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Your Own Restaurant??
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Food for thought
The restaurant industry has been around for a long, long time. You've decide it's time for you to look into the possibility of your own restaurant. Many have come before you. And, sadly, many of these establishments are now gone.
Why? There was a few little things these restauranteurs didn't see, until it was too late!
I've seen the following story played out many times. Someone is told that they are a great cook, or that they have amazing people skills, or great entertainers. Then someone says, "You know Bill, you should open a restaurant. Everyone would come just for your homemade barbecue sauce!" A large chorus of "amen" usually follows this!
People love the idea of owning your own restaurant. Like Sam from Cheers. A place where everyone knows your name. A place where the owner (you) flutters from table to table of adoring patrons.
Bill decides that it is time to open his restaurant and become wealthy, admired and powerful. Six months later, he is out of business.
Why? Bill didn't learn a few little things, until it was too late!
Opening your own restaurant seems SO easy. It can't be that hard to cook food and serve drinks, can it?
Restaurant ownership can be great. I love the restaurant industry. But, it has changed. Wasting money on ineffective advertising or marketing, overpaying for a bad location, signing a bad lease, or hiring the wrong staff, can be the kiss of death for your own restaurant.
Your own restaurant (bad)
- really long hours
- rude public
- family, what family?
- steady parade of problems and emergencies
- employee headaches
Your own restaurant (good)
- outstanding income potential
- you are the boss
- very social environment
- prestige when successful
- sense of accomplishment
If you have the energy, and the willingness to learn some newer restaurant industry trends, your might be ready to own your own restaurant!
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It is sad that many rookie restaurant operators don't know just a few little things that could mean the difference between profits, and a "For Lease" sign in the window!
If you are thinking about opening your own restaurant, or struggling to make your current restaurant profitable, I suggest you read the FREE report entitled "The Restaurant Industry's
Dirty Little Secrets. To get your copy of this restauant insider information (there are some people who desperately don't want you to learn this!), click here to get your FREE report!
If you would like to read more about the event that made me mad enough to sit down and write this ebook, click here
- Patricia Farnham (author of "Restaurant Gravy:
Independent Restaurant Success
Secrets Revealed")
(restaurant industry veteran, owner/operator, author and restaurant enthusiast!)
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Today's Independent Restaurant Business Tip
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Before opening to the public make sure you test your restaurant with ALL the equipment running.
It is not uncommon for there to be electrical issues when all the equipment is running. Your Grand Opening is a terrible time to find out that you can't have the meat slicer going at the same time as the toaster! If you have made changes to your kitchen, try testing the electrical capacity of the renovated space.
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Readers Comments
Patricia
Thank you for your help. I now feel I have the necessary information to beat the odds and make money with my new restaurant. I have bought and read many books on this subject as I put my plan together. No other writer has come close to helping me the way your did. You are obviously a very compassionate person.
God Bless You for sharing your knowledge in this way
Helen Jury
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