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By David Scott Peters Take this self-quiz to measure your fit with my upcoming workshop. At dinnertime, do you often have more empty seats than customers? Your sales are up, but your profits are [...]

Start the year right and make a decision to finally tackle the things in your business that you’ve been forced to put on the back burner. First priority – figuring out how to make [...]

It’s New Year’s Resolution time. This year, did you make some of the resolutions common to independent restaurant owners? A promise to get your life back and work fewer hours? How about to [...]

Myth or fact? There’s no need to write down your mission. After all, you’ve told people what they’re supposed to do and they should just do it. Myth Write your mission statement down and then [...]

Myth or fact? Family-run businesses should have an organizational chart. Fact In a family-owned restaurant there are official roles and job duties. But oftentimes there are also unofficial roles [...]

Myth or fact? There’s no reason to assign roles in a family-run restaurant because everyone knows their place. Myth Ha! This one makes me laugh out loud. It is a complete misnomer to think that [...]

Myth or fact? In a family-run business, it’s easiest and best to just keep doing things the way they’ve always been done. Myth It’s not uncommon to hear, “that’s how we’ve always done it,” when I [...]

By David Scott Peters It’s New Year’s Resolution time. This year, did you make some of the resolutions common to independent restaurant owners? A promise to get your life back and [...]

By David Scott Peters I’m cleaning out my product cabinet to make room for updated versions. You know what that means? SALE. This is a special offer for independent restaurant owners who [...]

By David Scott Peters It’s workshop week. I’m at my workshop, How to Run a Profitable Restaurant: from Soup to Nuts, this week. It’s always a big week for me because I talk non-stop for four days [...]