Running a successful restaurant kitchen doesn’t happen overnight. Restaurant kitchens are filled with stressful situations, many different personality types, and an unpredictable day-to-day working environment. If you currently, or hope to, manage a restaurant kitchen you will need these personality traits to be successful. 1. Strong Leader Being a strong [...]
1. Promote a “Friends-giving” restaurant event and take reservations. Then blast it on social media. Thanksgiving promotions can be a better alternative to cutting prices. To attract groups, offer a Friends-giving party with special offers. More importantly, let EVERYONE know about your event via E-blasts, your website and social [...]
Harvard Business Review predicted more than 30 years ago that point of purchase sales would only continue to become more important as impulse buying increased and customers became less inclined to listen to the more direct suggestions of out-of-store advertisements. The best POP areas for profits and increased sales work with [...]
You have a major investment on the line and one chance to do it right. Only 20 percent of new businesses survive beyond their first year and only half of those businesses remain after five years, according the U.S. Small Business Administration. A lot can happen between the inception, launch and [...]
Franchisees are an amazing asset for restaurants, but even the greatest assets can have drawbacks. There are three main ways in which franchisees can endanger your restaurant’s brand, often unknowingly. These problems often come with the territory of working with individuals and groups separated by distance and demographics. It helps to [...]
