The worst feeling in the world is getting a great opportunity to network or market your restaurant… and not being able to find any of the information you need to seal the deal. Running a business is stressful enough without making a mad dash around your office every time you need to find a specific
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Get a Jump on Summer: 6 Menu Trends for Restaurants
Even before warmer weather is upon us and schools start letting out — giving college students and families more time to enjoy meals outside the house — your restaurant should start planning for the summer season. You want to entice new and returning guests to come out to your place and enjoy themselves while the
Wall to Wall: Choosing Restaurant Paint, Wallpaper, and Flooring
It may seem perfunctory to say so, but both flooring and walls are crucial elements to any restaurant’s interior design. They’re the base upon which all other aspects of your restaurant’s design is built. The good news is that you have numerous options when it comes to paint, wallpaper, and flooring. The bad news is…
Sit Yourself Down: Choosing the Right Seating for Your Restaurant
There are many reasons customers make repeat visits to your restaurant. Chief among them, as our latest free eBook surmises, are quality, personable service, and the ability to earn rewards. Your food needs to impress. Your service needs to impress. Guests need to feel like they’re getting a great value for the money they spend.
Light It Up: Choosing the Right Lighting for Your Restaurant
So much of a restaurant operator’s focus is put onto designing the menu, the seating, the decorations… but how much of that ends up sabotaged if the guests can barely see any of it? Lighting is an aspect of restaurant design that can be easily overlooked by even the most seasoned of owners or managers.
The Difference Between Sales, Revenue, Profit, and Cash Flow
All too often, we are at a loss for words when it comes to talking finances. It’s no surprise. Money is one of those few things our mothers told us was impolite to discuss in public. More than that, discussing money can make a business owner feel vulnerable and open to scrutiny — especially if
How to Build Your Restaurant Bar Inventory
Managing a restaurant bar can be daunting. Every concern, responsibility, and task you have for your food inventory is now doubled by introducing liquor to the mix. Twice as many distributors. Twice as many menus. More employees. More upfront expense. But if you’re successful, your bar can also generate more patrons and higher revenue. There’s
Flush It Out: 7 Tips for Your Restaurant Bathroom Renovation
It’s easy to overlook them as a particularly crucial element to your business, but your restaurant’s restrooms can play an important part in its success. A poorly maintained or dirty looking restroom can be a major turn-off in the guest experience. A survey recently conducted by SCA Tissue North America found that nearly one out
The 7 Do’s and Don’ts of Tasting Menus
Whether you think it’s an extravagant dining experience or an opportunity to showcase your restaurant, offering a tasting menu is consistently a top trend among the some of the most highly-acclaimed restaurants. Adding a tasting menu to your restaurant’s repertoire isn’t just an attempt to gain critics’ attention. The benefits of this business strategy also
How to Calculate the ROI of Your Restaurant Marketing Strategy
Getting the most bang for your buck on a restaurant marketing strategy is critical, especially when your marketing dollars are limited. And, with so many traditional and digital marketing opportunities available to the restaurateur, it can be a daunting task to understand where to spend those dollars. And then, how do you calculate the return
