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Here is my recent take on beverage trends in casual dining !! http://www.nightclub.com/blog/events/vibe/casual-dining-beverage-trends?

Casual Dining Beverage Trends | Nightclub & Bar The landscape continues to evolve with new and exciting products each year in beer, wine and spirits. It’s important as a chain operator to capture the excitement that come from the variety of new products, styles and trends driving the beverage segment

Millennials or the "zero to 60 in nothing flat" crowd. Here's my real take.
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5 Factors for Attracting Millennials | Nightclub & Bar Millennials spending power and influence can make a tremendous impact on your business. So, how can you attract more of them to your venue and cash in on a piece of the $80 million pie?

Improving food sales is not rocket science, yet you need to have a top of mind focus along with some solid tactics.

6 Tactics for Driving Food Sales | Nightclub & Bar The clear answer is to simply serve better food today than you did yesterday to excite guests with a strong intent to return and purchase. Which is easier said than done!

Remember those who cannot be here but gave so much. Happy Memorial Day...

Agree or not with the direction Friday's is taking, watch out for their food truck…

A TGI Fridays Makeover to Recapture the Social Crowd The restaurant is trying to burnish its image in an bid to draw younger revelers, who may dismiss the chain as a place where their parents ordered potato skins in the 1980s.

" 4 WALLS" Most of you will relate to one of the first theories Dan Scoggin brought to Friday's in the early 70's.

5 Key Pillars to a Successful “4 Walls” Marketing Plan | Nightclub & Bar It's important to always look at how you execute the guest experience inside your 4 Walls. There is no need to blame the guy next door or the economy. You control your destiny every day, one shift at a time.

I know we all love feedback :) Here is my take on it for both you and your buzz.

How to Get Valuable Feedback | Nightclub & Bar There are a multitude of methods in which to receive feedback today in our workplace. Too often we do not take the time to receive, nor utilize feedback to improve ourselves or our businesses.

Line Checks: Why So Important? | Nightclub & Bar Who Does It:� We lined out the ?why? and now, ?who? should conduct line checks?� All scheduled managers during all shifts should participate in conducing line checks.�

Management 101, run a solid weekly meeting. Keep it simple. Here is my take on it…

How To Conduct Effective Manager Meetings | Nightclub & Bar In your quest to operate a first-class and matchless restaurant operation, and deliver awesome results, think about how you communicate and inform your team with practical and beneficial information.

Creating Effective and Balanced Beverage Menus | Nightclub & Bar Well developed beverage menus can be extremely effective. Let’s examine how beverage menus can impact your beverage sales, what works and what may not work so well.

Steps To Set Up Your Back Bar | Nightclub & Bar It's important to have your dining room, entry or vestibule and all other aspects of your building looking pristine and exciting to your honored guests. Same goes for your back bar as it defines in part what you are attempting to accomplish by displaying

Here is my article on beverage profits. http://www.nightclub.com/bar-management/cost-controls/errors-that-drain-beverage-profits?

Errors That Drain Beverage Profits | Nightclub & Bar It's time to examine the profit side to control some of the common errors that drain your beverage profits.