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How Restaurant Owners Can Stop Making the Same Mistakes

Sales are down, profits are almost nonexistent, you are getting bad reviews online, and you cannot keep good staff. What do you do? Sadly, most restauranteurs turn to the same reactionary solutions, but they never work. Solution Number 1: Hire New Managers Seems like a good idea. Bring in some new talent, but you soon …

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5 Ways to Capture Summer Sales

Summer is a great time for restaurants to increase their profits. With warmer weather, longer days, and more people going out to dine, there are plenty of opportunities for restaurants to attract new customers and boost their sales. Let’s explore some tips on how restaurants can maximize their profits this summer. Update Your Menu – …

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Why Hire a Restaurant Management Company?

Restaurant owners face a variety of challenges in running a successful restaurant, from managing day-to-day operations to developing marketing strategies and ensuring financial stability. Outsourcing oversight to a restaurant management company can provide many benefits for restaurant owners, including: Expertise: Restaurant management companies employ experienced professionals who have a deep understanding of the restaurant industry. …

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Save Your Restaurant by Saving Your Managers

Save Your Restaurant by Saving Your Managers So much has been written about the effect COVID had on restaurant staffing. There was a mass exodus from the industry because hourly employees realized they were being underpaid with no benefits for exceptionally hard work. Expecting no change in the way restaurants were run, many never returned, …

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We Need More Women in Restaurants!

Over 14,000 restaurants open every year, yet women are underrepresented as managers, chefs, and investors.  Should we fix that because “it’s the right thing to do” or because we’re seeking to “level the playing field” in a male-dominated industry? Why should men surrender their dominance just to make room for women…because society says so? Sign …

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How to Run a Kitchen – 11 Critical Systems

Kitchens are the engines that drive restaurants. They are wonderlands of food production capacity and capability. But, above all else, they are the factories in which raw materials are converted into products for retail sale. When you look at a kitchen as a production facility, you can easily imagine the need for it to run …

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5 Things Real Estate Developers Should Know About Leasing to Restaurants

Over the years we’ve helped many restaurants and landlords work with each other and have seen ugliness on both sides. We’re often baffled at the lack of empathy each side can have for one another. For instance, Landlords have a mortgage to pay. When tenants seek rent abatement because they’re not profitable or they are starting …

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Restaurant Fiscal Calendars – The Silver Bullet

One of the biggest problems we find when we’re trying to help struggling restaurants is that they can’t really “see” their business. Their managers work hard, often 70 to 80 hours per week. They enact policies to cut staff when its slow or they endlessly pursue cheaper ingredients and/or portion control, but efficiency often proves …

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Restaurant Gig Labor – A Solution to the Great Resignation

Every day, local and national news agencies report on the state of the labor market. Governments anchor their discussion on unemployment rate, citing moving average trends or comparing today to a year ago. Business owners lament generational work ethic variances. Progressives blame a lack of career advancement opportunities while Conservatives blame liberal child rearing strategies …

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