Resources
Restaurant Lessons from a Recession (Part Two) – Marketing
Perhaps marketing is the most challenging task a restaurateur faces with or without the impact of a recession. Recognizing that there is a recession is always in hindsight and pinpointing the day it started is impossible. You don’t wake up one morning and the newspaper headlines tell you your business is down, people are losing [...]
Finding Breakeven for a New Restaurant May Be Elusive for Months
Notwithstanding the current economic conditions, which complicate projections, a breakeven revenue number may be difficult to determine for new restaurant startups. Most restaurant operators look at fixed costs, employee costs, the average cost of goods(a percentage), administrative costs and deduct those numbers from hypothetical monthly sales figure. In theory, the formula should work.
The new restaurant [...]
Social Networking – The Downside for Restaurants Starting to Appear
You probably don’t know this but I am a 35 year old, tall, dark and handsome gentleman. I have homes in Florida, France and New York, two airplanes and a 200 foot yacht. Now if you believe that, I will write a review about your restaurant too!
As you can easily determine, you can be whatever [...]
Online Resources for Busy Restaurant Owners
A question was submitted to one of the websites that I write for, All Experts, asking ways that busy restaurant owners can keep up with trends, information and subjects of interest on a daily basis. On the face of it, that may seem like an easy question to answer. The Internet is an obvious solution, [...]
Secrets to Running a Successful Restaurant – The Ramsay Revelation
After all these years of running successful restaurants, I have had a true revelation!
With at least eight or ten episodes of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares television “reality” show under my belt, a miracle occurred. Yes an undeniable mind clearing revelation that could change the restaurant world. All of us that operate restaurants take heed – [...]
