Running a single restaurant is hard enough. Imagine running a whole chain of restaurants scattered across various locations! Multi-chain restaurants face a whole other level of challenges, especially when it comes to managing their operations. This blog explores these operational issues faced by multi-chain restaurants. Single location restaurants have it relatively easy from an operational […]
Author Archives: Vinodh Rajaraman
Are cloud kitchens really more profitable? Part 2 – Biryani boys!
In our earlier post, we spoke to a couple of renowned brewery owners who ventured into cloud setup and covered their experiences. We received a lot of encouraging feedback from the restaurant community and many of them urged us to cover some brands that were doing well, what their numbers are, what works and what […]
Are Cloud kitchens really more profitable?
Sprig, Munchery, Spoonrocket, Maple. Sounds familiar? These are some of the well-known cloud kitchen brands out of USA, years of operation and funding raised. Sprig – 2013-17, $56.7M Munchery – 2010 – 19, $125M Maple – 2015-17, $26M Maple’s food cost was 63% of revenue in 2015, wonder how the future food cost projections could […]
Why aren’t restaurateurs on Linkedin when they should be?
Most of the restaurateurs predominantly focus on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, while completely ignoring another powerful medium – LinkedIn. I have been personally messaging owners to get more active on LinkedIn and you may wonder why. How does it help? Are you thinking “My customers are not in LinkedIn?”. Think again. As of 2019, they […]
Taming the rhino with cost-cutting measures
Red Rhino is a very fine microbrewery, situated in Whitefield-Hostoke Road, Bangalore. The first thing that will strike you about this place is the location, if Whitefield is outskirts, this location is further apart. As you step inside, you see opulence and grandeur, a breathtaking view of surrounding greenery from the ample open space decks. […]