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Cover story part 2: Rooms to let

By Restaurant Business Staff on Sep. 01, 2003

As though the food business weren't hard enough, some restaurateurs are opting to be innkeepers, too.

Kitchen calculations

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 31, 2006

Most of the food items you receive from suppliers are packed and priced using wholesale bulk sizes—crates, cases, bags or cartons. However, in kitchen production, the quantity in the package may be used for several different menu items.

Don't just offer desserts, sell them!

By Restaurant Business Staff on Feb. 20, 2008

Anybody can offer a dessert menu, but how do you read your customers to know the best approach to make the buy a dessert. Here are some suggestions.

Health insurance 101

By Tama Murphy on May 16, 2011

Bottom line: Health insurance is confusing and ready to get even more so. Every restaurant has questions. Be ready to give answers with this tutorial from...

Renzi Bros. - Looking out for the independents

By Restaurant Business Staff on Oct. 24, 2003

John Renzi, vice-president of operations and purchasing of the family-owned broadliner Renzi Bros. Inc., Watertown, NY, bemoans the absence a vibrant...

Win the real estate game

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 12, 2006

Want to beat the big guys in this game? You’d better find the right corner—or in-line or end-cap. “Of all the decisions a new restaurant owner will...

Thinking of Selling Your Business in the Next 3 Years: Consider These Issues First

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 09, 2008

This column addresses many of the key points a potential seller should consider. Please note that every company is different, so a tailored analysis of your...

Financing

How restaurants in Portland, Oregon, are thriving on Conscious Capitalism

By Sam Smith on May 01, 2012

In the late 1990s a group of Pacific Northwest wheat farmers took stock of a bitter reality. They were shipping product to far off, overseas commodity markets, where they had no control over falling prices.

PFG Reports Lower-than-expected Earnings while Sales Increase

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jan. 22, 2004

RICHMOND, VA - Performance Food Group Com. (Nasdaq:PFGC) announced that it expects earnings for the fourth quarter of 2003 to be in the range of $0.24 to...

The well-organized wine list

By Restaurant Business Staff on Mar. 14, 2006

Just as there is no single approach to successfully growing grapes, there is no one recipe for creating an effective wine list. If a restaurant’s wine list projects the notion that wine is for special-occasion dining only, then wine sales will surely suffer.

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