All Blog Posts Tagged 'restaurants' (201)

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There is nothing easy about running a business.  It can be an extremely difficult task.  Running a successful business, by contrast, can be nearly impossible to do, especially in an environment where failure is more of a guarantee than success.  Before anything else can be…

There is a great article on mobile apps written by Noah Glass, CEO of prominent online ordering software company, OLO. Incorporating online ordering and mobile apps into your restaurant or chain's digital strategy is an excellent way to increase sales and…

What’s This Pinterest Business?

Pinterest is an excellent platform to leverage whether you are seeking an innovative way to increase profits for your bar or restaurant or you simply want to keep up-to-date on social media trends. Incorporating what appears to be the fastest-growing social media site into your marketing strategy is an effective tool to add to your arsenal.

With more than…

Check out this interesting story - restaurant manager decides to shame reservation no-shows on Twitter, resulting in a backlash on Yelp. Is this fair? More importantly, is this even a good idea, regardless of fairness?

Carrie Stark grew up on her fathers farm and draws a lot of inspiration for her writing from those memories. While she moved off the farm years ago, she still maintains a small garden and loves to teach her friends how to make delicious sweet corn recipes.

Restaurants are a chance to be adventurous, to try new…

By Aprons & Smocks

With all of the anxiety related to the fiscal cliff, the payroll tax holiday has been given little media attention over the last few months. However, the fact that it quietly expired after 2 years could have a negative impact on consumer spending.

Although President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act, which extends the income tax rates of 2001 and 2003, it does not…

• So someone pointed out that Subway's Footlongs aren't really a foot long. They're sometimes a tad shorter, as much as an inch short. And because of that, people are suing this great chain?

• I say, "get a life." Much like McDonald's Quarter Pounder starts out at a quarter pound of uncooked meat, the cooking process decreases the weight of the burger, Subway's unbaked buns are twelve inches, but…

By Aprons & Smocks

Many positive signs point to an end to the recession in the coming months. But since the economy is recovering at a very slow pace, it means that restaurants and foodservice operators may have to increase their own expenditures during the year ahead. According to the 2013 Restaurant Industry Forecast, this prediction is likely.

Cost…

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

Now that the holiday season is over, most restaurants may experience a slump in foot traffic. While many Americans kept a close eye on their dining pennies during the holidays, millions chose to enjoy…

by Aprons & Smocks

Many economic indicators signal that the recession is slowly improving. But despite these positive signs, middle-income consumers are still hesitant to spend a substantial amount of money on dining out. According to a survey conducted by Technomic, Inc., middle-income people continue to be conservative in their spending habits, even though the economy is experiencing a…

By Aprons & Smocks

One good indicator that the economy has improved is that consumers are not as concerned with discounts when choosing their restaurant meals. According to research by the NPD Group, people aren’t putting value menus over every other consideration when it comes to dining out now. In fact, for the 12 months ending in August of 2012, non-deal restaurant traffic actually increased 1 percent. For the…

By Aprons & Smocks

If you’re in the market for spicing up your menu, you don’t have to look very far. Locally sourced ingredients are right in your neighborhood. From meats and cheeses to grains and even hot sauces, you can find fresh foods without having to negotiate with any middleman suppliers.

The Advantages of Local Ingredients in Your Food

The advantages of purchasing…

The elections are behind us, Thanksgiving has come and gone and many of you are embroiled in the Christmas/New Years rush!  Hardly time to think of all of the changes coming on line in 2013.  However, as savvy business men and woman who run operations on shoe-string budgets and penny margins, don't you think it's time to at least put the thought on the burner?

As an individual who went from running multi-unit, multi-million dollar operations to building a business development firm…

If you live in the greater NYC area, perhaps you’ve had this discussion with friends. You walk into an upscale bar and at the bottom of the menu, you see a fine print sentence scrawled out in gothic style calligraphic handwriting, “Our cocktail menu is curated by our in-house mixologist,” or a lovely sentiment with similar phrasing. A friend will inevitably roll their eyes and inquire as to the origin of the word mixologist, then…

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A recent article in the New York Times highlighted the idea that people remember negative experiences far more clearly than positive experiences, and these negative experiences have a much more…

What Restaurants Can Do to be More Kid-Friendly

by Aprons & Smocks

 It’s summer. That means parents and their children have more time to spend together. And families can be quite beneficial to the restaurant industry, if kid-friendly strategies are implemented correctly. In order to achieve an atmosphere that welcomes kids, there are certain concepts…

Share Our Strength officially launched the No Kid Hungry Allies Program in June. With 13 Allies in 12 states across the country, this milestone marks an important growth of the No Kid Hungry campaign’s national footprint.

The No Kid Hungry Allies program engages communities across the nation to end childhood hunger by surrounding kids with healthy food where they live, learn and play. Allies are committed to making the No Kid Hungry campaign model work in their state. This means…

As a previous employee of the foodservice industry, I know the dread of seeing a huge group of customers ready to come in and order all at once.  Mistakes are always made and it is very stressful for the employees to try and make all the customers happy.  Online ordering has resolved some of these issues and now with group ordering it is even easier for restaurants to deal with the difficultly of tackling large group orders. 

Online ordering systems have begun to adopt the idea of…