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Bed and Breakfast Wire - Dunbar Associates News

Saturday September 6th, 2008

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	Food & Beverage - Competitive Catering - By Joe Dunbar
	In the contract feeding segment, most of our business was awarded via the competitive bid process. We would respond to an RFP, attend a m...


	2008-09-03	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Eliminate Chronic Waste - By Joe Dunbar
	Years back, one of my clients had a policy of brewing coffee fresh every 20 minutes. This simple policy caused an extremely high level of...


	2008-08-18	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Food Cost and Break Even Point - By Joe Dunbar
	In speaking with many local operators (completely unscientific sample), the consensus estimate is a 12% drop in revenue (year over year)....


	2008-08-12	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Make Room For Special Events - By Joe Dunbar
	Eliminating the uncertainty of a covers forecast is helpful for everyone in restaurant management. Restaurants with a line around the blo...


	2008-07-28	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - A Time To Listen To Your Guests - By Joe Dunbar
	Whenever the economy turns down and discretionary income declines, the advantage shifts from hot new concepts to established names. The r...


	2008-07-21	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Impact of Special Event Package Prices - By Joe Dunbar
	Hotel chefs often need to accommodate the needs of the catering department with their banquet event orders. In this economy, competition ...


	2008-07-17	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Profitable Special Events - By Joe Dunbar
	One hint I have shared with my special event catering clients is the use of cost per guest statistics (vs. a % of sales). Catering is a v...


	2008-07-07	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Be A Pillar Of The Community - By Joe Dunbar
	As you fight through the current economic downturn, try to find simple ways to improve profits. Recent articles suggest the higher cost o...


	2008-06-30	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Keep It Simple Regression - By Joe Dunbar
	Simple linear regression is an excellent analysis tool for sales forecasting, budgeting and cost efficiency studies. Although the name so...


	2008-06-25	Internet	more...

	Restaurants Attracting Stimulus Dollars - By Joe Dunbar
	Based on a very unscientific survey of local restaurants, I have noticed a pickup in mid-week traffic. Parking lots have gone from nearly...


	2008-06-23	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Hospitality Education in Second Life - By Joe Dunbar
	My HP Vista Notebook finally loads the Second Life viewer without crashing and I have been touring SL using my Inworld avatar, Limerick M...


	2008-06-09	Internet	more...

	Food & Beverage - Best of Times? - By Joe Dunbar
	As many operators fight to make their business model more profitable, the number of operational changes is high. Companies are adjusting ...


	2008-06-02	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Managing The Check Average - By Joe Dunbar
	Is this a great time to push your average check higher?


	2008-05-23	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Food Cost and Portion Size - By Joe Dunbar
	Would your restaurant guests welcome smaller portion sizes for a similar check average? After a week on the road dining out each day, I b...


	2008-05-12	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Smaller Portions or Higher Prices? - By Joe Dunbar
	We bought a loaf of fresh baked whole grain bread at a local bakery today. Something about the loaf was different. This loaf was about th...


	2008-04-28	Features	more...

	Food & Beverage - Menu Specials Strategy - By Joe Dunbar
	The economy continues to make consumers jittery. Discretionary income is in decline in many regions of the country. Restaurants featuring...


	2008-04-21	Features	more...

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