A New Restaurant

I’m sad to report that the restaurant that I have written about in the past has closed it’s doors.  Just when success seemed to be within his grasp, the owner decided to call it quits.  After losing another round in an ongoing battle with the city over a noise ordinance, he decided that it wasn’t […]

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One fact of restaurant survival, or any business for that matter, is that you have to control your production costs.  For a restaurant those costs are mainly food and labor.  If you let those get away from you, your profits will disappear before you ever get a chance to worry about how you will use […]

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I have been asked if using business plan software is a good idea when writing a business plan for your restaurant.  My answer would be, “Yes and no.”
Business plan software is a great way to automate the process of writing a business plan, and there are some very good ones out there.  BPlans from Palo […]

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