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 [...]
One of the things that determine a restaurant’s long-term success is the success of its opening day. I’m not saying the opening day is everything by any means, but it definitely accounts for something. If you could cook up something unique and get folks to talking about “that new place around the corner“, then expect [...]
If anything, the Christmas holidays is a time for change. It’s the season to spoil ourselves and, as restaurant owners, an opportunity to grow our business. But it’s also a great time to look at your business operations to see which aspects of it deserve carrying over to the new year and which ones has [...]
This year, 2009, was a so-so year for restaurants. People cutting back in the face of recession, it was still an okay year for restaurants, but it could’ve been better. Thing is, new studies by Mintel show that next year, 2010, has the potential to bring the fire back on our empty stoves. Finally some [...]
Someone looking to start a restaurant business shouldn’t read the paper. It’s disheartening to read about what’s going on in the economy these days. In fact statistics show that 90% of businesses, just about, would fail and shut down for good during its first five years. So okay, who wants to start a new business? [...]
Most of the time we like to read stories of success or else brush up on ways to improve our restaurant’s services. I admit, I’m guilty of both counts. But I’m also aware that sometimes we need to learn the sad truth before we could appreciate the brighter side of things. As a topic related [...]
The Internet makes it so much easy for us to get our hands on credible information. Anything you need to know, right this minute, just one click of a mouse and there it is right in front of you. Same is true for first-time small restaurant owners looking for tips and advice on how to [...]
When was the last time you entered a restaurant, took one glance at the line, then walked right out again to look for another place? We’ve all done that one time or another. For the customer, it’s no big deal. For the restaurant operator, it could very well break his business. The Internet makes a [...]
Hiring a restaurant consultant is one of the biggest early decisions you need to make as a restaurant operator. I know how it feels. I’ve been in that situation. Here you are, trying to put up a restaurant business and hoping everything turns out okay, and already you’re faced with a choice to hire someone [...]