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Advice & tips for the restaurateur

Marketing / Sales

Cost Control

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Cost Control

15 Keys To Success

The manager is the single most important position in your restaurant. Managers influence the attitude and behavior of all restaurant employees. In order to ensure

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Cost Control

Productivity

The actual level of productivity of most restaurant employees never comes close to their true capabilities, but they still complain when asked to do more.

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Restaurant Start-Up

Restaurant Start-Up

How To Start A Restaurant (Part 4)

Restaurant Fixtures and Equipment Whether an existing restaurant is purchased, or a new operation takes over a previously occupied space, some or all of the

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Restaurant Start-Up

How To Start A Restaurant (Part 3)

Personnel Availability An owner considering an additional or new operation should ensure that there is a sufficient number of willing workers available. In many locations,

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Restaurant Start-Up

How To Start A Restaurant (Part 2)

Target Customers A restaurant’s choices in menu, atmosphere, and prices are generally made with the objective of attracting a specific type of customer, such as

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Human Resources

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Human Resources

COACHING

Whether your job training program uses on-the-job training or group training, or both, themost important component of your program is not the actual training, but

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Leadership

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Leadership

Who’s To Blame?

When something goes wrong in an organization, the first thing many bosses want to know is: “Who did it?” “Who’s to blame?” That’s not a

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Miscellaneous