Business Idea: Starting a Restaurant
August 2, 2006 by Isabel Isidro · 4 Comments
It is always best to start your business by putting together all your questions and finding answers to them. You can do that with a business plan (and if you plan to look for investors or apply for a loan, you need to present your business plan). Here are some sample business plans that you can use
Below are free information and resources that I’ve found on how to start a restaurant business:
- National Restaurant Association
- Entrepreneur.com Marketing and Promotions of a Restaurant
- Starting a Restaurant Business
- RestaurantOwner.com
- AllFoodBusiness.com How to Start a Restaurant
- 6 Ways to Attract New Customers to Your Restaurant
- Canada Business Starting a restaurant
You may consider the following resources (not free):
Palo Alto’s Restaurant Business Plans http://www.bplans.com/st/restaurant.cfm
FabJob.com’s Starting a Restaurant Business http://www.fabjob.com/restaurantowner.asp
Entrepreneur.com http://www.smallbizbooks.com/cgi-bin/SmallBizBooks/00047.html
Associations are great resources as well
- National Restaurant Association http://www.restaurant.org/
- National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation (they have excellent training courses for restaurant owners) http://www.nraef.org/
- Your state restaurant association (e.g. http://www.ohiorestaurant.org/ , http://www.azrestaurant.org/ , http://www.parestaurant.org/ , http://www.nmrestaurants.org/
If you want in-depth information, I suggest you check out the following books:
- The Restaurant Business Start-up Guide (Real-World Business) by Paul Daniels
- Opening a Restaurant or Other Food Business Starter Kit: How to Prepare a Restaurant Business Plan and Feasibility Study by Sharon Fullen
- Start Your Own Restaurant (and Five Other Food Businesses) (Entrepreneur Magazine’s Start Ups) by Entrepreneur Press and Jacquelyn Lynn
- Start Your own Restaurant and Five Other Food Businesses (Startup) by Jacquelyn Lynn
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Isabel Isidro is the co-founder of PowerHomeBiz.com. A mom of three boys, avid vintage postcard collector, frustrated scrapbooker, she also manages Women Home Business and Learning from Big Boys.
Another key to starting your own restaurant is your website. We offer a very affordable package that includes the ability to create your own restaurant blog, and an e-mail newsletter to keep your customers coming back.
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Another key component of your restaurant is online ordering. With a good online ordering system, the benefits are many, from increased ticket averages for carry out and delivery orders, to reduced overhead for your wait staff and order takers. Pizza Galaxy offers an extremely powerful online ordering system for any restaurant. You can learn more and even test drive a demo at http://www.pizzagalaxy.com/increase-restaurant-sales.html
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If you’re a restaurant operator looking for a premier online ordering solution that includes a Website OR can be infused with your current site – check out http://www.resercom.com . Their system has patron loyalty programs, etc. It’s affordable, a great investment and a must see!
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like other i will also suggest that the blogs, websutes and online marketing are also one of the best ways to advertise your business
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