It’s a restaurateurs worst nightmare. You’ve spent months (perhaps years) preparing for your grand opening. You’ve selected the theme of your restaurant, picked the perfect location for success, and created a killer menu. While these are all vital steps in opening a restaurant, many owners overlook the importance of selecting the correct equipment. This oversight [...]
We’re sure you’ve heard a lot of talk these days about the growth and influence of Groupon, but is it worth it for your business? Groupon is a website that offers deal-of-the-day promotions from different businesses (restaurants, salons, bowling alleys, bookstores, etc…) specifically catered for 100′s of cities in the United States, as well as [...]
As the final days of 2010 dwindle, it is the perfect opportunity to analyze future trends in restaurant growth and development. Just about every food related website, magazine, and firm have compiled lists highlighting their predicitons for 2011. Some of the trends can be easily incorporated into your existing business, while others may require a [...]
My wife and I went to our favorite restaurant the other day and noticed quite a few vacant seats. After being seated we saw the owner, who we knew quite well and asked why he had this many open seats when he is normally full this time of day. His answer was what we have [...]
The Holidays are almost upon us and with it comes the prospect of holiday parties and buffets. Some items you may want to check on are your chafing dishes. Chafing dishes can be as low as $38.95 up to one costing more than one thousand dollars. Usually these can be silver plated or have gold [...]
Economy bottomed out? Business on the increase? Looking to have to hire more help? Now is the time to look at the small things that you know you need but have put off buying. Look at your thermometers, every piece of refrigeration should have one in it even though there may be one on the [...]
We made it through the summer and by some indicators the economy is at least stable if not improving. Some economic indicators say that a sign of improvement is if food service is looking to hire new employees. Some of the equipment purchases you may consider for improving efficiency are new refrigerated sandwich prep tables, [...]
It is so important to find the equipment you NEED not the equipment you WANT. According to Jerry Kraushaar, chef and restaurant equipment sales consultant: As a sales person in the food service equipment industry we come across a great deal of people that want to start a restaurant with very little knowledge or experience. [...]
Whether your buying a new microwave for the home, or a new commercial refrigerator for the business there are various tools that you can use online to find the right item at the best price. Price comparison shopping has become one of the most popular ways to shop now, using shopping networks. Shopping Networks Shopping [...]
The other day I was out eating at a local sports diner. I happend to notice the dishware that was given to me and my guests were of different patterns. It seems that businesses do not fully realize the impression they are leaving on patrons by serving food on old out-of-date or different patterned dishware. New dishware is [...]
