MonkeyMedia.net - Feature StoriesMonkeyMedia.net - Feature Stories:2010-01-05T03:57:32ZCopyright (c) 2010, John DumbrilleExpressionEnginetag:76.12.224.59,2010:01:04Menu Planning and Strategytag:76.12.224.59,2010:index.php/21.2572010-01-04T23:46:01Z2010-01-05T03:57:32ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netMost of the menu analysis and menu engineering models were built during a time of solid annual growth for our industry. These models focus on high gross margin items. Today, blindly using these models to adjust menu prices may hurt your bottom line.
]]>Teleconference Recap: Catering for Franchisorstag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2512009-11-25T16:19:01Z2009-11-26T01:10:08ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netA recap of one of Erle’s Dardick’s Brown Bag session with seven executives from major Fast Casual companies. The conversation covered:
• How and why to centralize control points
• The value of online ordering , and
• The advantages of providing an ordering method mix
]]>Taking Small and scaling it Bigtag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2482009-09-16T13:14:02Z2009-09-16T13:24:57ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netIn North America we’ve been really good at taking uniqueness and enthusiasm and scaling it over a large number of units. Meanwhile, the little guys are nimble, and are very good at creating new value. Everyone can learn from them.
]]>Catering is Happeningtag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2472009-09-02T18:57:00Z2009-09-02T19:23:00ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netRecent magazine articles from QSR Magazine, the Nation’s Restaurant News, and Hospitality Trends point to an explosion in catering, and catering business opportunities for QRSs
]]>The uptrend in home dining can WORK for restaurantstag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2462009-08-05T19:09:00Z2009-08-05T21:28:41ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netWe’re in a great industry: no matter what, people have a great love for food. And their love for food is like the air in a balloon – you can crush it on one end, but it comes up somewhere else.
The trick is to be where the air rises.
]]>Small and mobiletag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2452009-07-25T12:50:01Z2009-07-25T13:10:25ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netSuccessful American restaurants are typically highly capitalized, high concept, sit down affairs.
But with changing times, people get agile. Here come the food trucks, and VendrTV to track them.
]]>Why run a commissary?tag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2442009-07-24T04:24:00Z2010-01-04T19:58:23ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netA commissary can help you with needed diversification, and can prepare you for subsequent diversification down the line.
And commissaries can make all kinds of sense if you are rebuilding.
]]>4 Operational Tips to Boost Sales, Improve Efficiencytag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2412009-07-01T14:34:02Z2009-07-01T15:17:36ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netContextualizing an article featuring Boudin Bakery and its rationale for casual catering - from Hospitality Magazine.
]]>Leading with sustainabilitytag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.1682009-06-18T06:41:00Z2009-07-24T04:40:01ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netOut To Lunch Catering prepares food with fundamentals in mind. A video interview by MonkeyMedia.net about commitment in the age of transparency.
]]>Success built on social mediatag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2352009-06-08T03:52:00Z2009-07-01T14:57:22ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netSometimes a food concept goes beyond utility and value. Kogi, LA’s Korean Taco Truck, has hit the mark. What makes people crazy about it?
]]>Social media hardware for bakeriestag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2062009-06-01T14:33:02Z2009-06-02T21:35:53ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netGreat marketing support technology for modern bakeries: a gadget that tells their customers when the latest fresh batch is ready. Customers can smell the coffee, wherever they are, via twitter.
]]>Look who’s catering!tag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2322009-05-27T23:00:02Z2009-05-28T00:17:32ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netSuddenly, virtually every QSR operator is trying to enter the catering business.
Erle answers the million dollar question:
“What’s happening?”
]]>Twenty-one food cost tweetstag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2272009-05-14T19:49:00Z2009-05-14T23:42:59ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netFood cost expert Joe Dunbar with a ‘best of’ list:
twenty-one points of food cost advice.
In 120 characters or less.
]]>This is a food industry storytag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2132009-05-04T03:25:01Z2009-05-04T03:41:29ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netOn mile 1000 of her 1500 mile ride against homelessness, Dancing Deer Baking company’s Trish Karter talks about things that matter.
]]>Going to Chicagotag:76.12.224.59,2009:index.php/21.2122009-05-03T19:47:00Z2009-05-04T03:42:28ZJohn Dumbrillejohn@monkeymedia.nethttp://www.monkeymedia.netOn networking, trade shows, co-opetition...and Chicago in May.
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