Sustainability Policies
Today I want to talk about putting sustainable policies in place within your business. You have to first of all decide what you want to do, it might be that you want to concentrate on your power usage, your electric. It’s an easy one to do, but to do that you need to probably get […]
Sustainability
Today I want to talk about sustainability. Why that’s important in your business? It can be a great marketing tool, it’s hot on the agenda, you hear it everywhere now especially after blue planet, and it can be great for your bottom line. One of the problems is there is not an accepted definition of […]
A Checklist For Resolving Your Stocktake Discrepancies
If you’ve recently completed a stocktake and you have seen some discrepancies in your numbers then this checklist is for you; it should help you spot where the discrepancies are and how you can resolve them. This is a checklist we go through with our clients when we complete stocktakes for them and they feel […]
Sunday’s Upselling Tip – What do You Call It?
The Word “Upselling” is the one that has been traditionally used in the hospitality industry, but does this fit in with your business culture? If and your staff might think that it is a bit mechanical and fill them with fear and anxiety then choose something different. “Cross-selling”, “Improving Customer Value” or “knowing Your Customer”, […]
Monday’s Food Cost Tip
Put into practice a regular cleaning and maintenance schedule for all you equipment. Carrying out regular servicing of your freezers and fridges extends the operational life of the compressors, reduces the your energy costs and avoids food waste due to breakdowns. Picture: Expertserviceco.com
Upselling – Tip #1
Upselling is the life blood of your businesses. It maximises the average spend per customer, increases your turnover, and perhaps, more importantly it improves your customer’s experience. Tip #1: Don’t Panic about Upselling Selling to your customers is what keeps you in business: its how you sell to them that is important. People don’t like […]
Tuesday’s Cost Reduction Tip
Lighting – PIR According to figures from the Carbon Trust, lighting makes up 25% of the electricity use in a Hospitality business. As well as converting your lighting to LED consider using motion sensors in low use areas such as corridors in hotel, cellars, store cupboards and toilets. A PIR (passive infrared) sensor turns lights […]
Mondays Food Cost Tip
Monday Specials Board If you run a Sunday Carvery then consider using a specials board and planning your Monday specials to use up left over Carvery items. Vegetables can become soups. Meat can be used to make Curries, consider running a Monday Curry Club. This not only uses up food but it can boost sales […]
How to make your pub more successful – The Lost Art of Up Selling
It is generally thought that there are three ways to make your pub successful Get your customers to spend more on each visit. Attract more Customers through your doors. Get your customers to make more visits to you pub I also think there is a fourth Control your costs. For today I will concentrate on […]