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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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...
Digital World The world is turning digital. Almost every experience in the first world is influenced in some way by a digital footprint. There is no room for a luddite attitude if you want your restaurant to survive the saturated food industry. Survivors know how to use the tools...
Give And Gain With all of the professional and personal preoccupations that fill the holiday season, organizing charitable efforts on behalf of your restaurant is most likely not on the top of your list of to-dos. However, there are tremendous benefits to be gained by developing a charitable initiative...
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