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While the quality of your food has a major impact on whether customers will return to dine at your restaurant, the level of your menu offerings is not the only part of the supply chain that matters. The raw ingredients that contribute to your high-quality food come through a distribution channel that connects you with your suppliers.
Running a restaurant is a volatile and unpredictable business that is often based on the whims of the marketplace and consumer trends. However, there two things a restaurant owner can control: the food coming out of the kitchen and a clean environment in which to enjoy it. It is the nature of the restaurant business to focus on the former and forget about the latter.
Unless your mouth is permanently occupied with burgers and steaks, and your ears fixed only to the latest trends in meat consumption, you’ve heard about the benefits of juicing and drinking shakes and smoothies. The smoothie craze began to take hold in the 1970s, when healthy restaurants sprouted up in response to increased demand from consumers for natural, organic, and vegetarian menu items.
Al Fresco dining conjures up images of warm sunshine, cool breezes, and green scenery. Not all of this is necessarily relevant to all restaurants that decide to introduce Al Fresco dining, but it does have its allure and it is worthwhile exploring why it might be right for your restaurant. Yes, it might mean working with weather fluctuations, noise pollution, and even city regulations,
Honey – that sweet, sticky foodstuff that people either love or hate – is really a miracle food; one of nature’s wonders. Most of us know that bees have “something to do” with making honey but – really – it is a remarkable story that results in the sweet, amber-colored substance that is both delicious and healthy.
Owning a successful restaurant is all about staying in touch with current trends and staying in tune with your customers. While you have invested in the best website money can buy, and spent time and effort keeping your Facebook page up to date, if you are not actively surveying your customers, you won’t really have your finger on the pulse of what is happening in your restaurant.
The question of whether your restaurant needs a liquor license is a simple one: If you plan to sell alcohol, your restaurant needs a liquor license. The sale of alcohol can boost restaurant revenues, because liquor and beer have great profit margins and low labor cost (it’s a lot easier and faster to prepare a martini than coq au vin).
Pomegranates are among the healthiest fruits on earth. Pomegranates, with their gorgeous ruby-red color, are beautiful to behold, and the shiny red “jewels” inside, called arils, contain sweet juicy nectar surrounding a white seed in the middle. Despite some popular opinions, pomegranate seeds can be eaten – and they are good for you, too!