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Quality Time and Relationship Building at Family Restaurants

Going out to eat is about more than just eating delicious food. It also gives families the much-needed opportunity to spend some quality time together and get to know what’s going on in each other’s lives. Family style restaurants help parents and kids to improve their relationships by giving them the chance to sit down, relax, and just talk. What follows is better communication, conversation, and active listening skills for everyone in the family.

Kidzsmart has worked with a large variety of restaurants who cater to kids and families over the years, helping them to engage with youth and fill their family dining experience with fun. Some of these restaurants include:

Social Aspects of Family Dining

The benefits of families enjoying mealtimes together are well-documented. Eating together provides a time to be connected; it helps children feel loved, safe, and secure. It even allows families to focus on enjoying each other’s company and to teach children about family values and traditions. Busy schedules might mean that the only undistracted time parents and kids get to spend together is when they sit down to eat a meal. Dining out allows everyone to further relax, because family members don’t have to worry about cooking, serving, or cleaning up after food – meaning even more quality time together. Restaurants are realizing that positioning themselves as being part of this important aspect of family life can further that relationship between family and brand loyalty!

Finally Free for In-Person Family Dining – Time for Something Special!

This important family experience has been greatly limited over the past two years, and kids and families are craving the opportunity to return to table-service restaurants and in-person dining. 94% of Canadians say that restaurants are an important part of their communities, and they want to continue to support them. Consumers have strong emotional connections with restaurants that build over time, and its important to reward your loyal family customers with something special like a well-branded community outreach program.

Kidzsmart’s Community Outreach Programs Support Family Togetherness

By providing a program with content thoughtfully designed for kids and families, a restaurant’s role in encouraging family togetherness can benefit from the support of an engaging and informative community outreach program. Relationships within families benefit from playing together, and the relationship between family customers and your brand benefits from supporting that togetherness. Kids, parents, and grandparents can all participate in simple and engaging edutainment style games and activities provided through our community outreach programs.

Happy Families = Repeat Customers

In addition to effectively communicating brand messaging through engaging kid-friendly content, our community outreach programs provide quality materials which are designed to leave the establishment and be enjoyed by kids and families at home. When you have a community outreach program that keeps kids entertained, it makes families more likely to come back again. Remembering that brand loyalty begins at a young age, an edutainment style community outreach program is a worthwhile investment that your family customers will appreciate. Having an outreach program hanging around in the home will remind kids of how much fun they had at the restaurant and means you’re first in mind when it comes to dining out again!

Lots of FUN to Choose From!

A child happily engaged in a meaningful, tactile experience is something today’s parent greatly appreciates. Kids can have fun, be creative, solve problems and learn a little, all through meaningfully engaged play. And parents appreciate a distraction that isn’t screen time related too! Offering family customers a high-quality, brand-based experience to accompany meals can differentiate your brand at a time when loyalty and retention matter more than ever.

About Kidzsmart Communications

We believe your content should be more than just another coloring book. Kidzsmart is a creative agency that is is your spokesperson to modern families, and we’re dedicated to contributing to the greater wellbeing of kids.

For over 20 years we’ve worked with the government, healthcare, and educations sectors as well as global brands in the restaurant and hospitality, tourism, and professional sports industries. Our team has the expertise to expand your family outreach, and we have the tools to do it right. Top of feed means top of mind, and we’re dedicated to creating greater family content that makes a meaningful impact on the lives of kids and families!