning Pod

BEOs (sometimes referred to as run sheets) allow you to provide critical details that everyone involved in any event MUST have at their fingertips – whether they are a bartender, catering manager, security staff member, event planner, other vendor, or even your client. Food & Beverage packages. Invoice/proposal totals.

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Streamlining event detail management with BEOs

Planning Pod

It serves as a blueprint for your team, clients, and vendors, ensuring everyone is on the same page regarding setup, timeline, food and beverage preferences, and numerous other critical details. Food and beverage: Menu selections, bar services, and beverage packages. Why are BEOs important?

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How Canada is Shaking Up F&B Offerings

Smart Meetings

Many Canadian vendors have focused on elevated food and beverage options to stand out in an increasingly competitive global market for meetings and events. The culinary atmosphere is a crucial element of what many refer to as a “sense of place” at a meeting. Read More : Travel and Tourism Trends in U.S.

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How Topgolf Teed up a Product Launch with an Engagement-rich ‘Nightclub’

Event Marketer

Known for its tech-driven golf driving range game at more than 100 venues around the world, along with yummy bar food offerings and party packages, the brand stepped outside its comfort zone to host a buzzy launch experience with a cast of sponsors at its El Segundo, CA, location on July 31—creating a nightclub to launch the golf club.

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Does your Event Food and Beverage Pass the Boring Test? It’s More than Just the Menu

EventFocus

We have all been to the corporate party – serving good, and sometimes great food via passing, stations or small plates. But what if we start to think about presenting food and beverage as an art form; serving food and beverage in a unique way that can create excitement, surprise, and take guests on a culinary journey?