When you work in a restaurant, numbers can be your best friend or your worst enemy. Some days, they can be both. When profits are up, customer satisfaction rates are high, your balance sheet works out, and your inventory is in line, there’s no reason not to smile. However, poor record keeping and tracking of […]

In the following article you will learn why it is advisable for you to embrace e-mail marketing if you are serious about growing your bar trade or restaurant business. You will also learn how to start an email program for your restaurant or bar. As a business tool, email marketing is more powerful than ever. […]

2016 has been a very big year in the Restaurant industry and so it is time to look for what the big Restaurant Trends will be over the next 12 to 24 months, to help Restaurant owners better understand the dynamics of the industry that will affect them. There certainly has been a lot of […]

It may be true that we’re addicted to our smartphones – a recent study indicated that 54{c2b5dfb9b5f0deab13e85e7181b8d8b78f4b8d992d6f0287b77274cf9797a92b} of Facebook users only access the social media platform via their smartphone. For smart advertisers, this gradual customer shift to the mobile platform is good news. Smartphones have “location services,” meaning that Facebook and other apps can track […]

Let’s face it, no one looks forward to carrying out the bar stocktake. It’s boring, it’s time consuming, and it’s draining, especially if you’re counting at the end of a Sunday night shift. Even though it’s not the most desirable of tasks, as a bar manager or owner, you know that your stocktake is a […]