Archive for October 8th, 2009
So You Want to Open a Restaurant?
From renting a building with kitchen space to writing the menu, entrepreneurs have their work cut out for them when they enter the restaurant industry. On the one hand, food service is one of the few industries that isn’t going belly-up thanks to the economic recession. On the other hand, competition can be fierce and running a restaurant isn’t always a fun and glamorous proposition.
After securing a rental space, putting up appropriate decorations and hiring a knowledgeable, competent staff, your first priority should be to install some high-quality food service equipment. While it might be possible to get by using old, secondhand equipment, there’s no guaranteeing how long it will last without going on the fritz. When preparing food is your primary business, there’s no sense taking unnecessary risks.