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  • The Right Restaurant Supplier Can Make All the Difference
    Last month, I opened my third restaurant in twelve years. Anyone who knows anything about the restaurant business will tell you that success of that nature isn't easy to come by. I started out with a small diner on a not so busy intersection. By offering impeccable service, great food and a friendly decor, I have been able to expand my business to include additional eateries in higher traffic locations while maintaining a healthy profit margin.
  • Finding a Restaurant Equipment Supplier Crucial for New Restaurant Owners
    If you are in the restaurant business, you probably already know just how crucial it is to find a restaurant equipment supplier who can take care of your individual needs. For those who are considering opening a restaurant, finding a reliable equipment supplier should be one of your first priorities.
  • Restaurant Supply Should Be About More than Just Selling Equipment
    Over the course of my tenure as a restaurant owner and manager, I've had multiple pieces of equipment fail. Luckily, my equipment supplier has been able to keep things running smoothly in the kitchen by giving me advice on repairs or providing replacement units in a timely fashion. More than that, however, my supplier has helped me to set up my kitchens in such a way that makes food prep easy for my staff, which helps me to get the food out to my customers as quickly and efficiently as possible.
  • Restaurant Supply a Lifesaver for Caterer
    A few years ago, I was working as a catering manager of a local historic hotel. The hotel had been in terrible condition for many years until a group of investors purchased it and began the long arduous process of renovation. They were able to get the majority of it renovated before the funding started to run out, at which time they opened for business to offset some of the costs of ownership. As a result, all of the rooms, lobby and ballroom were completely renovated, while the restaurant was still in a sorry state. Since the ballroom was booked for events, I was hired to cater, using the kitchen in its un-renovated condition.
  • Restaurant Supply Can Help With Effective Time Management
    The restaurant business is quite unlike any other. Many people who fantasize about owning or running a restaurant have no idea what an incredibly painstaking and time consuming endeavor it can be. Those who do take the plunge into restaurant ownership quickly learn what it means to take on multiple responsibilities.
  • Tips for Entrepreneurs Opening a Restaurant
    As entrepreneurial enterprises are concerned, opening a restaurant is by far one of the hardest endeavors to undertake. While the rate of restaurant failure isn't nearly as bad as it's purported to be, restaurants do fail at a much higher rate than many other types of self starter business. For that matter, even franchised restaurants (usually the smaller "fast food" variety) have a failure rate just a few percentage points below self starters.
  • Special Considerations for Small Business Phone Systems
    Small businesses have special needs, especially in comparison to larger, more established companies. The term "small business" often really refers to "new business", in that many small businesses that have been around for a while are as large as they are likely to ever become simply because of the type of business they are. Some small businesses, however, are destined to become large businesses. These companies in particular need to weigh the considerations of their unique situation when purchasing a business phone system. Knowing one's options when it comes to business phones can save a substantial amount of money and time.
  • Upgrading Your Business Phone System
    Upgrading a business phone system is, whenever possible, a much more cost effective alternative to replacing a business phone system. Replacing a business phone system can be an expensive and time consuming endeavor, to say the least. The biggest obstacle most businesses face when upgrading is that many business phone systems are expandable to a limited degree. Some systems have limitations that will force a business to completely replace their existing equipment. For this reason alone, it is essential that businesses consider both their current and future needs before making a phone system purchase.
  • Restaurant Equipment Supplier Helped Reduce Loss Liters
    I was out with friends for dinner on one of the rare nights I give myself off, talking about the restaurant business. We had a wonderful evening and as the night wore on, decided to stay and close down the bar. At his bar, we met some interesting ladies and quickly struck up a repoire with them. In the course of the usual banter, we all identified ourselves by what we do professionally.
  • Proper Preventive Maintenance Starts With Knowing Your Restaurant Equipment
    Several weeks ago, I was forced to replace a very expensive piece of equipment at my bistro. A convection oven that I inherited with the building suddenly stopped working. I called a repair service and the machinery medics were quickly dispatched. Unfortunately, the news was grim... I would need to purchase a replacement unit. The technicians that came out were unable to repair it. In fact, they had no idea
  • Finding the Right Equipment Supplier Paramount to Success in the Restaurant Industry
    Most companies with any degree of overhead know that finding the right supplier of products necessary to run their business is of the utmost importance. For most businesses, it can mean a substantial savings and reduce the headaches often associated with searching for a reliable equipment dealer. For restaurants, however, finding the right equipment supplier can mean the difference between success and failure in the industry.
  • Lifeline to business
    Recently, my business lost phone service due to a power transformer that was struck by lightning. Normally, repairs of this nature take very little time, but we were informed after it happened that we might not have service restored for three days. Not knowing what could be done, I assumed we would have to live with it. My business started feeling the effects of not having telephone service almost immediately.
  • Disaster Preparedness in a Post 9/11 World
    So much has changed in the last several years after 9/11, and yet most businesses are still inadequately prepared for disastrous situations. Not only are they vulnerable from the threat of terrorism, but from security and natural disaster standpoints as well.
  • Disaster Recovery More Than Meets the Eye
    As the Vice President of Operations for an online retailer of contact lenses, I am used to the potential problems related to doing business on the World Wide Web. Like any other online retailer, we have a responsibility to our customers to maintain their personal and payment information with the strictest of confidence and within regulatory guidelines mandated by our government.
  • Cheaper is Not Always Better
    I work for a large insurance firm in the northwest, in an office with over 500 other employees. Management recently decided to replace our existing phone system as the old system was no longer meeting our needs. I and my co-workers were under the impression that they were going to update the system, as in "make an improvement", and that we would have late model phones with technological advancements galore. Boy, were we in for a surprise.
  • Business Basics for Catalog Retailers
    Catalog retail is a world all it's own. Many considerations that other retailers don't have to deal with are of utmost importance to a catalog retailer. To name a few, the ordering process, warehousing and shipping must be streamlined for maximum efficiency. Maintaining a top notch inventory control and receiving department is also very crucial to business success. Above all, however, a catalog retailer must have a quality business phone system.
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