Public holidays, including Easter, are a great time to increase your customer numbers. With a four-day weekend for most, there is plenty of opportunities to get some additional passing trade into your café.
It won’t just be your café that’s looking to make the most of the period though so you’ll need to get a little creative.
To help, we’ve put together some Easter themed ideas that are sure to get your café filled up:
Easter specials
The simplest and most common promotion technique in attracting Easter trade is to add some themed items to the menu. For restaurants, this would involve adding seasonal dinner plates but for a café, this could be done by selling fresh homemade hot cross buns, an Easter egg milkshake or some themed brunch options.
Host an egg hunt
If you’ve got some outdoor space, one way of getting good numbers into your café is to host an Easter egg hunt for children. Alternatively, you might prefer a host something less space-sapping, such as an egg-painting workshop. Both are just as likely to be a hit with young families.
Coffee inside an Easter egg?
Okay. This one might be a step too far for some, but it’s certainly going to get people talking about your café. A couple of years ago saw a few cafés in Australia and New Zealand start a craze that involved serving coffee inside Easter eggs.
The craze didn’t quite make its way to the UK but could your café be the one that brings the idea here? It’s certainly an idea that’ll get people talking! You can see what we mean in this video by Karvan Coffee in Perth, one of the cafés to serve the eggspresso.
Café furniture
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