Business
Builders
February 2008
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Share the Love:
Patron & Employee Satisfaction

Love is in the air throughout the month of February, but are your patrons feeling the love? As restaurant owners, loyal, satisfied patrons are the key to your success. The key to any long-lasting relationship is good communication. Your restaurant’s relationship with your patrons is no different!

 

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Menu Magic:
Engineering your Menu for Sales Success

It’s been called the “cheapest and most effective way to advertise,” but it’s not direct mail, a good newspaper review or even your Web site. Rather, it’s that powerful piece of self promotion you place in the hands of every guest: your menu.

 

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Harmony in the Workplace:
Getting Along is Good for Business

Achieving harmony within the workplace

is at the top of the list of important

concerns within the hospitality industry.

Creating a harmonious work environment

between individuals, between management

and employees, and between employers

and employees presents an exciting

opportunity for personal development in

the exciting environment of the foodservice

and hospitality industries.

 

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Cost Effective Ways to Protect Your Investments

No matter how large or small your foodservice

operation, inadequate insurance coverage

may result in the failure of your business.

According to Restaurants USA magazine, disaster experts say that a large percentage of the businesses that are hit by disasters never reopen—in part because they don’t have the insurance coverage to restore their operations.

 

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Share the Love:
Patron & Employee Satisfaction

Love is in the air throughout the month of February, but are your patrons feeling the love? As restaurant owners, loyal, satisfied patrons are the key to your success. The key to any long-lasting relationship is good communication. Your restaurant’s relationship with your patrons is no different!

Patron loyalty and satisfaction programs have long provided restaurants with a means of increasing customer return rates, but many problems arise out of these typical systems. Most often there is no system in place to monitor patron feedback, therefore making it most difficult to identify issues and reasons for declining business. In today’s competitive restaurant industry, more than a customer loyalty program is needed; developing and maintaining a comprehensive branding and marketing plan makes your restaurant stand out from the rest!

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Menu Magic:
Engineering your Menu for Sales Success

It’s been called the “cheapest and most effective way to advertise,” but it’s not direct mail, a good newspaper review or even your Web site. Rather, it’s that powerful piece of self promotion you place in the hands of every guest: your menu.

Carefully reviewing and refreshing your menu can mean the difference between higher profits and a struggling bottom line.

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Harmony in the Workplace:
Getting Along is Good for Business

Achieving harmony within the workplace is at the top of the list of important concerns within the hospitality industry. Creating a harmonious work environment between individuals, between management and employees, and between employers and employees presents an exciting opportunity for personal development in the exciting environment of the foodservice and hospitality industries.

Hcareers interviewed several people in hotel and restaurant jobs, as well as employers, about what they see working when it comes to creating a work environment which sees everyone working together as a team. As the process showed, challenges are bound to arise when people work together, but these challenges only create the opportunity to achieve better communication.

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Cost Effective Ways to Protect Your Investments

No matter how large or small your foodservice operation, inadequate insurance coverage may result in the failure of your business. According to Restaurants USA magazine, disaster experts say that a large percentage of the businesses that are hit by disasters never reopen—in part because they don’t have the insurance coverage to restore their operations.

Your Farmers agent can assist you in determining adequate protection of your business. One of the offerings of the SYSCO iCare program is collaboration between iCare and the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies, providing risk protection and enhanced service to SYSCO customers.

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