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You might have the best food in town, but if customers don’t order it, your restaurant is doomed. That’s why it’s so important to make sure your menu is the best it can be. Taking a few simple steps to plan, organize, and design your menu can make a world of difference to your restaurant’s success. Here are 20 ideas that can help you take your restaurant menu to the next level.

1. Organize your menu logically.

Don’t make your customers perform a…

Written by Ken Dalton, President, MRP Design Group

Virtually every commercial remodel or new facility construction requires permits these days. Many will require both a site and building permit. Permitting can be a very frustrating experience and is best left to someone with plenty of past experience. Some of the pitfalls you’ll need to navigate include:

ADA Compliance – The Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law in 1990, has been an ever…

As a business owner you will know that your time is short and typically every working moment is spent dealing with your endless to do list. Productivity is key and many things can slow you down stopping you from being as productive as you could be. Small changes to the technology you currently use could mean that you are making better use of your time. Technology is there to assist us and to make tasks as simple and quick as possible. Make sure you are…

1. Focus on your qualities

No matter what industry your business operates in, there’s always going to be a lot of competition. The marketplace is constantly changing, forcing businesses to re-evaluate their marketing strategies. In order to stick out from the crowd, you’ve got to set yourself apart from the others. Why are you better than your competitors? Why should consumers use your service or product versus another? If you’ve…

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Upselling is anything but new for most businesses. Where restaurants are concerned, it’s the oldest, most common trick in the book to increase check sizes and boost profits. At its best, upselling can look less like sales and more like customer…

No transition is ever easy. This is especially true in the workplace. You are prepared and experienced enough to perform your current job. The stresses and problems are familiar. You’ve worked out strategies for dealing with the day-to-day struggle.  You know what is expected, and you understand what you can expect from others.  Seniority, stability, and expertise all go out the door when you make a career change.

This is especially true when you move from a staff position to…

Upselling is an important part of any bar or restaurant’s marketing and sales strategy and an obvious way to boost revenue. However, there’s a delicate balance between offering helpful suggestions to your customers and becoming an annoyance.

Every bar and restaurant strives to ensure its guests have the most enjoyable and comfortable dining experience possible, and therefore, the last thing service staff should do is overly push them to order extra things they may not want. But, on…

Okay, we’ve all been there: seen a huge family walk through the front door, and dreaded the moment you had to serve that table. But it doesn’t have to be horrible! Here are some do’s and don’ts of serving a table with kids:

Do

1. Be patient

If you’re serving a family with small children, don’t expect to be able to take their order in just a few moments. Be patient and wait while everyone has the chance to finalize his or her order. It can be tricky,…

As many of you already know, I took over as President of FohBoh last week from Michael Atkinson, the founder of FohBoh and my mentor. Michael has worked extremely hard to make FohBoh what it is today and his contributions to FohBoh will play a large part in FohBoh's future as well.

Today, I want to introduce myself to those of you I haven't had a chance to interact with yet. I've been on the community for several months, under this profile as well as the main FohBoh profile,…

It is widely expected that the New York City Council will pass mandatory sick leave legislation at its May 8 meeting.  The law will force all New York City employers to provide their employees with unpaid sick leave and will require many to provide paid sick leave.

These new requirements will affect every business in New York City, as well as the professionals who service them.

Here is a summary of the provisions of the law, and a link to the…

You know what’s better than celebrating Cinco de Mayo? Celebrating it on the weekend! The party gods have smiled on us this year, allowing our favorite dia de la fiesta to fall on a Sunday… this Sunday… so let’s get this party started! You don’t have to be a Mexican restaurant to offer something special to your guests for Cinco de Mayo, so grab those sombreros, mix the margaritas and check out our five favorite ways to rock the 5^th of May!…

1. Focus on your qualities.…

A few months ago, I found a natural gas leak in my basement. While I watched my local gas company pull out and test my appliances and various gas lines in and around my house, I realized I could’ve taken some preventative measures. Because not all leaks are large enough to be detected by smell, it’s important to periodically test your restaurant equipment that is fueled by natural gas. The two most common ways to test for a leak is through a bubble test and using an electronic leak…

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People often underestimate just how efficient and convenient you can make most of your storage in the kitchen. And this occurs because magnets are the underestimated component. Yes, the very things that are probably sitting with bright colors on your fridge if you have…

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When it comes to restaurants (and well nearly everyone on Planet Earth), mothers trump all.  Mother’s Day has historically been the busiest sales day in the restaurant industry, even ahead of Valentine’s.  With…

In the past few years, as social media has boomed, most major companies have chosen to connect to their customers through these types of mediums. This has become an important tool for learning about what customers truly want and as a way to engage with them as never before. However, as effective as social media outlets, such as Twitter and Facebook, can be in improving relations with customers, they could just as easily hurt them. This means that maintaining strong security on your social…

Dear FohBoh members, friends and colleagues,

What an incredible journey it's been since November 2007 when we first launched FohBoh. The social web has changed everything and FohBoh has played its part. However, after 5 1/2 years creating, developing and passionately growing the leading B2B platform and brand for social networking engagement in the foodservice industry, I have decided to step down as President and CEO of FohBoh effective today. In…

Reported by foodem.com, the online wholesale food marketplace-

Mobile technology has made it easier than ever to find just about anything, but on this blog we talk about all things food. Since spring is here, why not do a little spring cleaning? De-clutter…

These days, more and more diners are turning to mobile devices like smartphones and tablets to quickly find information about nearby restaurants, bars and reservations. But did you know that the majority of restaurant websites are not designed or optimized for mobile use? According to Google research, over 60 percent of people using mobile devices return to Google in order to find…

Success is a habit – so is failure

Successful people share the same habits – so do dreamers

Behavior is fluid; we can shape and mold it.

Many people have evolved from behaviors that limited their future

Many people have developed the behaviors needed to help them succeed.

Complete the following exercise one step at a time. Do not read ahead.

#1 On a piece of blank paper brainstorm what you want out of life. When you run out of ideas…