Here is an interesting article from www.philly.com about the growing popularity of culinary consultants. Recipe creation, staffing, training and menu development are just some of the areas where culinary consultants can assist restaurant owners. Read what is happening as a trend in Philadelphia by reading the linked article…
For help developing menus and creating recipes for your restaurant, visit www.bodellconsulting.com and contact Brandon O’Dell.
This article will be one of the most important I’ve ever written for restaurant owners and managers in other food services. In this article, I’m going to do something you won’t see from another consultant. I’m going to share with you the exact steps of an action plan I created to help a restaurant create a food cost fitness program, along with some helpful commentary from me.
Short article about great news for San Francisco restaurateurs. San Francisco is easing city permit “hoops” to jump through in a city that was previously micromanaging its restaurant industry. State regulations on restaurants are already tough enough for potential California restaurant owners.
San Francisco approves simplified restaurant regulations – San Francisco Business Times.
We’ve completed a long overdue makeover of the O’Dell Restaurant Consulting Webstore! It now has a shopping cart and a much “cleaner” feel to it.
Our most popular downloads in the webstore are our Food and Liquor Inventory spreadsheets, our Recipe Costing spreadsheet, Daily Sales and Ideal Cost tracking spreadsheet, and our Chef Employment Contract.
There are also several other great downloads from Performance Appraisals and a Manager’s Log to the Employee Record and Attendence tracker.
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In the linked article, a successful BBQ restaurant in Gilbert, AZ shares a couple marketing tips he and his partners use to market their restaurant. None of these tips include buying ads or issuing coupons.
I was lucky enough to eat at one of their other restaurants, Joe’s Farm Grill, while in Arizona a few weeks ago. They grow and/or raise nearly everything they serve right there on the same farm where the restaurant is located. It’s the definition of the word “fresh”.
How to create word of mouth buzz for a restaurant | Owner Interview from Restaurant Hospitality
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Here’s an article from Nation’s Restaurant News about sales predictions for 2012. According to the study, everything is looking rosy. The question to you is, “Since this study only contains data from the Top 500 largest chains, does this study suggest restaurant sales overall are going up 3.4%, or does it suggest that independent restaurant competition is weakening for the chains and they are taking a larger marketshare of the consumers budget?”
Since this report also recognizes that most the previous and expected gains have been in quick service restaurants, it suggests that consumers are still being careful with their dining dollar, looking for value in quick casual restaurants instead of full service restaurants. Time will only tell what the real deal is. I tend to trust studies that include a large sampling of independent restaurants. They are a better indicator of the overall market and health of the industry in my opinion.
Restaurant sales rose 3.4% in 2011 | Nation’s Restaurant News.
To help organize your restaurant systems so you can compete with the chains, visit www.bodellconsulting.com.
We’ve completed a long overdue makeover of the O’Dell Restaurant Consulting Webstore! It now has a shopping cart and a much “cleaner” feel to it.
Our most popular downloads in the webstore are our Food and Liquor Inventory spreadsheets, our Recipe Costing spreadsheet, Daily Sales and Ideal Cost tracking spreadsheet, and our Chef Employment Contract.
There are also several other great downloads from Performance Appraisals and a Manager’s Log to the Employee Record and Attendence tracker. We have a few new downloads in development too. Stay tuned!
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Here’s an article from Nation’s Restaurant News about a recently released study examining breakfast habits.
Consumers’ changing breakfast habits favor restaurants | Nation’s Restaurant News.
For assistance putting together a great, manageable menu for your restaurant, visit www.bodellconsulting.com.
One of the scariest things to do for a restaurant owner is to change their menu. There is nearly always a fear that taking one wrong item off the menu will result in all a restaurant’s business slowly dwindling away. There’s a fear that raising prices will chase off all the customers, that EVERYONE will see all the changes and rebel!
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