Blogs

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 […]