I know this was the case when I was a server, and maybe a lot of you out there are a little more accommodating than I was when a family was seated in your section, but for me, kids were a disappointment. Kids don’t order $8 martinis, and usually neither …
Read More »Restaurant Management Tips: Be Like A Stock Broker
Running a successful, profitable restaurant is just like being a stock broker: you must diversify to minimize risk. This lesson is even more relevant today considering the current economic climate. So, you have a great concept, some popular menu items, and a decent dinner rush. Good. But your profit margins …
Read More »Why Doesn’t Your Social Media Bring In Customers?
Meet Bob. Bob might be considered equivalent to the strategic design behind, and the effective level of marketing across your social media profiles. Let’s take Bob off the internet and put him in your dining room to see how accurately he reflects your online presence and your overall performance. You …
Read More »Better Sales Don’t Change Your Restaurant’s New Reality
Restaurants take heart: change seems to be coming. After two years of declining growth and slowing spending, it appears that consumers are finally going to spend more this holiday season, not less. A flock of reports have been circulating in the retail and food service worlds pointing to positive growth …
Read More »Green Restaurant Tips: Looking Past Your Kitchen
While your kitchen may be by far the biggest energy user, it is by no means the only thing that racks up your monthly bills. Paying a little attention to some of the other energy drains in your business can help bring your overall energy use down considerably. Some tips …
Read More »Restaurant Food Safety Tips: Managing Temperature
Maintaining proper food temperature should be a constant process in your commercial kitchen, from the time it arrives through your back door to the time it arrives on the customer’s plate. When the delivery truck arrives, immediately check food products for temperature. Reject food that arrives above 41 degrees Fahrenheit. …
Read More »How To Price Local Foods On Your Menu
If you’re in the food service industry then you’ve heard about “local food” – ingredients sourced locally that are usually marketed as fresh, organic, and environmentally sustainable. And while local has fast become a red-hot trend in the restaurant business, some in the industry have wondered how to make local …
Read More »Restaurant Food Safety Tips: Proper Hand Washing
Health inspections are a regular part of life in any food service business, but too often it’s easy for a restaurant or commercial kitchen to fall into the trap of just passing the inspection rather than regularly practicing good food safety procedures. This series is intended to help your business …
Read More »3 Reasons Food Prep Equipment Helps You Cut Costs & Improve Quality
There’s nothing quite as exciting as watching a busy restaurant’s kitchen gear up for the dinner rush. Every chef and restaurateur knows that thorough preparation is the only way to effectively combat the chaos that is a kitchen during peak dinner rush. And that’s why the kitchen starts prepping hours …
Read More »Restaurant Management: 4 Ways To Invest In Your Staff & Why You Should
Hard times make it easy for small businesses like restaurants to forget about the things that make their operation successful. Revenues are down, customers are spending less, and costs only seem to be rising. The problem is, we are entering an era when the customer expects maximum value for their …
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