Tweet More and more restaurants are exploring ways to make their operations “sustainable.” Yes, it’s a buzzword, and yes, it’s a trend most commonly associated with San Francisco restaurants and other yuppie hideouts. That doesn’t mean most of the restaurants out there can’t utilize sustainability in their operations. Trends show that consumers are increasingly educated [...]
Archive | October, 2010
Restaurant Marketing Trends: Do You Have A Leaky Bucket?
Tweet Think of your restaurant as a 5 gallon bucket. Every day you fill that bucket with customers. Sometimes there’s a steady flow, sometimes it’s just a trickle, and sometimes it seems like a flood. No matter what kind of day it is, every customer flowing through your doors grades their experience and makes a [...]
What Are Your Restaurant’s Perks?
Tweet The Stew blog, written by the Chicago Tribune’s food beat staff, posted an interesting article recently talking about the little perks that make a restaurant meal a more pleasant experience. Some examples from the list: • Purse hooks • Reading glasses for older customers trying to read the menu • Crayons and paper for [...]
Chefs Say Cut Portion Sizes, Not Ingredients
Tweet One of the biggest trends in food service these days is nutrition labeling for entrees and the development of “healthy” menu items that appeal to growing consumer concerns over what they eat. A recent survey of 433 chefs conducted by Penn State and Clemson universities has shed some light on what chefs are thinking [...]
The IRS Wants You To Buy Restaurant Equipment In 2009
Tweet If you have already purchased restaurant equipment in 2009, or are planning on doing so before the year is up, make sure you get your accountant to take a special 50% depreciation allowance for all equipment that is purchased, installed and used by December 31st. This tax provision was extended by President Obama’s stimulus [...]
Kogi Is Kool – How 1 Taco Truck Is Taking LA By Storm
Tweet Los Angeles has long been famous for roaming taco trucks that service the myriad neighborhoods of this sprawling metropolis, serving classic Latino fare.L.A. is also known for its distinct Asian cuisine, which is often blended with more traditional American foods to create wonderful hybrids. Well, now Korean BBQ, a hot food trend in America [...]
Technology Trends: Restaurant Teleconferencing
Tweet The technology needed to allow a person to sit in one room and communicate visually and verbally with a person in another room somewhere else far away has been around for some time now. It’s been imagined in the movies for decades, going back to Star Trek all the way up to Austin Powers. [...]
22 Restaurant Management Tips
Tweet One area of the restaurant industry we have continually focused on here at The Back Burner is management. I don’t have to tell you that restaurant managers are often overworked and underappreciated, and that’s on top of the stress involved with trying to manage a business in one of the largest and most competitive [...]
Green Consumer Trend Still Going Strong
Tweet Every restaurant has had to deal with revenue and expense challenges over the last year. And many have probably wondered whether green practices and products in their restaurants are worth their while, both in terms of cost to purchase and the time it takes to implement new products and procedures. If a new Harris [...]
September Is National Food Safety Education Month
Tweet Is your restaurant participating? From the NFSEM site: “The National Restaurant Association encourages restaurant and foodservice operators to begin planning for the 15th annual National Food Safety Education Month. This month-long campaign is held every September and focuses on the importance of food safety education for the restaurant and foodservice industry, while raising the [...]
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