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		<title>Reality is Catching Up to Gordon Ramsay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago we posted an article about the so-called business magician and chef extraordinaire called Gordon Ramsay who was showing others around the world how to run a restaurant. As predicted in the post titled Secrets to Running a Successful Restaurant – The Ramsay Revelation, celebrity chef&#8217;s who create &#8220;reality&#8221; TV shows do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surveys and Reports Just Verify What We Know on the Streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Restaurant Association released it&#8217;s latest report on the Restaurant Productivity Index for the month of June. For the 22nd consecutive month the report concludes business climate is down. No surprise there.  According to the NPD Group, a Chicago business research company, there are a net of 4000 fewer restaurants now than a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NRA Poll Shows Twitter Leading the Pack</title>
		<link>http://www.onawait.com/nra-poll-shows-twitter-leading-the-pack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A poll running the week of May 11, 2009 shows some insights on Twitter as an Internet social marketing tool.  According to the poll, 76% of all restaurants don&#8217;t use Twitter at all. Of the 24% who use Twitter, they use it for advertising and the format for distribution of coupons.
Arguably, Twitter seems to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Recession and the Dirty Little Secret Restaurateurs Can’t or Won’t Talk About</title>
		<link>http://www.onawait.com/the-recession-and-the-dirty-little-secret-restaurateurs-can%e2%80%99t-or-won%e2%80%99t-talk-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onawait.com/the-recession-and-the-dirty-little-secret-restaurateurs-can%e2%80%99t-or-won%e2%80%99t-talk-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:04:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Controlling Costs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[restaurant secrets]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone in the restaurant and hospitality business would agree that having a great staff is key to success. Your kitchen crew is essential to producing a food product guests will crave when the dinner bell rings in their head. Equally important are the people who serve and sell those culinary creations. The wait staff and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Quest to Open a New Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.onawait.com/the-quest-to-open-a-new-restaurant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[new]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While writing for this blog, I have been occupied for the last six months building and opening another new restaurant. The economy, reduced consumer spending at restaurants and increasing food prices has been on my mind like a cheap neon flashing OPEN sign at a rundown motel. Each decision brought that sign glaring, blasting into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets to Running a Successful Restaurant – The Ramsay Revelation</title>
		<link>http://www.onawait.com/secrets-to-running-a-successful-restaurant-%e2%80%93-the-ramsay-revelation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After all these years of running successful restaurants, I have had a true revelation!
With at least eight or ten episodes of Gordon Ramsay&#8217;s Kitchen Nightmares television &#8220;reality&#8221; 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 – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening a Restaurant? Terms May Confuse You</title>
		<link>http://www.onawait.com/opening-a-restaurant-terms-may-confuse-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onawait.com/opening-a-restaurant-terms-may-confuse-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Customer Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Restaurateurs come from many backgrounds. Most new owners never had formal training or experience with marketing. Commonly, I see the term advertising used interchangeably with the word marketing in the restaurant business. Advertising is just a small part of marketing, but unless you have the direct experience or training, the other components of the marketing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starbucks – A Total Disconnect</title>
		<link>http://www.onawait.com/starbucks-%e2%80%93-a-total-disconnect/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onawait.com/starbucks-%e2%80%93-a-total-disconnect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[closing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coffee]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s largest chain of coffee houses is getting a lot of publicity lately – most of it negative. Of course the closing of 600 plus stores started the ball rolling, but their problems started a long time before the economy went south.
In a recent interview, Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, outlined plans for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buzzword Building a Restaurant</title>
		<link>http://www.onawait.com/buzzword-building-a-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onawait.com/buzzword-building-a-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first time I heard the word &#8220;crowdsourcing&#8221; was about a year ago. It was in an article about a subject that I don&#8217;t even remember.  The term wasn&#8217;t really clear to me then and now crowdsourcing is being used to develop a restaurant in the Washington D.C. area.
What does crowdsourcing mean?  Let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Restaurant Location and Demographic Evaluation (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.onawait.com/your-restaurant-location-and-demographic-evaluation-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.onawait.com/your-restaurant-location-and-demographic-evaluation-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Other]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restaurant Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[demographics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part one of this post we discussed how to define your market and gather data to help evaluate your restaurant&#8217;s potential. This part of the article will identify the exact data to collect and the evaluations you need to make before opening a restaurant or to re-vitalize a marketing plan in an existing restaurant.
To [...]]]></description>
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