The New Year is almost here. I can smell sweet ham cooking in the kitchen, and at the same time I’m writing down the ways I figured to make 2010 the most profitable year for your restaurant. But let’s get one thing straight. Looking forward to a prospective new year doesn’t mean you won’t learn [...]
A restaurant can be big or small, fine-dining or casual, Italian- or Japanese-themed – it doesn’t matter. If you’re a restaurant owner, you need a restaurant manager to take care of things for you. You need someone who has personality and is in the business of running a restaurant, every day, from opening time to [...]
The saying goes, Necessity is the mother of all inventions. So looking back, advertising came about when early businesses needed a voice. There was a time when we read brochures and pamphlets about the newest chocolate-flavored milk shake in Rudy’s countryside diner. Brightly colored flyers took our attention and offered discounts, coupons, special offers, etc. [...]
It’s fair to say that advertising can make or break a restaurant business. The purpose of restaurant advertising is to inform, but it goes both ways – the restaurant owner should also be well informed about the advertising options available to him or her. Let’s look at the different advertising mediums and compare their pros [...]
There’s good reason why certain locations are a sucker for restaurant establishments. Look at New York, Paris, London, Tokyo, etc. These locales are high-traffic spots, and a prospective entrepreneur would do good to consider opening a foodservice establishment in such areas. But the thing is, there’s also the problem of oversaturation. These spots are filled [...]
This is a short post, but I’ll leave you something good to think about by the end of the article. Let’s talk about restaurant furniture. Yes, your tables, chairs, magazine stands, bar stools, the pictures hanging on the walls, etc. Furniture. Thing is people have a habit of looking at something from a biased perspective. [...]
I know some people who’d started their restaurant business without taking the services of an outside consultant. They said they wanted to save the money that would otherwise go to the consultant, or else use it to buy an additional table or a coat rack. A couple months later, the business fell apart like a [...]
These days business owners need to be quick on their feet. Especially restaurant operators, you need to secure every little advantage if you want your business to get anywhere in a market full of competition. I’m not exaggerating. Go to the nearest shopping center and tell me how many restaurants and foodservice establishments do you [...]
Let’s talk coupons. No doubt coupons are a great way to attract attention and boost sales around this time of year. Everyone loves to eat out during the holidays it’s almost tradition. And with the economy at its current state, people are going to be looking for ways to cut back without, hopefully, sacrificing too [...]
I had a good talk with a friend the other day about his restaurant business. Like most restaurant owners trying to crawl past the recession, he was having some problems, and he had hired a couple of consultants to help him get to the bottom of things. This is what he had to say. “You [...]