Keep Your Numbers Strong When Times are Tight The holidays have come to a solid close, but many people are still recovering financially from the season of good cheer. This is a particularly competitive period for restaurants. Eating out is one of the first things to go for the...
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Increase Your Restaurant’s Digital Curb Appeal this Year Traditional marketing techniques are obsolete in the digital age. Spending large amounts of money printing intricate menus to distribute around the neighborhood is akin to throwing money in the trash: that’s exactly where those menus end up. In order to attract...
Sustainability: Be A Part of the Future The savvy restaurateur recognizes that sustainability is not only a concern for green activists: sustainability is a matter of business. You may think that your restaurant is getting by just fine with its current practices; however, the facts point to a future...
Food Trends to Track in 2019 The food industry is ever-evolving; modern day consumers have unprecedented access to a huge variety of meal options. And the breadth of available options is ever growing. One constant that is apparent in current food trends is the growing awareness among consumers that...
Lessons from 2018 Your Restaurant Should Note Congratulations! You have survived a full year in the food industry. The most competitive and grueling of industries – arguably – but who’s arguing? The food industry is evolving at a breakneck pace. Recognizing the trends and changes adopted by successful restaurants...
New Year’s Resolutions for Your Restaurant As 2018 winds down to a close and we enter into a new year, this is the perfect time to assess your restaurant’s workflow and identify areas calling for improvement. In particular, focus on creating a strategy to eliminate unnecessary expenditures. The following...
How to Successfully Navigate the Holidays Consumer trends are shifting as millennials grow in their influence. Millennials and Gen Zers are restructuring the holiday dining norms. A significant portion of these generations opt-out of the typical in-home holiday meal arrangements for dining-out options. With the growing demand for dining...
Don’t Forget the Details – Cut Sneaky Costs Restaurants lose a lot of money by neglecting areas in which small amounts of money are siphoned off unnecessarily. One of the major areas in which this occurs is accurate shift logging. Staff should not regularly clock in early. Yet, this...
Millennials Matter As time goes on, a change in power is inevitable. Millennials are quickly becoming the dominant consumer demographic, even supplanting baby boomers in restaurant-related consumer spending. Millennials are distinct from other generations in their likes and subsequent spending habits. The future is now. Restaurateurs must cater to...
Restaurant Taboos You Should Break Nothing is certain in life. Something common, however, is the propensity people have to stay within their comfort zones. This is a fatal character flaw in the restaurant industry. Julia Gillard sums up the need for innovation well when she says: “Our future growth...
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