This article will deal with common maintenance issues regarding commercial gas kitchen equipment. I will address issues with electric equipment in a future article. It has been my experience that most commercial restaurant equipment is operated with natural gas. In general I believe gas equipment to be better than electric …
Read More »Green Restaurant Tips: Recycling Feels Good
Unlike the tips previously offered in this series, recycling probably won’t save your restaurant or commercial kitchen money. And recycling will probably add work to your schedule and headaches to your day. So why recycle? Well, there are a few very compelling reasons, and not all of them altruistic, for …
Read More »9 Restaurant Management Tips
As you know, restaurant management is more than a full time job. It means long hours and lots of hard work. Here at The Back Burner we understand that restaurant managers and owners are always on the go and that every day is a challenge to meet revenue goals, keep …
Read More »How Much Does Hiring The Wrong Person Cost You? (And 4 Simple Ways To Fix It)
OK, I’ll admit it: there’s no way to actually estimate what a bad hire will cost your business. While that one bad decision may be hard to quantify, there are still plenty of areas where you’re bound to see the negative effects: Lost productivity Wasted recruiting effort and money Bad …
Read More »Is Restaurant Marketing Technology Getting Scary?
Mobile marketing is beginning to sound like the movie Minority Report, where pedestrians had their retinas scanned by computers as they walked by stores and voices addressed them by name and encouraged them to buy products tailored to their personal preferences. That would be scary, but it’s never gonna happen …
Read More »Commercial Mixers: How To Buy A Good One And Make It Last Forever
The planetary mixer is a mainstay chunk of equipment in many commercial kitchens. Whenever your restaurant or bakery needs a large project done, and done well, more than likely you’re turning to the mixer taking up a whole corner of the kitchen. The tasks you can perform with a well …
Read More »9 Back Burner Posts That Will Boost Your Profits
After three months and 124 posts, The Back Burner is fast becoming a wealth of information for anyone involved in the restaurant industry. The downside of putting up so much content, however, is that some really good posts kind of get lost in the mix and are quickly buried in …
Read More »Suggestive Selling Sells Itself!
What do you like about your favorite restaurant? I have a few personal favorites and the reasons are simple and I suspect they are the same as yours. I’m talking about casual dining, not the five-star, upscale dining experience. Most of us don’t go to those establishments on a regular …
Read More »4 Steps To Managing Your Reputation Online
Everyone’s got an opinion. And in the internet age, everyone can and does voice their opinion online. A short search online will bring back at least one person’s opinion about every kind of business under the sun, from eye doctors to painters. Restaurants are particularly targeted by the masses of …
Read More »When Will The Restaurant Industry Finally Get Labor Right?
It was taken as a good sign recently when the Nation’s Restaurant News reported that employee turnover in the restaurant industry was on the rise for the first quarter of 2011. This means more jobs are being created and more vacancies need to be filled in the restaurant business than …
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