Menu Planning and Strategy
Most of the menu analysis and menu engineering models were built during a time of solid annual growth for our industry. These models focus on high gross margin items. Today, blindly using these models to adjust menu prices may hurt your bottom line.
Teleconference Recap: Catering for Franchisors
A recap of one of Erle’s Dardick’s Brown Bag session with seven executives from major Fast Casual companies. The conversation covered:
• How and why to centralize control points
• The value of online ordering , and
• The advantages of providing an ordering method mix
Taking Small and scaling it Big
In North America we’ve been really good at taking uniqueness and enthusiasm and scaling it over a large number of units. Meanwhile, the little guys are nimble, and are very good at creating new value. Everyone can learn from them.
Catering is Happening
Recent magazine articles from QSR Magazine, the Nation’s Restaurant News, and Hospitality Trends point to an explosion in catering, and catering business opportunities for QRSs