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What should you pay a manager?

One of the most frequent questions I hear soon-to-be, and existing, restaurant owners lament, is how much to pay a manager. “Most” owners asking this question are working owners. After bei… more →

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What should you pay a manager? — 3 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 3 years ago: One of the most frequent questions I hear soon-to-be, and existing, restaurant owners lament, is how … more →

Tags: Articles, General Manager, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, Assistant manager, emotion based marketing, food service manager, hiring a manager, Restaurant Manager

Reading suggestion - The Chef's Commandments

bodellconsulting wrote 3 years ago: I just finished reading my pre-publication, review copy of The Chef’s Commandments: Maximize y … more →

Tags: Quick Tips, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, Food Service, Restaurant Marketing, emotion based marketing, Food Cost Control, Managing Employees, Reading Suggestions

How can I use gross profit pricing for a new restaurant? — 5 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 3 years ago: When opening a new restaurant, you are going to have to make assumptions about all your expenses and … more →

Tags: Questions, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, food cost, menu pricing, pricing by gross profit, budgeted cost percentage, menu markup, restaurant question

Quick tips - Update your menu often — 3 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 4 years ago: You can greatly improve your cash flow by adopting a policy of smaller, more frequent price increase … more →

Tags: Quick Tips, creating a restaurant menu, Emotion Marketing, how to price a menu, menu design, menu pricing, menu tips, pricing food items, Restaurant consultant

Who is the target market for your restaurant? — 4 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 4 years ago: This may be the most important question you can answer when designing a restaurant concept. It is de … more →

Tags: Articles, emotion based marketing, getting customers for a restaurant, how to market a restaurant, marketing a restaurant, more customers for restaurant, restaurant advertising, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting

Who's in charge of your restaurant? — 2 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 4 years ago: Charlie said….. Marla said….. Patrice said….. He said, she said. It’s a game … more →

Tags: Articles, chain of command, Emotion Marketing, Employee Accountability, Management hierarchy, management structure, management tree, Pecking Order, restaurant accountability

Are your dirty bathrooms scaring customers away? — 2 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 4 years ago: The bigger a city gets, the more small restaurants with great food and dirty bathrooms there are it … more →

Tags: Articles, clean bathrooms, clean restaurant, cleaning duties, Emotion Marketing, mopping restrooms, rest rooms in restaurant, restaurant bathrooms, Restaurant consultant

O'Dell Restaurant Consulting Webstore!

bodellconsulting wrote 4 years ago: O’Dell Restaurant Consulting would like to remind you of our online webstore! In our store, yo … more →

Tags: bonus plan, Download Tools, Emotion Marketing, management incentive, restaurant checklist, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, Restaurant templates, SERVER TRAINING

Pricing food - Why you're doing it wrong and how to fix it — 15 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 4 years ago: One thing I’ll never forgive formal culinary schools for, is teaching new impressionable would … more →

Tags: Articles, beer pricing, emotion based marekting, food cost percentage, gross profit, menu price, pricing a menu, pricing beer, pricing by food cost

How to teach in 10 easy steps

bodellconsulting wrote 4 years ago: One of the primary reasons that some businesses training programs work, and some don’t, is in … more →

Tags: Articles, Emotion Marketing, employee training, How To Be A Good Teacher, how to teach, Management techniques, Management Tips, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting

Are you overloading your kitchen stations? — 2 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 4 years ago: Long ticket times are a common problem in restaurants, and nothing will scare a potential regular cu … more →

Tags: Articles, Emotion Marketing, Faster Service, faster ticket times, kitchen production, menu design, menu development, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting

Does your restaurant have an identity? — 1 comment

bodellconsulting wrote 5 years ago: Who are we? What do we want our restaurant to be known for? What style of service do we offer? What … more →

Tags: Articles, unique selling point, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, Emotion Marketing, successful restaurant, creating a concept, make customers feel, restaurant color scheme

O'Dell Restaurant Consulting Weblog moves to new address!

bodellconsulting wrote 5 years ago: Hello everyone. Thank you for tuning in to the web log for O’Dell Restaurant Consulting. We ha … more →

Tags: Articles, Conversations, Questions, Quick Tips, Retorts, Welcome, changing web hosts, Emotion Marketing, new blog

What reports are needed to run a restaurant right? — 1 comment

bodellconsulting wrote 5 years ago: That’s an important question. There isn’t enough reporting and record keeping in the res … more →

Tags: Questions, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, Emotion Marketing, Food Service, restaurant reports, restaurant P&L, restaurant cash flow, restaurant food inventory

Quick Tips - Keep your menu simple

bodellconsulting wrote 5 years 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, Emotion Marketing, is my menu too big, menu size, how many menu items, big menu, menu too large

Quick Tips - Get some signature menu items — 1 comment

bodellconsulting wrote 5 years 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, Emotion Marketing, creating a menu, menu development, menu design, choosing menu items, writing a menu

Don't give your customers what you want — 5 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 5 years 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, Emotion Marketing, menu choices, what to put on menu, designing a menu, menu selections

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

bodellconsulting wrote 5 years 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, Emotion Marketing, delegating to employees, Delegation, running a restaurant, work on your business not in it, restaurant systems

The biggest mistakes restaurants make, and why they have a high failure rate — 13 comments

bodellconsulting wrote 5 years ago: The restaurant business is tough. Everyone in it knows it. Everyone looking to get in it ignores it. … more →

Tags: Articles, biggest mistakes restaurants make, Emotion Marketing, Restaurant consultant, Restaurant Consulting, restaurant failure rate, restaurant mistakes, successful restaurant, why restaurants fail


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