Every year, we have the opportunity to exhibit at the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, IL. In addition to showing off our newest furniture collections and meeting with new and former customers, we also try to bring back some helpful information for our readers that couldn’t attend. The NRA show is the premier event in the hospitality industry with the potential to set the tone and trends for the ...
Read MoreDo you want to save money and improve the value of your restaurant? If you’re leasing or renewing a lease, or at the beginning stages of opening a restaurant, bar, brewpub or other retail establishment, this article can help you. I have had eight page leases and two hundred page leases in my career. It is imperative that you negotiate the best deal you can. When you decide to sell, what you ...
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Reviews and Your Restaurant: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Whether you consider it to be a good or bad thing, the food retail world is controlled by the consumer, and your restaurant is just living in it. If your customer has a bad experience and chooses to tell others about it, your operation could be in trouble. Word of mouth is extremely important for the perception of your restaurant, so it’s crucial to know how to handle reviews of ...
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Erwin: A Show Stopping Addition to Our Rustic Industrial Collection of Restaurant Seating
Trying to choose between the warmth of wood seating and the commercial durability of metal? If so, you no longer have to make that choice. The newest member of our rustic-industrial seating collection, the Erwin, offers both. Distressed oak and black powder coated steel come together for a balanced look that enables both to shine. The Erwin is designed with a cross back that provides both support and structural strength, while ...
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OSHA 101 for Restaurants
Last month, we were at the Pennsylvania Foodservice Expo in Pittsburgh, PA, and had the pleasure of attending a seminar given by Thomas Barnowski, Director of Corporate and Public Safety Education at Northampton Community College. The seminar, called You Can’t Afford to Ignore OSHA, was a great hour-long introduction to OSHA, and the safety rules and regulations that govern general industry. While Mr. Barnowski’s presentation was not specific to restaurants, one ...
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