You wonder. Everybody does. Especially in an economy where every sale matters. Just how well is the restaurant across the street really doing? In this free worksheet, we look at the four most important numbers to know about your competition — and your own restaurant — and what you can do to monetize that data:
Which Time Tracking Software Works for Your Restaurant?
97% of businesses believe project management is critical to performance. However, according to research conducted by Standish Group, less than 1/3 of projects are finished as planned – on time and on budget. This discrepancy shows a wide gap within the project management field. For restaurants, time tracking software becomes all the more crucial, since
Restaurant Accessibility: How to Accommodate Your Guests
One of the most basic goals of any restaurant is to provide a comfortable and enjoyable experience for every guest. Unfortunately, many guests with special needs find restaurant accessibility is lacking. This brings unnecessary frustration or embarrassment to the experience of disabled customers and their companions. Many tasks that seem easy to others, from navigating
What Restaurant Owners Should Look for in a Commercial Real Estate Lease
Restaurant owners who believe they’ve found the ideal space to serve their customers can use a few tricks to get the best possible deal on their commercial real estate lease. It all starts with understanding the terms laid out in the many pages of the official document. A restaurant lease is far more complicated than
5 Tips for Working with Restaurant Equipment Suppliers
Making large, capital purchases for your restaurant is always stressful. You want every big purchase to be a lucrative investment for your business, but how do will you know what kind of return on investment you’ll be getting? What if you make the wrong choice? And nothing is quite as anxiety producing as buying restaurant
Restaurant Equipment: Keeping It Safe, Efficient, and Profitable
Every restaurateur will tell you: one of the biggest investments you can make is in your kitchen equipment. What you buy and how you maintain it over time could make the difference between years of happy service and struggling with one expense after another. Is your restaurant working with the right equipment? In our e-book,
How Restaurant Gift Cards Can Bring You Profit
Without a doubt, product expansion has the potential to bring big profits to small businesses. Restaurants should always be brainstorming what other products they can effectively sell besides — or separate from — regular items on their menus. Such expansions could include a packaged version of an original ingredient, like jam or barbecue sauce, or
How to Understand and Use Restaurant Data to Drive Profit
For many restaurant owners and managers, analyzing data about their restaurant is daunting, to say the least. If you aren’t particularly tech- or math-savvy, it may feel like learning a completely different language. But it’s critically important to understand and consistently evaluate your restaurant data. Restaurant data helps guide your decisions, from short-term things like
Do You Know Your Restaurant's Return on Ad Spend?
“If you build it, they will come.” That’s the dream, right? You work hard to build your restaurant into the perfect dining experience for customers, prepare your staff, open your doors, and the diners will just start streaming in. Right? Unfortunately, opening a restaurant is only half the process toward having a successful business. If
How to Design Effective Restaurant Window Signs
Despite the old adage, sometimes a book is actually judged by its cover. Or rather, a restaurant is judged by its exterior. Your food, service, interior décor, and restaurant window sign can be wonderful, but if walkers by don’t find any of it appealing from the outside (or can’t figure out where your restaurant is
