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Starting a Restaurant? Now May Be the Time
Before you label me insane, let’s do a little thinking. Yes, the economy may be the worst in at least 25 years, food costs are sky high and consumers have reduced their restaurant visits. However, look at the positive aspects of starting or buying a restaurant:
The economic conditions show signs of bottoming out. That means [...]
Rare Visit to a Chain Restaurant – Independents Will Survive!
I am not a food critic in the formal sense of the word. I don’t like chain restaurants and have made my biases clear in previous posts. You can take all the Chili’s, Fridays, Applebee’s and what is left of Bennigans, strip all the logos and color schemes away, and you have carbon copy eateries. [...]
Small Silver Lining in Clouds for Restaurants?
While all of the economic turmoil is whirling around the media, Wall Street and political forums, there is something happening in the background that may be a silver lining for the restaurant industry. If you look closely in the crevices of the commodities there are some interesting price fluctuations going on with food and wholesale [...]
Restaurant Survival – Mom & Pop Restaurants, Heart of America
There is no question this year will end with a record number of closed restaurants. Chains and independents alike are feeling the three pronged attack of escalating food costs, less consumer spending and predatory fuel costs. While it saddens me to see any business shut down, the mom and pop restaurants struggling to compete with [...]
Restaurant Menu Theory Tested in Key West
Immediately after posting the article preceding this one about menus needing chicken noodle soup, I left for a business function in Key West, Florida. Arguably, there is no one mile stretch of pavement in the country that has more restaurants than Duval Street. You also won’t find any more basic marketing than all of these [...]
