Archive for July, 2008

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

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Protected: One Burger, One Fry, And One Jay Leno

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

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Managing Food Cost Recession Style

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Two weeks ago, we talked about the futility of managing food cost by compromising quality, reliability, or supplier relationships. (See Food Cost: This Horse Is Lame. Stop Beating Her, Brother…“)
Here’s the deal: You shouldn’t be paying more for the ingredients than the other guy but you shouldn’t be spending the majority of your time checking [...]

Restaurant Menu, iPod, and Your Underwear…

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Celebrity chef David Adjey (star of Restaurant Makeover, and a chef to other celebrities like Dan Aykroyd), opens his book with his version of culinary “commandments”. Quoting as I remember it, one of them goes like this:
“Never order anything off a menu that is longer than your underwear.”

Green with envy that David has found this [...]

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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

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Protected: Managing Food Cost

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

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Food Cost: This Horse Is Lame. Stop Beating Her, Brother…

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

As food prices keep rising, restaurant owners can’t help thinking about ways to deal with those eroding profit margins.
At times like this, it may seem like a good idea to shop around for better prices on your key ingredients. After all, what if you could:

Negotiate better prices with your current supplier?
Make several suppliers bid for [...]