Starting and Running a Restaurant

Starting and Running a Restaurant

Author: Jody Pennette

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-09-01

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 1615648534

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Around 90% of all new restaurants fail in the first year of operation. Many owners think they have the perfect idea, but they have terrible business plans, location, or other issues. Idiot's Guides: Starting and Running a Restaurant shows budding restauranteurs the basics of honing in on a concept to gathering start-up capital to building a solid business plan. You will also learn how to choose a great restaurant location, select an appealing design, compose a fantastic menu, and hire reliable managers and staff. In this book, you get: • Introduction to basic requirements of starting a restaurant such as time management, recognizing your competition, choosing your restaurant concept, and making it legal. • Information on building a solid business foundation such as a solid business plan, a perfect location, where to find investors, and securing loans. • Suggestions on how to compose the perfect menu, laying out the front and back of house and bar, and choosing the must-have necessities such as security alarms and fire prevention. • Techniques on how to hire and train your staff, purchasing or renting supplies, understanding costs and setting up your financial office, and using social media as a marketing tool. • Secrets for keeping your customers returning, running a safe restaurant, managing employees, and building your PR sales plan. • Pre-opening checklists to ensure everything is ready by opening day. Operational checklists and forms a successful restaurateur will need to manage their restaurant.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Running a Bed & Breakfast

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Running a Bed & Breakfast

Author: Park Davis

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001-04-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 1440650691

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You’re no idiot, of course. You’ve had the pleasure of staying at a few bed and breakfasts, and you’d love to open a charming inn of your own. But when you think about what it takes to get a business up and running, you want to hang the Do Not Disturb sign. This is your wake-up call! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Running a Bed and Breakfast will show you it can be easy and fun—and a great way to meet new people and make money. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Useful insights into the booming B&B industry. • A simple test to help you decide if you have what it takes to succeed in the B & B business. • Idiot-proof guidelines for converting a house into a B&B. • Expert advice on accounting and business issues. • An insider's look at the new trends in guest services.


Coffee For Dummies

Coffee For Dummies

Author: Major Cohen

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2021-03-03

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 111967901X

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Get the skinny on your morning joe Do you swear by your morning jolt of caffeine but are hard-pressed to tell a siphon from a slow dripper? No problem: just order a fresh copy of Coffee For Dummies for a smooth blend of fun facts and practical advice to give an extra shot of flavor to your appreciation of the second-most valuable commodity on planet Earth—and filter out all that excess grind in your knowledge. This warm and welcoming serving from passionate coffee guru Major Cohen—a Specialty Coffee Association certified instructor, and now retired highly respected former Starbucks coffee educator and program manager—takes you on a rocket-fueled journey from the origins of the liquid bean’s popularity to best ways to prepare and enjoy coffee in your own home. You'll learn how to evaluate the advantages of different coffee styles and makers, and how even the smallest detail—varietal, roast type, texture—can influence how good that cupped lightning tastes on your tongue. Evaluate different roasts or brews Navigate menus for the best deals Learn how to speak “coffee” and order your half-cap-low-fat-no-sugar-add-whip with confidence Save money with the best store apps Meet some of the unknown pioneers of coffee that have made our coffee world of today See how you might think bigger about your coffee spend changing the world The average American spends over $1000 on their daily brain juice every year: why not hire Coffee For Dummies as your personal barista and get more for your money—and from each invigorating sip.


The Coffee Boys' Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up and Managing Your Own Coffee Bar

The Coffee Boys' Step-by-Step Guide to Setting Up and Managing Your Own Coffee Bar

Author: Hugh Gilmartin

Publisher: How To Books

Published: 2014-02-21

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1848034830

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This is an entertaining but highly practical guide from the successful "Coffee Boys" authors that will enable you to open a coffee bar or sandwich bar that actually lasts and makes money. It presents a distillation of experience of the many dozens of coffee and sandwich businesses they have opened both personally and for clients. This work reveals and is based on the Great Formula (see six steps of contents) created by the authors within their own businesses and their consulting practice. It offers all the practical advice on location, raising finance, and devising a clear marketing plan.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Choosing Which Products To Sell

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Choosing Which Products To Sell

Author: Susan Gilbert

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781465492203

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Brew up your own business. This is a step-by-step guide to realizing what for many people is a cherished dream: opening a successful coffee bar. The Complete idiot's Guide to Starting and Running a Coffee Bar includes the dirt on what it's really like to work behind the counter and information of everything from how to build a business plan, to how to make the drinks and how to price them. - Only series book of its kind - The specialty coffee business is still growing - Small businesses create 7 out of 10 new jobs in America - Susan Gilbert has started and run five successful coffee bars.


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Options and Futures

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Options and Futures

Author: Scott Barrie

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9781592575480

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Completely updated, this practical guide has the information investors need to keep up in the complex, fast-paced, and highly profitable world of options and futures, where everything is in play-from oil to diamonds, poultry to vaccines, franchises to coffee. Provides cutting edge information on energy futures and options Tools for creating flexible strategies that can move with the times New information on the solid standbys like livestock, precious metals, and equities Keyed to the new realities of the global economy, making this book vital for investors at all levels Highly respected expert author


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Well with IBS

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eating Well with IBS

Author: Kate Scarlata RD, LDN

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-07-06

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1101457635

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Soothe your digestive system with 200+ meal plans and recipes The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Eating Well with IBS will introduce readers suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) to the information they need to identify the foods that trigger symptoms and prepare recipes meal plans that alleviate those symptoms. • Features more than 200 recipes and meal plans • Kate Scarlata is a licensed dietician with 20 years of experience helping IBS patients with their condition, and an IBS sufferer herself • Thirty-five million Americans are estimated to suffer from IBS, the second leading cause of worker absenteeism


The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Cooking

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Vegan Cooking

Author: Beverly Bennett

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781592577705

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Delicious recipes for the growing vegan lifestyle. There are so many reasons to go vegan--health and nutrition, weight loss, green and sustainable living, and prevention of cruelty to animals. With over 200 mouth-watering recipes and tips for converting meat- and dairybased dishes into vegan ones, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Vegan Cooking will help readers enjoy a healthy vegan diet without sacrificing taste.