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It’s always a good idea to stay tuned to the latest design business and marketing trends in the food and hospitality industry. Ideas and trends are forever evolving. If you are considering opening a restaurant one day or need resources for restaurant management, our article section will keep you informed and up to date. Want to impact your business? Let us help you.

Here in this article section, we cover a range of topics from different types of venues, how to develop a restaurant concept, benefits of starting a catering business, restaurant pricing strategies that work, restaurant security solutions to protect your assets and many more! The objective is to help expand your knowledge base and make your business more marketable and ultimately more profitable.

Raising the Bar in Customer Experience: The Value in a Design

What are the elements that create the best bar / tavern? There probably is no one right answer to this question as a variety of different examples may pass through your mind. While there is an archetypal successful bar template we can fall back on, it won’t necessarily be the one that is best suited for your venue and location. The right bar design can add value to your business and greatly impact customer satisfaction. Knowing how to best use your available space to appeal to your potential customers is what will help you optimize your business.

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Fast Casual Restaurant vs Quick Service Restaurant

While some restaurateurs and chefs stay in tune to the latest trends and concepts in the restaurant business, others create and develop them. The two stalwarts of the American food service industry were always the fast food and fine dining. But now, the rapidly growing fast casual restaurant sector has squeezed itself in. Companies, including many restaurant brands like Chipotle, Panera and Shake Shack are increasingly combining healthy ingredients with fast food services to launch this trend. Though still dwarfed by fast-food competition in sheer numbers, fast-casual chains are growing much faster.

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A Look into Different Types of Venus and Commercial Furniture

While not all restaurant and hotel businesses survive, the food/hospitality industry will continue to flourish because people are sociable by nature. We like to go out, meet new people, get away for the weekend, spend time with friends, and enjoy a fun relaxing evening with those who are close to us. Restaurant furniture is one of the most important factors that influence dining experience. Not all venues are the same and nor is the commercial grade furniture.

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Rules for Successful Outdoor Dining

If there is one thing diners love more than eating food, it’s eating food outside if/when the weather permits. When done correctly, al fresco dining can be valuable to dining establishments that offer restaurant outdoor seating. It can also be a form of advertisement. After all, your patio is the first area your customers notice. Seating, lighting, location, outdoor restaurant furniture, decorations and signage are just a few areas to consider when opening and/or expanding your outdoor dining area.

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Banquet Chairs and Event Seating Guide

When it comes to maximizing your space in your hospitality facility without compromising comfort for your guests, stacking chairs seem to be the perfect option. Commonly seen at hotel lobbies, conference rooms and banquet/event halls, stacking chairs offer excellent flexibility and easy storage. Standard height stacking chairs whether they are banquet chairs or event chairs, are an ideal place to look for indoor or outdoor setting. Whether you need a seating solution for your hotel poolside, catering hall, outdoor event or church, stacking chairs come in a variety of styles and options.

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Restaurant Design and Concept Development

Food is personal to everyone and the menu items you serve speak in high volumes about your restaurant concept, brand, and services. A restaurant concept can define an overall theme and idea of a restaurant, but you will increase your odds of attracting more investors and customers if you concentrate and articulate your concept to a broader clientele base. As it is, the methodologies and approaches to restaurant design are wide-ranging are current restaurant concepts. There are over a million restaurants alone trying to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Please note that your restaurant design theme can blur the lines between various concepts to make your venue unique.

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How Commercial Venues are Using Recycled Materials in Restaurant Furniture

Every commercial venue understands that providing great service ensures the survival of a business. In addition to happy customers, entrepreneurs, especially restaurant owners have become environmentally conscious as there is an increase in demand for sustainable alternatives. Recycling has become a hot button issue which many dining establishments are adapting this practice. Making your business eco-friendly is not proven to be beneficial to the environment but can also save you money. Using recycled materials in both restaurant furniture and design are trending.

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How Food Delivery Service is Reshaping the Restaurant Industry

You may have heard of Postmates, Caviar, and UberEats. The likelihood of you using mobile/online food delivery to order your meal is probably high as many restaurants are increasingly using technological advancements to improve quality of service and generate more sales. Over the past few years, we have witnessed a growing number of start-up restaurants making tidal waves in the market by providing an online platform for ordering meals and handling the logistics of food delivery. Hence, the swathe of delivery services is revolutionizing the food service industry.

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Catering for Success: Reaping the Benefits of Being a Self-Starter

Starting a catering business seems like an exciting venture to many. This 7 billion dollar industry can help you translate your passion for food and entertaining people into a catering startup allowing you to reap some rewards. From choosing a niche, finding the restaurant furniture you need, writing a catering business plan to obtaining insurance and license, these are just a few steps you need to take to turning dream of running a self-catering business into a reality and perhaps eventually transforming your start-up company into a prosperous corporation.

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Techniques of Upselling and Cross Selling Restaurant Furniture

At times, there seems to be sales and pricing strategies for every industry- each specifically tailored and modified to meet their business needs. While certain establishments prefer to down-sell, other companies lean on cross selling and upselling techniques to entice customers with desirable products to advance their endeavors in their commerce. But for many CEO’s and business owners, the distinction between upselling and cross selling may be confusing – especially when these methods share many similarities. Not knowing what is cross selling from upselling may hinder their efforts in promoting and selling your merchandise.

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Restaurant Pricing Strategies that Actually Work

In the restaurant industry, the art of pricing food begins with understanding the science of food costs. In other words, 32% of the revenue in which restaurants earn is spent on food, beverages, condiments, and supplies. Restaurants also sell their service, food, camaraderie, and their brand making restaurant menu pricing and art and a science. The process of costing and pricing, however, differ based on the various services which restaurants provide. This is due to one-time events which create their exclusive costs and restaurants need to earn more money to compensate for the time and effort they invested in providing alternative services.

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What You Should Know about Restaurant Accounting

A restaurant is a uniquely operated entity due the nature of its relationship with its patrons and suppliers. Food inventory management is an integral part of restaurant accounting as is monitoring the staff to update menu items and efficient regulation of building space. Doing as such is crucial for keeping track of food costs, utility expenses and reducing waste. Restaurant accounting connects menu planning to how many customers you host thus making it essential to the daily operation in the food service industry.

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What You Should Consider Before Tying the Knot with the Right Wedding Venue

Becoming a bride is every girl's dream. A lot of them have already begun to plan their dream weddings, even without the prospective groom in the picture. They look forward to this momentous day fantasizing about wearing a white gown, deciding to have a wedding cake, and selecting ideal location. Planning a wedding can be very exciting but also harrowing at the same time. With wedding season is in full bloom, especially around May-June, beginning a new chapter in your life at the perfect wedding venue is every bride’s priority.

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Keeping Your Business Safe with Restaurant Security Solutions

Most businesses are presented with specialized security challenges. The food service industry is not less vulnerable to criminal activities from cyber-attacks, burglary, to theft. Restaurants in particular normally accumulate a large amount of cash on-site. Unfortunately, they can be attractive targets for armed robberies, employee theft and even burglaries. Crime prevention for restaurants along with restaurant security procedures should be formulated and implemented.

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Restaurant Management Software & Apps - How Automation Can Help Your Restaurant Business

Like most businesses, restaurants have very specific needs to keep their operations functioning. To do that, they need to create an organizational structure that is in line with those needs. The ultimate structure is determined by the size and layout of the restaurant. While staff members may assume more than one role in smaller establishments, restaurants in general have the same basic framework. The purpose of having a structure in place is to implement a restaurant management system with a clear chain of command that assumes accountability and responsibility for the business.

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Modern Bistro Design Ideas for Your Restaurant

The market place invites heavy competition in the food industry. Looking for even the slightest differentiators to make your bistro stand out is especially important. Although a well-designed menu, good food and efficient service are important components for enticing customers, a bistro’s interior design influences his/her dining experience. The physical environment of the bistro itself mirrors the image and therefore can positively or negatively affect the customer’s perception of the bistro’s image.

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