8. Guest Bloggers

By Willis Getchell, CEC, M. Ed. Food cost can be the 600-pound gorilla sitting in the corner of your operation, demanding constant attention. After you’ve priced your menu effectively, checked [...]

By Willis Getchell Although I spend most of my time in the back of the house, I spend a fair amount of time eating in restaurants. We all know that the reputation of a restaurant can be made or [...]

Guest Post By Willis Getchell, M. Ed., CEC Here is a list of seven things employees hate and lessons leaders can learn from them: Employees hate surprises. Employees like to know what they’re [...]

  Guest Post By Willis Getchell, CEC Recipe costing cards set the standard and save money One of my fellow instructors was doing some consulting with a local restaurant recently. On three [...]

Guest Post by Josh Gerben of Gerben Law Firm It was Shakespeare who first asked the question, “What’s in a name?” — and when it comes to small businesses like restaurants, the answer is [...]

Guest Blog Post By Patrick Solum of Retail Data Systems   Experts predicting a “tsunami of viruses” as operating system support ends. Let’s face it, the media loves a technical disaster story. In [...]

Guest Blog by Jay Siff of Moving Targets Oh ye of little faith. If you’re a small, independent restaurant, you’re probably convinced you can’t possibly compete in the marketing arena against [...]

Recently I was elated to find one of my local restaurants did a menu update after what seemed like years! The menus arrived at the tables nicely creased and with vivid colors on the cover, and I [...]

Guest Blog Post By Sandy Korem of The Catering Coach Fear is often a barrier holding many restaurant owners back from realizing the good opportunities and the success that off-site catering can [...]

Guest Blog Post By Kristen Gramigna of BluePay Some consider mobile payments the wave of the future in many industries, and as a restaurant owner or manager, you may have taken notice. Mobile [...]