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Suzi LeBlanc, Fifth Group Restaurants, Atlanta

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<img alt="#thoughtfulthursday • Generally speaking, a restaurant is worth 3x to 4x their EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). Anything more may mean something is being neglected, misreported, or there is insufficient management running it." src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17870330588329448_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#thoughtfulthursday • Generally speaking, a restaurant is worth 3x to 4x their EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization). Anything more may mean something is being neglected, misreported, or there is insufficient management running it.

<img alt="#freshcontent for #businesstiptuesday • Any restaurant or group of restaurants that is performing well should be interested in growing. But growing doesn’t always mean building new units. M&A activity in large public chain concepts is well documented and thriving. #linkinbio" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17913011479675076_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#freshcontent for #businesstiptuesday • Any restaurant or group of restaurants that is performing well should be interested in growing. But growing doesn’t always mean building new units. M&A activity in large public chain concepts is well documented and thriving. #linkinbio

<img alt="#menumonday • Tide Tables Restaurant and Marina is named in tribute to the rhythm of tides and the commercial waterman’s way of life. Located in Cortez Village, the last working commercial fishing village on Florida’s gulf coast and a designated national historic district. If you find yourself at this seaside eatery, be sure to try their incredible clam fritters and blackened shrimp tacos!" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17955267847424652_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#menumonday • Tide Tables Restaurant and Marina is named in tribute to the rhythm of tides and the commercial waterman’s way of life. Located in Cortez Village, the last working commercial fishing village on Florida’s gulf coast and a designated national historic district. If you find yourself at this seaside eatery, be sure to try their incredible clam fritters and blackened shrimp tacos!

<img alt="#funfactfriday • We work with you to understand what your concept needs to do for you, and then collaborate to create the business of your dreams! #linkinbio" src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/167044698_464786698274749_3704576472576573569_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=IQElzhxHNOgAX__5fDj&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&oh=23656bb6cdbeb76e9c1c27dd8665303f&oe=609B60BC" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#funfactfriday • We work with you to understand what your concept needs to do for you, and then collaborate to create the business of your dreams! #linkinbio

<img alt="#thoughtfulthursday • Landlords specialize in real estate, not restaurant operations. Hire a third-party restaurant consulting firm to set up your restaurant operators for success and to save struggling concepts – the ones worth saving – from going underwater. You can even bake the consulting fee into your tenant improvement allowance because you’ll know the investment will deliver a worthwhile ROI" src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/166762989_921674871913441_6092820807902820261_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=W675eLIWbCMAX9_-y6L&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&oh=de0794b38d2361163a1f374620cc2294&oe=6099A295" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#thoughtfulthursday • Landlords specialize in real estate, not restaurant operations. Hire a third-party restaurant consulting firm to set up your restaurant operators for success and to save struggling concepts – the ones worth saving – from going underwater. You can even bake the consulting fee into your tenant improvement allowance because you’ll know the investment will deliver a worthwhile ROI

<img alt="#businesstiptuesday • To compete, at a minimum, you need a beverage program that features fresh squeezed juices, house-made mixers, and quality liquors. If you’ve worked hard to build a following for your food and service, but your bar program is not up to snuff, we can help you turn your bar into the profit center you imagined it would be. Make your bar the local favorite, while complimenting and enhancing your food offering. #linkinbio for more!" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17849413598540646_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#businesstiptuesday • To compete, at a minimum, you need a beverage program that features fresh squeezed juices, house-made mixers, and quality liquors. If you’ve worked hard to build a following for your food and service, but your bar program is not up to snuff, we can help you turn your bar into the profit center you imagined it would be. Make your bar the local favorite, while complimenting and enhancing your food offering. #linkinbio for more!

<img alt="While enjoying a wine tasting at @talkofthetable we were introduced to @fieldrecordingswine ‘s PPP wine. All profits of this bubbly, vivacious wine benefit local restaurants and wineries hit hardest by the pandemic. Cheers to a great cause! More info at the #linkinbio" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17873033276338035_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

While enjoying a wine tasting at @talkofthetable we were introduced to @fieldrecordingswine ‘s PPP wine. All profits of this bubbly, vivacious wine benefit local restaurants and wineries hit hardest by the pandemic. Cheers to a great cause! More info at the #linkinbio

<img alt="While 2020 was a challenging year for many businesses, including restaurants, there’s little doubt that customers have a long-standing attachment to eating out (and, increasingly, ordering takeout and getting meals delivered). Unlike some industries or businesses, you can be sure that restaurants aren’t a temporary fad. #funfactfriday" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17878208246296390_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

While 2020 was a challenging year for many businesses, including restaurants, there’s little doubt that customers have a long-standing attachment to eating out (and, increasingly, ordering takeout and getting meals delivered). Unlike some industries or businesses, you can be sure that restaurants aren’t a temporary fad. #funfactfriday

<img alt="#wisdomwednesday • as restaurants think more sustainably, a great place to start is the menu. Ingredients with a longer shelf life, whole foods, and buying local is a great place to start." src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17878436915201074_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#wisdomwednesday • as restaurants think more sustainably, a great place to start is the menu. Ingredients with a longer shelf life, whole foods, and buying local is a great place to start.

<img alt="New blog for #businesstiptuesday • Everyone has said for a year now that restaurants will not be the same when we come out of The Pandemic; that evolution is inevitable. Maybe the best way to look at this is to target what has changed. Redefining restaurants is a team effort and Blue Orbit Hospitality Consulting can lead that team for you! #linkinbio" style="opacity: 0;" data-src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17889426581031444_320.jpg" class="ig-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img alt="New blog for #businesstiptuesday • Everyone has said for a year now that restaurants will not be the same when we come out of The Pandemic; that evolution is inevitable. Maybe the best way to look at this is to target what has changed. Redefining restaurants is a team effort and Blue Orbit Hospitality Consulting can lead that team for you! #linkinbio" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17889426581031444_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

New blog for #businesstiptuesday • Everyone has said for a year now that restaurants will not be the same when we come out of The Pandemic; that evolution is inevitable. Maybe the best way to look at this is to target what has changed. Redefining restaurants is a team effort and Blue Orbit Hospitality Consulting can lead that team for you! #linkinbio

<img alt="New blog for #businesstiptuesday • Everyone has said for a year now that restaurants will not be the same when we come out of The Pandemic; that evolution is inevitable. Maybe the best way to look at this is to target what has changed. Redefining restaurants is a team effort and Blue Orbit Hospitality Consulting can lead that team for you! #linkinbio" style="opacity: 0;" data-src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17889426581031444_320.jpg" class="ig-img lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw=="><noscript><img alt="New blog for #businesstiptuesday • Everyone has said for a year now that restaurants will not be the same when we come out of The Pandemic; that evolution is inevitable. Maybe the best way to look at this is to target what has changed. Redefining restaurants is a team effort and Blue Orbit Hospitality Consulting can lead that team for you! #linkinbio" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17889426581031444_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

New blog for #businesstiptuesday • Everyone has said for a year now that restaurants will not be the same when we come out of The Pandemic; that evolution is inevitable. Maybe the best way to look at this is to target what has changed. Redefining restaurants is a team effort and Blue Orbit Hospitality Consulting can lead that team for you! #linkinbio

<img alt="Repost from @atladventurer for #menumonday • A new fried chicken pop-up from @farmburger called @farmbirdsatl 🐔 (inside the Buckhead Farm Burger location) The small menu focuses on high quality, heritage breed chicken, with original, ATL lemon pepper wet, and Nashville hot varieties. Each piece of chicken is brined in sweet tea then fried to order! You can pick up at the Farm Burger location or order for delivery online. Make sure to grab a side of their homemade lemonade too! • • • #friedchicken #atladventurer #atlantablogger #truetoatlanta #eateratlanta #discoveratl #atl #atlanta #eeeeeats #iloveatlanta #atlantaphotographer #yelpatlanta #buckhead" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17869611425362941_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

Repost from @atladventurer for #menumonday • A new fried chicken pop-up from @farmburger called @farmbirdsatl 🐔 (inside the Buckhead Farm Burger location) The small menu focuses on high quality, heritage breed chicken, with original, ATL lemon pepper wet, and Nashville hot varieties. Each piece of chicken is brined in sweet tea then fried to order! You can pick up at the Farm Burger location or order for delivery online. Make sure to grab a side of their homemade lemonade too! • • • #friedchicken #atladventurer #atlantablogger #truetoatlanta #eateratlanta #discoveratl #atl #atlanta #eeeeeats #iloveatlanta #atlantaphotographer #yelpatlanta #buckhead

<img alt="#funfactfriday • Our chefs, mixologists and gourmet retail experts are ready to help you launch menus that get noticed, win new customers…and keep them. From craft cocktails to breads and buns, Blue Orbit’s got ya covered!" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17855283062511754_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#funfactfriday • Our chefs, mixologists and gourmet retail experts are ready to help you launch menus that get noticed, win new customers…and keep them. From craft cocktails to breads and buns, Blue Orbit’s got ya covered!

<img alt="Whether your restaurant is serving a corned beef and cabbage special or coloring the beer green🍻 we’re wishing everyone a happy and safe #stpatricksday ☘️" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17898803902820706_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

Whether your restaurant is serving a corned beef and cabbage special or coloring the beer green🍻 we’re wishing everyone a happy and safe #stpatricksday ☘️

<img alt="#businesstiptuesday • At Blue Orbit, we have a lot of experience with property management and helping our restaurant tenants thrive. We are here to help from nurturing a new tenant building with their restaurant customer base to helping current restaurants thrive. Landlords seeking a property development consulting service or looking to craft the ideal lease with a new tenant can count on our expertise." src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17870147063307111_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#businesstiptuesday • At Blue Orbit, we have a lot of experience with property management and helping our restaurant tenants thrive. We are here to help from nurturing a new tenant building with their restaurant customer base to helping current restaurants thrive. Landlords seeking a property development consulting service or looking to craft the ideal lease with a new tenant can count on our expertise.

<img alt="This #menumonday we’re giving a shoutout to Crumbl! Not only do they have some of the most amazing cookies, but their marketing and weekly new flavor release is so well thought out! It makes you say “I just gotta have them!” Repost from @crumblcookies • Feelin’ LUCKY with this lineup ✨ . March 15-20 • 🍀 LUCKY CHARMS® (UPGRADE) • 🥜 SNICKERS® (NEW) • 🥧 KEY LIME PIE (NEW) • 🍫 MINT BROWNIE (NEW) • 🌈 RAINBOW SUGAR (only available 3/17) • 🍪 MILK CHOCOLATE CHIP" src="https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/160626809_523849685263974_5208323267806937281_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=hPfKPMGWCg0AX_ph0Jb&_nc_ht=scontent.cdninstagram.com&oh=5d64b66fabb541fcbdab5dca5dd41db9&oe=60989848" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

This #menumonday we’re giving a shoutout to Crumbl! Not only do they have some of the most amazing cookies, but their marketing and weekly new flavor release is so well thought out! It makes you say “I just gotta have them!” Repost from @crumblcookies • Feelin’ LUCKY with this lineup ✨ . March 15-20 • 🍀 LUCKY CHARMS® (UPGRADE) • 🥜 SNICKERS® (NEW) • 🥧 KEY LIME PIE (NEW) • 🍫 MINT BROWNIE (NEW) • 🌈 RAINBOW SUGAR (only available 3/17) • 🍪 MILK CHOCOLATE CHIP

<img alt="Every culture has their own variation and word for "Charcuterie" or snacks with alcohol: French Charcuterie, German Delicatessen, Italian Salumeria, Spanish Jamoneria, Japanese Ostumami, etc. #funfactfriday • • • • Source: @foodicles" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17894361895905638_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

Every culture has their own variation and word for "Charcuterie" or snacks with alcohol: French Charcuterie, German Delicatessen, Italian Salumeria, Spanish Jamoneria, Japanese Ostumami, etc. #funfactfriday • • • • Source: @foodicles

<img alt="Those of us who have been in the industry knows it keeps ya humble! #thoughtfulthursday" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17988456955326714_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

Those of us who have been in the industry knows it keeps ya humble! #thoughtfulthursday

<img alt="#freshcontent for #businesstiptuesday • Just as people are increasingly reading books on Kindles and other e-readers, they access restaurant menus on tablets and from their phones and laptops. There are several ways that technology is transforming menus. Read more at the #linkinbio" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17876818532159954_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

#freshcontent for #businesstiptuesday • Just as people are increasingly reading books on Kindles and other e-readers, they access restaurant menus on tablets and from their phones and laptops. There are several ways that technology is transforming menus. Read more at the #linkinbio

<img alt="Repost from @jinyaramenbar for #menumonday • At JINYA Ramen Express located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd, you can choose your favorite bowl, base and toppings and customize your ramen. 😉 How exciting is that?" src="https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/client/q_glossy,ret_img/https://www.blueorbiting.com/wp-content/uploads/ei-cache/17876605640209156_320.jpg" class="ig-img" style="opacity: 0;">

Repost from @jinyaramenbar for #menumonday • At JINYA Ramen Express located at 6801 Hollywood Blvd, you can choose your favorite bowl, base and toppings and customize your ramen. 😉 How exciting is that?

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