How Restaurants Can Use Vinyl Graphics to Improve Customer Experience

4/23/2024

Improving the customer experience is a primary goal for every restaurant owner and manager. Fortunately, custom vinyl graphics can be a positive part of the customer experience and a great tool for restaurant owners.

If you're looking for ways to improve your patrons’ dining experience, here are some example of how custom vinyl graphics and signage for restaurants can help you do it.

Promote Your Restaurant to Customers

Want to increase foot traffic while marketing to the general public? You may want to try using outdoor signs and custom vinyl graphics on the windows and doors. These are the signs most commonly associated with restaurants and widely used to attract customers. Outdoor signs and graphics are used for a variety of reasons:

• Seasonal offerings and specials
• New menu item promotion
• Employee recruitment
• Special events
• Changes to business hours

Vinyl window graphics are a popular option because they are versatile, easy to spot from a distance and weather resistant. If you own a café or restaurant in an area with heavy foot traffic, the classic A-frame sign can also help you bring in new customers looking for a quick bite.

Satisfy Regulatory Requirements

Regulatory signs provide customers and employees with important information, and they are often displayed to maintain certain safety and health codes. Some of the most common regulatory signs include restroom signs, maximum occupancy signs and handwashing signs. Food allergies are a major concern for both restaurants and diners, and many establishments now use regulatory signs to provide information to customers with food allergies or certain dietary restrictions.

Entertain Customers

Custom vinyl graphics can also be used to entertain customers while they wait to be served. Many restaurants find it helpful to provide customers with trivia questions, fun images and interesting facts while waiting. This is also a great way to show off your restaurant's unique brand identity and create a welcoming environment for customers to enjoy when they first enter your restaurant. 

Even on slow days and during rushes, these distractions can lower customers’ perceived wait times considerably, making them more likely to come back and interact positively with employees. Some restaurants even offer discounts to individuals who answer trivia questions correctly.

Reduce Wait Times

During busy times of the day and year, customers may have to deal with long wait times, which can put a major damper on their overall dining experience. By using custom signs and graphics, restaurant owners and managers can advertise specials and well-received menu items, so customers spend less time looking through the menus. The goal is to create a welcoming environment that's both easy to navigate and prioritizes customer experience and satisfaction. 

Need help with custom vinyl graphics for your restaurants? 

Signs Now Portland is your full-service resource for vinyl graphics and custom signage of all types. From creative design and ideation to quality production and expert installation, we’re ready to assist you with affordable solutions. Contact us today to discover the many ways we can meet your needs! 

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