The Restaurant Managers Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation

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solid handbook

Outstanding book!

2004 Writers Notes Book Award Winner

Superb!!

A solid, no-nonsense, all-encompassing curriculum

The Restaurant Managers Handbook: How to Set Up, Operate, and Manage a Financially Successful Food Service Operation
Douglas Robert Brown
Manufacturer: Atlantic Publishing Company (FL)
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0910627096

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This comprehensive and massive 600 page new book will show you step-by-step how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful foodservice operation. The author has left no stone unturned in explaining the risky business of running a restaurant. Operators in the non-commercial segment as well as caterers, and really anyone in the food service industry will find this book very useful.

The books nineteen chapters cover the entire process of a restaurant start-up and ongoing management in an easy to understand way, pointing out methods to increase your chances of success, and showing how to avoid the many common mistakes that can doom a start-up. The new companion CD rom contains all the forms demonstrated in the book for easy use in a PDF format.

While providing detailed instruction and examples, the author leads you through finding a location that will bring success, learn how to draw up a winning business plan, how to buy and (sell ) a restaurant, franchising, basic cost control systems, profitable menu planning, sample restaurant floor plans & diagrams, successful kitchen management, equipment layout and planning, food safety & HACCP, successful beverage management, learn how to set up computer systems to save time and money, learn how to hire & keep a qualified professional staff, brand new IRS tip reporting requirements, managing and training employees, generate high profile public relations and publicity, learn low cost internal marketing ideas, low and no cost ways to satisfy customers and build sales, learn how to keep bringing customers back, accounting & bookkeeping procedures, auditing, successful budgeting and profit planning development, as well as thousands of great tips and useful guidelines.

The extensive resource Guide details over 7,000 suppliers to the industry, this directory could be a separate book on its own. This Restaurant Managers Handbook covers everything that many companies pay consultants thousands of dollars for.

This book is also ideal for professionals in the hospitality field as well as newcomers who may be looking for answers to cost containment and training issues. There are literally hundreds of innovative ways demonstrated to streamline your restaurant business. Learn new ways to make the kitchen, bars, dining room, and front office run smoother and increase performance. Shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition operators will appreciate this valuable resource and reference in their daily activities and as a source of ready-to-use forms, web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can be easily applied to their operations. Highly recommended!

Customer Reviews:

solid handbook.......2007-07-19

this is a solid, almost academic, handbook. it's points you toward the things you need to figure out but you'll still need to get additional information on your local regulations. personnaly, it discouraged me from opening a buisness at this time.

Outstanding book!.......2007-03-15

This book is very detailed and to the point. It covers all areas of the restaurant business. Then menu planning section is great. It gives so much foresight.

2004 Writers Notes Book Award Winner.......2005-05-18

The Restaurant Manager's Handbook is a no-nonsense, coverall manual for the food establishment industry. It's the essence of a successful handbook-no jokes, parables, and preachy lectures, just the facts. If you delve into the heal-thy index for fault, you'll abruptly bump into a page number for an answer, and if you're currently running a restaurant and afraid to appear inadequate, you can load the handy CD-ROM and pretend you're checking your e-mail while figur-ing out the monthly audit procedures or why the beer is flat. I'm not kidding. The next time your favorite kitchen runs short of the daily special or closes down for a lack of permit, serve them a copy of this great reference book.

Superb!!.......2003-10-01

The books nineteen chapters cover the entire process of a restaurant start-up and ongoing management.The companion CD rom which contains all the forms is worth the modest price of the book alone. I would highly recomend this book to anyone in the industry now or who wants to get started with sound financial planning. Also the extensive resource guide in the back of the book is superb - we will use this book often.

A solid, no-nonsense, all-encompassing curriculum.......2003-05-16

Now in a completely revised and thoroughly updated third edition, The Restaurant Manager's Handbook: How To Set Up, Operate And Manage A Financially Successful Food Service Operation by Douglas Robert Brown is a solid, no-nonsense, all-encompassing curriculum to teaching oneself the basics of the restaurant business. An exhaustive compendium of step-by-step instructions, advice, checklists, legal issues, as well as encompassing an extensive listing of state restaurant associations (and so much more!) fill the pages of this "must-have" reference for anyone with a serious and dedicated interest in the dynamics of food service oriented small business ownership. A companion CD-ROM with printable versions of all the handy and useful sample forms is included.

Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business

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A Really Enjoyable GOOD Business Book
Restauranteurs and Managers get this book
He cares about his readers as much as his diners
One of the Great Ones
Delicious book on inspired management, filled with tasty tidbits

Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business
Danny Meyer
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In October 1985, at age 27, Danny Meyer, with a good idea and scant experience, opened what would become one of New York City's most revered restaurants--Union Square Cafe. Little more than twenty years later, Danny is the CEO of one of the world's most dynamic restaurant organizations, which includes 11 unique dining establishments, each at the top of its game. How has he done it? How has he consistently beaten the odds and set the competitive bar in one of the toughest trades around?

In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he's learned while developing the winning recipe for doing the business he calls "enlightened hospitality." This innovative philosophy emphasizes putting the power of hospitality to work in a new and counterintuitive way: The first and most important application of hospitality is to the people who work for you, and then, in descending order of priority, to the guests, the community, the suppliers, and the investors. This way of prioritizing stands the more traditional business models on their heads, but Danny considers it the foundation of every success that he and his restaurants have achieved.

Full of behind-the-scenes history on the creation of Danny's most famous restaurants and the anecdotes, advice, and lessons he has accumulated on his long and ecstatic journey to the top of the American restaurant scene, Setting the Table is a treasure trove of innovative insights that are applicable to any business or organization.

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Is the customer always right? According to Danny Meyer, one of America's leading restauranteurs, the answer is no--but "they must always feel heard." Named one of the most influential New Yorkers of 2006 by New York magazine, Meyer, the founder and co-owner of 11 of Manhattan's most influential restaurants, including Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Tabla, The Modern, Blue Smoke, and Shake Shack, has penned Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality, a business book that reads like food lit and equal part personal memoir. Amazon.com senior editor Brad Thomas Parsons took some time from his daily long-distance day-dreaming of Shake Shack and caught up with the ever-gracious Danny Meyer over e-mail to ask about his new book, the Food Network, his favorite cookbooks, insider tips on dining out, and much more.

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This book studies the interactions between monetary and fiscal policies in the Euro area. The policy makers are the union central bank, the German government, the French government and other governments. The policy targets are price stability in the union, full employment in Germany, full employment in France, etc. The policy instruments are union money supply, German government purchases, French government purchases, etc. As a rule, the spillovers of fiscal policy are negative. The policy makers follow either cold-turkey or gradualist strategies. The policy decisions are taken sequentially or simultaneously. Policy expectations are adaptive or rational. This book carefully discusses the case for central bank independence and fiscal cooperation.

Customer Reviews:

Not for the underdetermined.......2004-12-11

This book is not for the under-determined, like the last reviewer. The subject is not Computer Science. The subject is Economics, the application is Computer Science. This is not a HOWTO for building expert systems. This is a cry for survival -- economic survival. This is a perfect book for computer scientists, developers, CEOs, chief visionaries, or as Larry would put it (as he has in class with respect to class) this is a book for the generals not the grunts. The world needs more expert systems. Expert systems are innovative, deliver actual work (not just reformatted work), never breakdown, and expert systems will be produced cheaply.

inspiring and visionary.......2002-06-06

I am one of the lucky 10,000+ students who have been taught by Larry Smith in economics at the University of Waterloo. True to his intentions, this book inspires computer scientists to develop a new generation of software tools that will truly revolutionize the world we live in today, namely expert systems. The book does an excellent job at instilling ideas in the mind of the reader of new expert systems that ultimately will be created. Larry Smith has a good grasp on IT as well as economics, and is truly one of the industry's visionaries. Although it lacks in examples, like Prof. Smith said in class, the book is designed to get people thinking about these fantastic expert systems.

Good ideas.......2002-05-17

This book has a series of good thought provoking ideas, though in some places, it can be a bit repetitive.

While I think the book is trying not to limit its readers' imaginations, a few more example of where expert systems are or could be implemented would be useful. These example would lend more credibility to the ideas, since they would show that the systems that are vaguely described in the book could actually be implemented.

A must read for those that want to change the world using IT.

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If you can't remember the last time you found yourself smiling at work, perhaps it is time to take a look at Joysticks, Blinking Lights & Thrills -- a refreshing approach to running your small business. Instead of leaving you in the dark with countless new buzzwords and jumbled jargon, this little handbook is brimming with anecdotes and analogies to help you overcome the daily muck that keeps you and your company from succeeding.

Author Joe Sherlock pulls humorous examples, lighthearted but heavyweight, from his own business experience and his consulting practice to identify 47 specific problem areas in business and provides easy-as-cake solutions to implement into your own business. And this handbook is written in a nonlinear manner allowing you to find the solutions you need now without having to read the book from cover to cover. However, you will want to read it over and over again to squeeze every last idea from this refreshing business expert. Joe Sherlock's practical, down-to-earth advice is broken down into six main topics:
* Business Management
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Joysticks, Blinking Lights & Thrills shows where, how, and why most small-business problems occur and how they could have been avoided. It also outlines the key characteristics of a successful business operation, such as: * Action
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Customer Reviews:

Entertaining book!.......2003-07-30

This is not really a nuts and bolts kind of business book, although there are some concrete ideas peppered throughout. It's more of a morale or confidence booster for the small business owner / entrepreneur. It tries to help you avoid pitfalls and build enthusiasm.

I would say it is best for two audiences:

1) You're a small business owner and are feeling stressed, down in the dumps or afraid failure is around the corner. This is a good book for helping you think creativily and not lose your focus and drive.

2) You're thinking of starting a business and you've read a bunch of books that make the whole thing seem daunting. The book will help you rediscover the entrepreneur that is maybe running a little bit scared inside you.

NOT a primer on running a business, incorporating, bookkeeping, etc. It is a little bit more "touchy-feely" than a lot of business books, but I enjoyed its breezy style and found it a nice tonic for some of the stuffier (but important) other books out there.

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This is the book for professional business presentations

Highly Recommended!

Easy-to-read and Easy-to-follow Guide

Bulletproof Presentations
G. Michael Campbell
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The ability to make an effective presentation, whether it be to peers, bosses, customers, the general public, or the media, plays a major role in your career advancement. This book will give you what you need to speak effectively, with confidence, and in virtually any situation. This step-by-step program can turn even the shakiest speaker into a cool, confident presenter. It gives practical, easy-to-follow guidelines, coupled with the blueprints that will allow anyone apply the techniques immediately. It gives the key to controlling fears, details on how to outline and organize an effective presentation, ways to improve style and delivery, and perfect strategies to captivate any audience. This book will enable anyone be able to walk to that podium with confidence and make a presentation that will impress and inform with the ability to handle even the most difficult questions that may come up during your presentation.

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This is the book for professional business presentations.......2003-12-05

There is an old saying in sales: "You have to sell the sizzle along with the steak." Most presentation books (and I have read dozens) sell a lot of sizzle and very little meat. Bulletproof Presentations is the best book I have read on business presentations, because it focuses as much on how to develop your content as on the mechanics of the presentation. For example, the concept of an overriding theme is critical to ensuring that your message gets remembered. Campbell's stories and examples show that he is an expert on delivering professional presentations to a business audience, and I believe anyone following his advice can aspire to the same level. I strongly recommend this book.

Highly Recommended!.......2002-10-23

G. Michael Campbell notes a shocking statistic in the opening pages of his book: Americans fear public speaking more than death. One reason that so many professionals dread making presentations is that they have not been trained in the basics. The best public speakers use techniques that can be taught and learned, and Campbell presents many of the most important of these methods here. We from getAbstract strongly recommend this book to any novice public speakers, as well as to presentation veterans who are sure to pick up a new trick or two.

Easy-to-read and Easy-to-follow Guide.......2002-07-09

All of us in business have wished at some time or the other for a "shield" that would stop holes from being shot into the ideas we present. In this book, Mike Campbell offers an easy-to-read and easy-to-follow guide to ensure "bullet-proof presentations." He discusses all aspects of planning and preparing for a presentation including what types of visual aids-from old-fashioned flipcharts to computer-generated media - might enhance the story being told. He explains how to build the body of a speech and choose the right strategy for delivery to guarantee a presentation has not only substance but also style. There are tips and advice for everyone here - no matter their rung on the corporate ladder or how often they present. The "blueprint" for presentation preparation is a handy tool that should be used again and again and the "consider this" illustrations and anecdotes keep the reading stimulating and interesting!

1995 AEMJ essential bulletproof presentations handbook: For new project managers

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1995 AEMJ essential bulletproof presentations handbook: For new project managers
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The explosive growth of international jobs means thousands of new opportunities for enterprising job seekers.

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BUY IT!.......2000-07-08

Very thorough and complete both in job ideas and descriptions! Gives the in's and out's of many top notch organizations with international divisions and many smaller companies/organizations not as well known of. Good book for those trying to work their way around the world, or just to get some international experience by taking their current skills abroad!

International Job Directory by Drs. Krannich.......2000-04-11

This book is most informative book ever published on international jobs. I am very impressed.

CellPlanner.......2000-02-08

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Excellent introduction to the topic.......2007-09-12

You will not find a more readable book on personal finance. The book is organized into numerous short stories you can read in 5 to 10 minutes and covers all the most important things you need to know about money. This is a great book for the novice investor.

Awesome financial advice!.......2000-06-04

This book tells you the honest and SIMPLE truths about money and how to make it grow. Anyone regardless of age, income, etc. can follow this advice if you really know what you want. This is not just a book about money (though mostly it is), it is also about making the best out of life. It is an easy, enjoyable read... and one of the best investments you can make! As a single, 30-something mom who is just starting to think about retirement (funds) I am now designing a financial plan for myself and my son's future. Thanks Jim Jorgensen... for ever word!

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Good ideas on how to invest money.......1998-12-11

This was one of the best books and easiest to understand on how to save and invest money. It was written in language that was easy to comprehend. Anyone who wants to learn how to save for retirement should read this book

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How and why IBM shifted its focal point from selling hardware to providing services, including consulting
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Remember the date October 2, 2002. That's when IBM's metamorphosis to a service company reached a new milestone, when a huge, new business group under the Global Services umbrella was unveiled: IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS). BCS combines PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting-a Big Five consultancy that IBM acquired for $3.5 billion in the summer of 2002-with IBM's existing Business Innovation Services unit. Find out more about BCS by reading this brand new guide. You will learn: How and why IBM shifted its focal point from selling hardware to providing services, including consulting; What the strategy is behind acquiring PwC Consulting; Where IBM BCS now ranks against other big management consulting firms; How BCS is organized into 13 business units, and who runs the entire group; What life is like as a research associate or consultant.

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Great info for serious job seekers.......2003-04-11

This is a great source for those ambitious folks who are committed to working at this big five firm. I was very curious to see how IBM turned out after the big changes that took place with its merger. Now I feel fully prepared to meet the recruiters when they come to my campus this fall. I strongly recommend this as a great source for interview preparation.

Shows you a view of the company from the inside out.......2003-02-20

This guide is the best recruiting resource I've found so far. There is no other resource that provides this kind of in-depth information, both the good and the bad, on a single company. Now I have a very clear and detailed picture of the company structure, its business strategy, and the inside culture. I was fully prepared for my interview with intelligent questions. Better yet, if I get the offer (I hope!) I know exactly what I'm stepping into. To anyone interested in working for IBM, I can't recommend this strongly enough.

Good ammo for the interview.......2003-02-20

This guide was a good read--I was wondering what was up with the PwC acquisition! Anyway, it will definitely be helpful for when I interview with IBM. I'm banking on the fact that I've read and re-read this guide and followed up with more in-depth research to give me the inside edge on my competition!

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