Let’s find out if you need restaurant consulting, what and where it can be useful at different stages of projects. What are the most responsible stages in opening a restaurant?

A brief description of the stages:

• This is the moment of business planning and calculation of expected profits, to understand whether a particular project will be profitable.
• Effective restaurant management. If you do not have a clear management system, it is likely that sooner or later there will come a moment when you realize this, but it will be too late.
• Rebranding. Every business goes through the same stages of development. For restaurants, it is 3-4 years, only some projects can be an exception and keep 10 or even 15 years in the same format.

Restaurant consulting during the development of the restaurant concept.

One common mistake aspiring restaurateurs make is to start creating a concept by turning to a design studio. Interior – an important element in a successful restaurant, which creates a unique atmosphere and gives new emotions. Here, this is what bribes restaurateurs – beautiful renderings of your future restaurant. They forget that the guests will come not to the museum, but to eat, relax with a glass of champagne.

How can restaurant consulting help at the stage of opening a restaurant?

• An objective look at all the business processes of a future restaurant concept
• Selection and analysis of location
• Expected traffic
• Potential target audience and the creation of the ideal guest
• Determination of guest needs
• Correct pricing policy for food and beverages
• A detailed calculation of approximate merchandise turnover
• Budgeting and determination of the return on investment

By making a detailed forecast on the above and other items, you can save yourself from the failures that many business people make.

This calculation can take up to 1 month, but will save you not only time but also significant capital in the future. Also, the restaurant expert, will start working with the design studio to convey all the necessary wishes in creating a unique interior. During the renovation, will select the best professionals and will monitor the implementation of the work. At the same time, he will start recruiting staff so that the team can prepare for the opening, and the chef and chef-bartender, develop a new menu and offers. As you can see, there are quite a few tasks and these are just the basic steps that you need to be well versed in.

The benefits of a restaurant consulting and business process expert

An experienced restaurant consulting expert knows the local real estate market well. And as you know, the location of a restaurant is the most important element in the success of a project. So when ordering a restaurant consulting service, always ask the expert which restaurants may be for sale or in the process of closing or where there is a good location for your concept. A professional should be well versed in all commercial spaces to find the right one quickly. Often, it can be very profitable to buy an existing restaurant with all the equipment, but which is on a main street.
Is it worth buying a franchise or opening a restaurant on your own?

Quite a popular question, both for beginners and experienced restaurateurs. It’s hard to answer this question unequivocally; in our restaurant consulting business, there are several profitable solutions. Often, young brands are looking to grow their chain, so they bring in partners. At this stage, you can become a partner of a popular brand very profitably. We always have current offers for those wishing to buy a ready-made business.

Effective management of the restaurant

And here you are the owner of his first or already the second and third restaurant. Good, if you’re doing well and you managed to assemble a dream team, which with you went through all the stages from start to finish. And you do not need to put out fires, you think about creating a new concept. Then, our team will be able to make your successful project even more successful by implementing projects in new locations. But it happens that the chef quit, a good manager is hard to find, and there are not enough guests to cover your operating costs. And there can be two solutions, close, sell, rebrand, or try to fix all the processes and set up marketing with sales. You have to remember that restaurant consulting is not a magic wand that will fix everything in the blink of an eye. Serious problems, require a serious approach to solving them and finding the best solution. Our effective management will help you put everything working in a new way. Increase restaurant attendance. Increase the number of checks. Reduce operating costs to 5% – 10% and increase profitability to 23% per month.