Running a successful restaurant depends on the team you hire. As more restaurants open every day, the competition to keep customers coming continues to grow. It takes more than posting a “help wanted” sign on the door and hoping for the best candidate to walk in. Achieving long-term success depends …
Chain Restaurant Data Analytics: No Weak Links
When you run a chain restaurant, you’re always considering the parts of the whole. These individual restaurants make up the “links” that comprise the entire operation. To a degree, these operators sit at the top of the proverbial restaurant mountain regarding quantities. Restaurants in this segment …
Multi-Unit Restaurant Data Analytics: Everywhere at Once
Restaurants generate streams upon streams of data. For any operator, learning how to harness this data is crucial to success. Now, think about how much data a single restaurant creates, and consider the goal of the multi-site restaurant manager: making sense of these huge data streams multiplied …
How To Become a Chef: What You Really Need To Know
When you think of a chef, what comes to mind? A big guy in a fancy white coat and hat, with an impeccable handlebar mustache sampling stews? Or celebrity chefs who seem like they yell more than they cook (on TV at least)? For a profession that gets a lot of time in the spotlight, what it is to be a …
Independent Restaurant Data Analytics: Handling Every Station
When it comes to "independent business," shops and services in many shapes, sizes and colors come to mind. Nowadays, this dynamic couldn't be more evident than in the restaurant industry where independent concepts range from quick-serve food-carts to nationally-reviewed establishments. Still, the …
Fine Dining Restaurant Data Analytics: Beyond the Black Tie
As a fine-dining operator, Scott and his team have been key players in many special moments. Whether they're celebrating an anniversary, discussing significant business or even proposing for marriage, his restaurant serves as much more than an eatery for his guests. At this stage of owning a …