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April 21, 2011
International Restaurant Expansion The challenges and opportunities casual dining restaurant chains face when growing abroad Here are a few notes I had prepared for a media interview with a major international news organization who was working on a story...
March 31, 2011
South Africa is an emerging restaurant market with a number of very strong players and an optimistic view of its future. South Africa has approximately 85,000 restaurants operating within the country (although a whopping 57,000 or so are street...
March 7, 2011
Dubai Restaurant Industry The fastest growing city in the world at the moment is Dubai. Approximately 25% of all of the high rise cranes on Earth are in one city; Dubai. What’s happening in Dubai is as significant as...
November 1, 2012
Opening a restaurant takes time, patience and plenty of work. Deadlines must be met, and your efforts must be set towards meeting your budget and creative specifications. But with the right planning, getting everything done in a timely manner can...
March 24, 2011
Opening a Restaurant: Great Restaurants Have “Soul” Great restaurants have an extra dimension that take them from being a restaurant to being a magical place. The word Restaurant is derived from a Latin word meaning to “restore”. Great restaurants...
December 22, 2010
In The Restaurant Business You Must Be Courageous “Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right” is a famous line from Henry Ford. Many times I have reflected on that notion. Whether as a high school wrestler getting...