Marketing
7 Marketing Metrics Every Restaurant Owner Should Know
You may want yours to be on wheels. You may want to take it ethnic. You may also want to make your cuisine, well, prettier.
By Nital Shah
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Building a Business
Smart Marketing Tips for New Restaurants
Besides providing great food and outstanding service, discover what else can you do to draw customers in to your new restaurant.
Building a Business
Tips for a Successful Catering Event
Your job starts as soon as your customer calls. Find out what you need to know while you're on the phone, getting ready for the event and on the job in order to please your customers and earn their repeat business.
Building a Business
How These Entrepreneurs Got Over Their Own Kitchen Nightmare
Instead of throwing in the towel, restaurant owners Mike Price and Joey Campanaro found a temporary solution to an unexpected problem.
By Rose Leadem
Thought Leaders
How to Listen to Eddie Huang’s Latest Audiobook – For Free
The author's follow up title to his bestselling book "Fresh Off the Boat" is a story about love, business, family and China.
By Rocky Vy
Building a Business
The Staff You Need to Hire to Run a Restaurant
Discover the who, what and why of the various employees you need to staff your restaurant.
Building a Business
The Equipment You Must Have for Your New Restaurant
Get the skinny on the equipment you're going to need to run your restaurant properly.
Building a Business
5 Money-Making Mainstays of the Restaurant Industry
Even if you're sure you know what type of restaurant to open, you should take a look at these five ever-successful ideas.
Building a Business
The Essentials to Consider When Designing and Equipping Your Restaurant
Before you jump in and create the restaurant of your dreams, review the key parts of the dining room and kitchen that you'll want to consider while planning your new space.
Building a Business
What You Need to Know Before Starting a Food Service Business
Before you jump into this competitive industry, it helps to know who your diners are and what type of trends you might want to follow.
Marketing
12 Simple Ways Restaurants Can Increase Revenue
Choose the ideas that make the most sense, test and track them one at a time to see how it impacts your business.
Online Presence
3 Big Ways Instagram is Changing Restaurants
Millennials eat out more than other generations, and more than one-third of them are on Instagram.
By Greg Hong
Buying a Franchise
Father’s Day at Golden Corral: A Franchisee Carries on His Dad’s Tradition
Franchisee Billy Sewell not only runs restaurants, he raises money for the children of wounded, disabled and fallen military service members.
By Joan Oleck
Thought Leaders
3 Things to Learn From the Ultimate Entrepreneurs
Get a leg up on success by listening to customer needs and understand their experiences with your company.
By Greg Hong
Thought Leaders
More Than 13,000 People Are on the Waitlist for This Tiny Pop-up London Restaurant Where You Can Eat Naked
No joke: The Bunyadi opens in June and will serve grilled meats by candlelight in an effort to recreate a caveman dining experience.
Buying a Franchise
Owner of This Georgia Fried Chicken Joint Came Out a Winner After Corporate Bankruptcy
By staying true to herself, Vickey Shelton kept the doors of her Mrs. Winner's Chicken and Biscuit restaurant open through tough financial times for the company.
Buying a Franchise
How a Big Birthday Inspired One Man to Become a Franchisee
Tim Huels took a risk, and it paid off. Here's how he did it.
Buying a Franchise
California Restaurant Industry Vet Finds a New Persona at Cutting-Edge Pizza Place
Nick Ulrich says he loves the mom-and-pop feel of the build-it-yourself Persona Pizza franchise, which he runs with his brothers in his hometown of Santa Rosa.
Buying a Franchise
From Anheurser-Busch Sales Rep to Restaurateur, This Man Has Made a Career of Wings and Beer
Long-time franchisee Brent Weaver of North Carolina started out in sales for the beer giant before opening his own East Coast Wings & Grill 12 years ago.
Buying a Franchise
This Franchisee Doesn’t Mind That Her Recruiting Task Never Ends
Tracey Hamilton of Minneapolis recruits hospitality managers. But her best recruits have been her own two daughters.
By Joan Oleck
Buying a Franchise
This Franchisee Turned His After-School Job Into a Business
Amol Kohli has been working in the restaurant industry since he was 15. Now, as an adult, he's a restaurant franchisee. Here's how he climbed the ladder.
By Carly Okyle
Marketing
Pitch Switch: Changing Sales Tactics Made This Reservation App Appealing to Restaurants
Greg Hong learned to hone his sales pitch over drinks. Save yourself the money and learn from his story.
By Joe Robinson
Building a Business
Tipping Point: Is It Time to Rethink Gratuity in Restaurants?
There's a growing movement to eliminate gratuities for servers. What does this mean for the restaurant world?
By Corie Brown
Business News
Check Out the Top 10 Food Trends for 2016
From charred desserts to the proliferation of delivery apps, here are some developments in the food world to watch out for in the coming months.
By Nina Zipkin
Building a Business
National Restaurant Association Sues New York City Over Sodium Warnings on Menus
The new rule applies to restaurants with more than 15 locations nationwide and concession stands at some movie theaters and sports stadiums.
By Reuters
Buying a Franchise
This Franchisee’s Story Gives True Meaning to Today’s Celebration of the American Worker
Orphaned in Vietnam and adopted by an American church, Phong Huynh grew up in the El Pollo Loco company, rising from night porter to corporate director and, today, owner of 13 restaurants.
By Joan Oleck
Entrepreneurs
From Franchisor to a Competitor’s Franchisee: How a Hooters Owner Bounced Back
Former Hooters owner is back in business at Twin Peaks.
By Jason Daley