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Food and Drinks Menu Pricing

  Menu Pricing: Getting the Food and Drinks Pricing Right: The Difference Between Succeeding and Going Under   Yes, having good quality food and drinks is the key to success, but so is the pricing. Think about influential restaurateur Barbara Lynch for instance. She credits the opening of her second and third restaurants to learning about […]

Animal Free? Are Vegan Restaurants the Next Big Food Trend?

Are Vegan Restaurants the Next Big Food Trend?   Veganism, defined as not consuming or using animal byproducts, has gone mainstream of late. It is no longer entirely acceptable to ignore vegans when designing your restaurant, and some established joints such as Gigi Pizzeria in Sydney, Australia, have gone meat free. In fact, vegan and […]

Restaurant Consumer Trends: Demographics, Lifestyle and Technology

  How Demographics, Lifestyle, and Technology are Changing Restaurant Consumer Trends   In general, demographics refer to quantitative characteristics such as age, gender, and geographic location used in marketing to segment large populations into small, marketable groups with similar characteristics and collectively influence many consumer trends, behaviors, and expectations. By understanding more about current and […]

Staying on Top of Food Trends

Food Trends   Going out to eat is more popular than ever. In recent years, restaurant spending has outpaced grocery spending for the first time in history. Restaurants that do well to attract customers usually emphasize the economical and convenient aspects of their foods and food services. Some of the highest grossing restaurants include McDonald’s, Subway, […]

Restaurant Sustainability: Is Your Waste a Waste?

  Restaurant Sustainability   Can you imagine adding up all the food wasted at your favorite restaurant in one day? Multiply that by seven days. And now by 30 days. Could that not be donated to your local charity to help the starving? Maybe multiple charities? Could the amount of waste not be decreased, so […]

Basics and Trends of Bar and Restaurant Cost Controls

Restaurant Cost Controls The success of your bar or restaurant depends on cost control as much as it depends on quality of drinks, food, service and the convenience of your location. As the owner of any establishment, you have a slim margin within which to work. The National Restaurant Association reports that in food service […]

An Increasing Number of Restaurants Are Becoming Sustainable

  Sustainable Restaurants According to a recent study by the National Restaurant Association (NRA), an increasing number of restaurants are employing methods designed to make sustainability an integral part of their businesses processes. The survey, which explored the sustainability practices of 500 restaurant owners and managers, found also that transparency in menus is becoming more […]

Running a Profitable Restaurant

  Running a Profitable Restaurant When it comes to operating a profitable restaurant, in an industry known for thin profit margins, attention to operational details means everything. Recruiting and retaining the best employees, selecting properly from among a myriad of food and beverage vendors, establishing cost-minimizing operational policies and procedures, identifying and implementing the best […]

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