Embrace The Suck Blog
Knowing where you are is just the start.
I'VE BEEN WHERE YOU ARE...
With a never-ending...
Go sit in your restaurant for an hour with your eyes closed and just listen. What do you hear?
Does it sound like the smooth cadence of a well-oiled machine or more like a clunky old car engine that backfires every minute?
When I am coaching a client, I love to sit in the dining room and just...
If you’re like the majority of restaurants and bars in your market, you’ve been struggling to find staff.
Many operators are struggling to find any staff! Are they breathing? Can they form a coherent sentence? Yes? Hired!
The new hires stay for a few weeks but end up...
The bad news: Here we are, waiting for the world to end.
I know I wrote a post a little while back saying that there would be a restaurant apocalypse in 2020. I did not see this curveball coming.
The good news: The world is not going to end! However, it is...
Gather ‘round and allow me to tell you a tale. The names have been changed to protect those not so innocent. Let this tale be a precautionary lesson for you to not go down the same path lest you suffer the same fate as this restaurant did.
You’ve been warned—stop reading now if...
What’s going on with you?
Seriously—why haven’t you started taking action on your big goals for this year yet?
- Still, waiting for a couple of key elements to fall into place?
- The position of the moon not favorable for this grand venture?
- Do you need to hire that one person who...
I like a good deal and I’m sure you do as well.
I have a friend who is like a bloodhound when it came to finding deals! I mean she is obsessed with getting one. I actually don’t think she has paid full retail once. LOL
Deals are everywhere and we think they drive sales and they do...
We all want to get back to “normal,” whatever that means now.
Honestly, normal wasn’t very normal in the first place so, let’s look at this as a plot twist!
This time around is your opportunity to do things better than you did before. COVID-19 isn’t your fault, but...
As competition gets tougher and profits seem to slip slowly away, you need to analyze your data more than ever.
In fact, the bars and restaurants that fail to capitalize on their data will find themselves in hot water. It’s been happening for a while—you just haven’t...