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O'Dell Restaurant Consulting Weblog moves to new address!

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: Hello everyone. Thank you for tuning in to the web log for O’Dell Restaurant Consulting. We ha … more »

Tags: Welcome, Questions, Articles, Retorts, Conversations, Quick Tips, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing

How do I figure my food cost?

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: Calculating how much the food you sell costs you to sell is a very important practice in running a … more »

Tags: Questions, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, pricing by gross profit, calculating food cost, figuring food cost, how to find food cost, food cost percentage, actual food cost

What reports are needed to run a restaurant right?

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: That’s an important question. There isn’t enough reporting and record keeping in the res … more »

Tags: Questions, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, Food Service, restaurant reports, restaurant P&L, restaurant cash flow, restaurant food inventory

How can I make my employees accountable?

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: Question: When you work in an excuse-driven culture, how do you change the mindset and teach others … more »

Tags: Questions, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, Employee Accountability, Holding employees accountable, teaching accountability, employee excuses, enforcing rules

Quick Tips - Get a color scheme for your restaurant

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: If you don’t already have 2 to 3 primary colors you use in your logo, signage, marketing, and … more »

Tags: Quick Tips, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, Food Service, Restaurant Marketing, quick tips for restaurant, color scheme for restaurant, restaurant decor, restaurant logo

Quick Tips - Use color on your menu design

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: A great way to make your menu stand out, and to draw people to certain items, is through the use of … more »

Tags: Quick Tips, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, menu design, using color in menu, Menu Icons, box out items in menu, highlight profitable menu items

Quick Tips - Keep your menu simple

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: Large menus have a lot of downfalls. Large menus require excessive prep, cause long ticket times, ar … more »

Tags: Quick Tips, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, is my menu too big, menu size, how many menu items, big menu, menu too large

Quick Tips - Get some signature menu items

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: A good way to make your food stand out, and to communicate what your food is all about is by creatin … more »

Tags: Quick Tips, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, creating a menu, menu development, menu design, choosing menu items, writing a menu

Creating a manageable menu1 comment

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: One of my favorite shows is Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. If you haven’t seen it, … more »

Tags: Articles, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, menu selections, creating a menu, manageable menu, how to create a menu, is my menu too big

Don't give your customers what you want3 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 2 months ago: How to make sure your products will sell Pretty confusing main title, isn’t it? I’ll bet … more »

Tags: Articles, unique selling point, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, menu choices, what to put on menu, designing a menu, menu selections

Marketing tips for restaurants - vol. 1

bodellconsulting wrote 3 months ago: Marketing is maybe the most important function of running a restaurant. It is also the function that … more »

Tags: Articles, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, pricing by gross profit, Restaurant Marketing, Marketing - tips, Marketing Offer, how to market a restaurant, restaurant advertising

A lesson in listening

bodellconsulting wrote 3 months ago: Listen to learn, not to defend! by Andy Swingley Regional Manager Thomas & King Applebees Restau … more »

Tags: Articles, unique selling point, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, pricing by gross profit, Management Lessons, Listening Skills, Communication Skills, restaurant lessons

"Anything worth doing, is worth paying someone else to do."

bodellconsulting wrote 3 months ago: This is one of my favorite quotes. Maybe because I’m the one who made it up. It could also be … more »

Tags: Articles, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, delegating to employees, Delegation, running a restaurant, work on your business not in it, restaurant systems

The difference between a "reason" and an "excuse"

bodellconsulting wrote 3 months ago: As a consultant, and someone who talks to business owners on a daily basis, some who are clients an … more »

Tags: Articles, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, pricing by gross profit, accountability for failure, struggling restaurant, restaurant trouble, problems with restaurant

The biggest mistakes restaurants make, and why they have a high failure rate2 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 4 months ago: The restaurant business is tough. Everyone in it knows it. Everyone looking to get in it ignores it. … more »

Tags: Articles, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, gross profit pricing, successful restaurant, why restaurants fail, restaurant failure rate, restaurant mistakes, biggest mistakes restaurants make

Do's and don'ts for startup restaurants - vol. 36 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 4 months ago: Do: Make vendors compete for your business. If you chose a vendor without making them outbid other v … more »

Tags: Articles, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, restaurant dos and donts, solving problems in a restaurant, pricing by gross profit

Is it a good idea to shrink our Italian restaurant's menu by 15-30%?

bodellconsulting wrote 4 months ago: We currently have 60 entrees and 24 soup/salad/apps. We are known for our pizza, so we have a full p … more »

Tags: Questions, Restaurant, Consulting, Consultant, gross profit, menu mix, menu analysis, too many menu items, eliminating menu items


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