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The food and restaurant business is a highly competitive one. Hence, entrepreneurs and marketers in this field are always thinking of ways to differentiate. Experts will tell you that the devil is in the details. So with restaurant marketing, your best strategies aren’t always “out there,” but in your current practices. Take your restaurant menu […]

Good ideas can come from unexpected places. However, if you aren’t familiar with some basic rules in the kitchen and what the recipe ideation process looks like, you might forget your ideas very quickly or simply throw away your final dish after applying a wrong food combination. In this article, we are going to cover […]

Menu isn’t just a price list written in black and white. It’s in your hands to design your menu in a way that will encourage your guests to order your most profitable recipes. The process that’s responsible for designing, pricing, and positioning your menu items is called menu engineering. According to Gofrugal, “Menu engineering is […]

You may be wondering what a franchise is – a word we hear quite often in the food business world. Franchises are businesses that allow franchisees to operate using franchisors’ names and models. In a franchise business, you practically own the company, but you have to follow a set of rules and regulations presented by […]

The menu is key to any restaurant’s success, whether it’s a chain or a standalone, large or small. New customers may be drawn in by a unique name, or a fantastic location, but it’s the food that keeps them coming back. Any changes you make to your menu should be carefully examined. With this being […]

There are some significant advantages to operating a franchise, compared to other types of food business ownership. Brand name recognition is a huge factor: most franchisees in India and anywhere else in the world automatically benefit from it. With global food trends changing, there are more and more international food chain franchises opening in India. […]

Miscalculated food cost percentages and high food costs are among the top 10 reasons why restaurants fail to survive. If you are still calculating your food costs manually, you risk making mistakes that would be difficult to recover from. In this article, we will talk about  -how to get started with food cost calculation, -how […]

The restaurant business tends to get a boost during holidays, as high as up to 306 % percent! People have more free time to spend with loved ones, so naturally, they tend to go out to enjoy a nice dinner somewhere outside. And while the holidays usually bring more business, they also require extra work […]

In one of previous articles, we have talked about two main menu pricing strategies and shared tips for designing your menu. Today we want to introduce five menu pricing methods that restaurants can apply when pricing their menus..  We will emphasize the pros and cons of all restaurant menu pricing methods and show what’s the […]

Imagine walking into a five-restaurant. The lights are warm and dim enough to not strain your eyes, and the seats make it feel like you’re sitting on clouds. The server glides to your table almost as if he’s floating on a magic carpet. He takes a menu from his side and hands it to you.  […]

Now that you are all-set to re-open your restaurant after the COVID wave, you must be having a lot of concerning thoughts in your mind.  For instance, how you are going to attract new customers, how you will make your food more saleable, how can customers better understand your concept and many such questions will […]

Pizza is one of the greatest inventions in the world next to the light bulb. Sure, it wasn’t a technological advance, but it did advance our taste buds. If you’re here, then you must have a pizza business, or you’re looking to start one. Let’s help you get started. There are a ton of tips […]

Named “Pub Capital of India”, Bangalore seems to be a perfect city to launch a restaurant/cafe. The city has more than 12 million population – a huge audience to market to – and a moderate climate throughout the year that will appeal to tourists as well. However, the restaurant industry comes with lots of challenges, […]

So, you want to open a restaurant, or you already have one. That’s great. Have you figured out your menu? The answer is probably no if you’re looking at this article, but rest assured, by the end of it you’ll have a better idea of how you can show up competitors with our menu pricing […]

Busy lifestyle, decreasing willingness to spend time to cook in the kitchen, and the convenience of ordering food online make cloud kitchens important part of our lives. Looking at the global growth trend of cloud kitchens in recent years is enough to understand how we prefer to consume food. The cloud kitchen market size is […]

Cloud Kitchen is not a new concept. Restaurants in China have been running cloud kitchens for decades. UAE has been doing it successfully for a while. Earlier, the primary reason for starting and running the cloud business was cost-effectiveness. Now the cloud kitchen business is growing for a different reason – change in consumer behavior. […]

Biryani is everyone’s favorite dish not just because of its unique flavor but also because it tastes luxurious yet it reminds you of home. It is a feast that everyone needs to enjoy at least once a week. If you have the heirloom recipe of your grandmother’s biryani and you can replicate it in your […]

Managing and operating a restaurant is an overwhelmingly complex job. On top of achieving target sales, you need to ensure that your customers are satisfied and that your staff members are following multiple standard operating procedures. The lack of documented standards can lead to the inconsistent and randomized implementation of procedures in product preparation and […]

For the past year, restaurants are relying heavily on food delivery to keep their business afloat during the pandemic. Despite the pandemic, it was reported in reportlinker that the food delivery business is still expected to reach $126.91 billion in 2021. The growth is primarily driven by social distancing protocols, remote working schemes, and restrictions […]

Food delivery has been a common method of ordering and has been becoming increasingly popular for the past few years. Foodtech startup companies such as ordering aggregators, third-party delivery partners, and cashless payments have also ignited and contributed to the growth of food delivery. When the pandemic hit, the food sales of restaurants were severely […]

For the past few years, the focus of all industries and businesses is digitization and automation. Automation has allowed businesses to reduce manual work to yield consistent results. Meanwhile, digitalization further allowed businesses to improve processes and systems using data gathered in real-time with the help of digital transformation tools. All data coming from the […]

With the advent of technology, more and more restaurant owners are gaining access to valuable real-time data via restaurant management systems. These data can give restaurant owners insight into every aspect of their operations and help them understand their business patterns and evaluate their business success. However, most restaurant owners do not know how and […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

In my previous blog, I covered the aspect of rejection in sales. In this monologue, let us dive into another important aspect — following up. This is one of my favourite topics, having started as a completely inexperienced person in sales 4 years ago, a noob as they call. In a way, this topic goes […]

Both aspiring and experienced salespeople often research and read a lot of materials on sales. Thankfully there are lots of insightful articles/blogs covering aspects including, “what makes one a great salesperson, how to handle objections, prospecting, cold calling, email tips, follow-ups, negotiations, selling value over features, etc”. I come across many posts on sales in […]

“I’m starting a candy company & it’s going to be amazing,” tweeted the mischievous Musk. “Then I’m going to build a moat & fill it w candy. Warren B will not be able to resist investing!” Every product, well almost all, has competition. Quite often, prospects will ask what’s your USP, or why you are […]

What a time the human race is going through. Nobody would have ever thought the world will nearly come to a standstill. Expectedly, there are two contrasting perspectives, pro lockdown, screw the economy, and save lives or get busy living, let us see what happens. Time will tell if the former approach is right or […]

The hard part of writing is writing. You have the topic and points in your mind, mull it over a few times, sleep on it a few more days, and yet hardly a word is written down. Well, blame it on indolence. And then one fine moment, your brain berates you for the laziness and […]

Various statistics are being thrown on restaurant failure rates, some claiming as high as 80% -90% within an year. This 90% is attributed to the American Express commercial many years ago. However, various studies have busted that myth. National Restaurant Association of US places this number close to 60% within the first three years of […]

Prasanna Kumar, CEO of B&B, a top rated microbrewery pub in Bangalore, is young, aggressive, energetic and loves to take decisions based on data. It would be apt to say that he is quite paranoid about it over the last 6 months and that puts us under a lot of pressure, being his software partner for BOH […]

“Opening a restaurant, writing a book and making a movie are arguably the top three things that humans desire in their life. Opening a restaurant is considered the easiest by most of them. Boy, aren’t they wrong!”–Vinodh Rajaraman The quote stuck with me as it subtly explains that when it comes to restaurants, there is […]

Fundamentals Of Restaurant Design. While most of the people only see the sparking and glamour side of the restaurant business, the dusky end is inevitable too. The restaurant offers a myriad of experiences; when you enter the space the ambiance makes your eyes twinkle, the smell of freshly cooked food gives pleasure to your olfactory […]

Generation Z or millennials love experimenting and experiencing everything. They look for a place provides something more than just good food!

Let’s talk about some restaurant design tips in the article. Why? Because the restaurant is an exponentially growing industry and if you are planning to be another million-dollar restaurateur you would surely need a solid USP. A restaurant is not just a place which serves good food anymore, people today seek an experience which means a thematic restaurant with fun […]

One of the most important components of menu engineering is profitability analysis. Know how to deal with this aspect of a restaurant business with us.

Are you a new restaurateur? Or are you planning to rebrand your current bistro? If yes, then you have landed on the right page!

Design and human behavior are like bread and butter; they are always tendered together. The menu card is like an aperitif of your brand, it is the first step of interaction with your customers and you do not want to spoil that! In fact, there is a separate genre of science called the menu engineering […]

With thorough research where we have tried, tested & tasted (Sotally Tober after that), we bring you a list of 7 of the best breweries in Namma Bengaluru.

Read this to know how third party deliveries are here to stay and grow fairly huge and fast in the restaurant world (F&B Industry)!

This food delivery app has created new wave in the food & beverages industry. With spectacular growth, Swiggy is now no more just an app but a way of life.

Do you know restaurant industry is one of the hardest to succeed. Food and labor cost can account for close to 65% -70% of sales.

Here are the fundamentals of restaurant back-end operations, compared them with the paint industry operating profitably by adopting scientific methods.

Starting the restaurant is easier part, running it is a nightmare. All the glitz & glamour will vanish and will soon face reality, its real tough out there!

‘6 Simple Fundas For Restaurant Profitability’. Improving your restaurants’ profitability is one of the baby steps to expanding & growing your restaurant.

We announced the beta version in August’17, took it to the market with bare minimal features to get user feedback. At that stage, you are usually unsure what the reaction would be, your mind goes through thoughts you wouldn’t ideally want it to and you are excited to even get a demo. We were fortunate […]

A while ago, we announced the launch of EagleOwl, a restaurant management platform. Our previous post covered a bit of history. It was a great moment for our fledgeling company, something we are very proud of. We took a lot more time than we had planned for, but all that pain and frustration has now […]

Before getting into what EagleOwl is and how it helps your business, allow me to rewind the clock and take you through the birth and journey of Honey Badger Labs. After 15 years of pure coding in the tech industry, a combination of boredom, despondency and palpable frustration had set in. I wasn’t really enjoying […]