12 Ideas for a Profitable 2005
1. Join a co-op When it comes to marketing muscle, size counts. Ten restaurants in the Boise area found that out when they joined Idaho's Local Flavor,...
What's Your Exit Strategy?
IN MANY RESPECTS, the restaurant industry is no different from most other industries. It faces the same cyclical ups and downs, changing consumer preferences...
Making Your Dough Rise
THAT SMELL: Freshly baked breads and pastries are irresistibly seductive. HANDS ON: As important as your big baking equipment is, don't forget that baker...
Nick Valenti Doesn't Know Seinfeld
How did you hook up with Restaurant Associates? As a teen, I worked at my brother's restaurant on Long Island, and then went on to school to learn hotel-restaurant...
Yawn Patrol
FOOD FOCUS: Breakfast-only operations enjoy a number of practical advantages. EGG-ONOMICS: Low food costs make breakfast a profitable proposition. It's...
Look Before You Leap
It may seem simple, yet it is often overlooked. When choosing an Internet hosting provider for their websites, the majority of business owners or companies...
How Inflation Affects Your Restaurant
BALANCING ACT: Shrewd operators know the importance of keeping their menu pirces in line with inflation. STICKER SHOCK: That $100 produce bill from 1983...
Little Things Add Up
CHAIN REACTION: Happy staffers help create happy customers - and sweeter profits. At O'Charley's, it's a matter of keeping "The Promise." At Panda Inn,...
To Market, To Market
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE: The back page of menus at Piatti locations talks about the sources of some locally obtained ingredients. EMPTY FREEZERS: "Our walk-ins...
Are You Clickable?
Internet access at home is now a reality for 75 percent of Americans, reports Nielsen/NetRatings. Many are using the web to find restaurants: 40 percent...
Reeling 'Em In
MITCHELL'S FISH MARKET CONCEPT: Upscale seafood restaurant OWNERSHIP: Cameron Mitchell Restaurants LEADERSHIP: Cameron Mitchell, president LOCATIONS:...
Who's Your Cash Custodian?
Periodically, all family businesses need to make an objective evaluation of their key financial metrics and the person who is responsible for them. Typically,...
Know Your Tip Reporting Rights
Congress is considering the IRS' power to estimate tip income. PAPERWORK: IRS Form 8027 requires many restaurants to disclose credit card receipts and...
Shipshape at Landry's
At a Glance Headquarters: Houston Years in business: founded in 1980; went public in 1993 Founder and CEO: Tilman Fertitta Units: approx. 300 2003 Sales:...
Mother Knows Best
Mother's Bistro and Bar Opened: January 2000, Portland, OR Owners: Lisa Schroeder and Rob Sample Concept: Home-style food using recipes from mothers around...
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