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Who is the target market for your restaurant?

October 17th, 2008 · No Comments

This may be the most important question you can answer when designing a restaurant concept. It is definately the most important question to answer when creating a marketing plan.
One of the biggest mistakes restaurants make is trying to appeal to everyone. If you think that your target market includes everyone, you are setting yourself up [...]

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What’s the difference between retail and restaurants?

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Many new owners think that running a restaurant will be easy if they’ve worked in the retail world. While all their retail skills do help, there are major differences between owning and operating a retail shop, and operating a restaurant.
These include:
In the food biz, you are also the warehouse and manufacturer of the product you [...]

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