The Blog
Clarity in writing.
Field notes from twenty-plus years of coaching independent restaurant owners. What works. What doesn’t. What the noise is hiding.
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Food Cost Formula to Find Target for Independent Restaurants
Searching for the food cost formula to find your target for your independent restaurant? Let's talk about the right question to ask and the best way to answer it.
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Restaurant Startup Mistakes I See Most Often in Independents
If you're wondering if you made three common restaurant startup mistakes when getting your restaurant open, or if you’re looking to open your first restaurant and want to avoid them, this tip is for you.
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How to Prepare for Massive Increase in Restaurant Sales
How to Prepare for Massive Increase in Restaurant Sales Are you ready? Do you have the staff you need? Do you have the systems in place to maximize every dollar that comes into the restaurant? David provides nine things to do right now to prepare for success.
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Restaurant Financial Reports Independent Owners Misunderstand
Do you look at your profit and loss statement only to see if you made or lost money the past month? Do you struggle actually knowing what goes into each line item? Let's change that and talk about three important restaurant financial reports independent owners often misunderstand.
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Restaurant Pricing Strategy to Get More Bang for the Buck
Everyone ties making money with increased sales and the easiest way to increase your sales is to raise your prices. But there’s a limit to how much you can raise your prices. Or is there? Click to watch this video to get a restaurant pricing strategy to get more bang for the buck.
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Restaurant Management System to Improve Menu Engineering
A key restaurant management system to improve menu engineering will help you do restaurant menu engineering correctly. Learn a restaurant management system to improve menu engineering.
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Restaurant Training: 10 Steps to a Great Service Training Plan
Restaurant Training: 10 Steps to a Great Service Training Plan for Independents. For today’s discussion, we focus on Darren’s 10 steps to building a great service training plan for your restaurant.
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Restaurant Menu Pricing Strategies That Work for Independent Operators
I want you to stop using your gut as your primary restaurant menu pricing strategy. To help you, I'm about to share with you restaurant menu pricing strategies that work for independent operators.
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Restaurant Food Cost Saving Ideas for Independent Owners
Restaurant Food Cost Saving Ideas for Independent Owners – If you want to lower your food cost, let’s review why moving past these two food cost myths will help you focus on restaurant food cost saving ideas for independent owners.
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Restaurateur Couple Shares Journey from Hobbyists to Entrepreneurs
If you’re working in your restaurant because you have a passion for hospitality and your restaurant is a dream you made come true, but you struggle to thrive in your business and your personal life, this episode of The Restaurant Prosperity Formula podcast is here to offer you inspiration.
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