10 Ways To DOUBLE Your Wine Sales This Christmas Season
A little bit of careful planning, smart marketing and staff training will have a massive impact on your wine sales, particularly in a period of peak customer flow, such as this Christmas and New Year. Always remember that your wine category is probably your most profitable. Try comparing your prime cost (that’s cost of product […]
Be Different This Christmas – STAND OUT or die!
Be different this Christmas – STAND OUT or die! Sounds brutal? Well, you hardly need me to remind you that over the next few weeks every business owner and party organiser in the country is going to get bombarded with the usual Christmas promotions from restaurants, hotels, pubs and party venues. So how do you […]
12 Proven Ways To Have A Calmer And More Profitable Christmas
Hard to believe on a hot August day like today, but any day now the weather becomes distinctly more autumnal and the kids start back at school. It’s no wonder most businesses and party organisers choose their Christmas party venue in September. But how do you make sure that your business takes advantage of this […]
Seven Ways To Spring Clean Your Hospitality Business, Step # 5
STEP # 5, GET PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT YOUR GARDEN AND OUTSIDE AREAS! Whether you’ve got a huge pub garden, restaurant courtyard, terrace, a few outside tables or even just a couple of window boxes, make sure to capitalise on your outside areas NOW. It’s too late to look back and compare your outside areas to […]
Seven Ways To Spring Clean Your Hospitality Business, Step #4
OPTIMISING YOUR FOOD AND DRINK SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS 1) Getting the best deal Background: Suppliers must be recognised as significant stakeholders in your business. Independent hospitality businesses have an increasingly hard battle to fight and these suppliers need to be on your side. Customer expectations in terms of quality food and drink are higher than ever, […]
Seven Ways To Spring Clean Your Hospitality Business, Step #3
Step 3, Time to rethink your goals? For some of us, the spring is the perfect time to knuckle down to goal setting again. It’s only natural to set goals at the beginning of the year. After all, everybody’s at it in January, aren’t they? But come April, less than 20% of us are probably […]
Seven Ways To Spring Clean Your Hospitality Business, Step #2
12 DAILY HABITS OF SUPER-SUCCESSFUL HOSPITALITY ENTREPRENEURS For nearly 25 years I have wondered what makes some operators in hospitality more successful than others. Whether it’s a single site small hotel, a side-street café, a small group of pubs or a nationwide chain of restaurants, there are character traits and skills which are shared by […]
Seven Ways To Spring Clean Your Hospitality Business, Step #1
#1 – Understand that 80% of people in this business sector are completely wrong You may have heard these statistics before. If you’re in any business, the chances are that your business sector is split as follows: • 1% are fantastically successful and famous • 4% are doing very well, wealthy and could retire • […]
9 Ways To Fall In Love With Your Hospitality Business Again Part 3: 7-9, Working Smarter, Not Harder
9 WAYS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR HOSPITALITY BUSINESS AGAIN Part 3 7-9, WORKING SMARTER, NOT HARDER In Part 1 and Part 2, we looked at great ways to step back from your business and surround yourself with all the right people – that’s not just staff, but customers and suppliers, too. Just after […]
9 Ways To Fall In Love With Your Hospitality Business Again – Part 2, The Right People
9 WAYS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR HOSPITALITY BUSINESS AGAIN Part 2 3-6, THE RIGHT PEOPLE In Part 1, we looked at 3 great ways to step back from your business, in order to have a fresh and proactive view on the ways you work and lead your hospitality business. On or around Valentine’s […]