Making the Most of Restaurant and Foodservice Publications

Get practical advice by making the most of restaurant and foodservice publications

Restaurant industry publications are essential for new restaurant owners who learn quickly just how overwhelming the demands of running a business can be. They're so busy it's hard to find time to take in all the issues confronting the industry as a whole and to find out how their colleagues are dealing with the very same issues.

Making the most of restaurant and foodservice publications means knowing which sources you can turn to for advice and industry news. For example, you may want to know how your competitors handle a decline in customer interest. You may also want to access informed commentary from foodservice professionals on how to maximize profits with a new beverage. You'll find these and many other topics by accessing restaurant and foodservice publications:

1. Review a restaurant trade publication that publishes news about food trends.

2. Access foodservice publications for practical advice on running your restaurant.

3. Use restaurant and foodservice publications that provide in-depth industry analyses.

 

Find information on the latest food trends in restaurant trade magazines

Online restaurant periodicals help you understand how other business owners are meeting their customers' demands.
Try: The Nation's Restaurant News is a leading restaurant trade magazine that keeps you informed of events business owners are sponsoring to arouse consumer interest. Find out about trends driving the foodservice industry at Packaged Facts. Articles available on El Restaurante Mexicano's website explain how to maximize profits with certain foods and beverages.

Use restaurant trade publications to get professional recipes and other practical advice

Editors of restaurant magazines know that business owners don't have time to pore through cookbooks. Yet finding a recipe that worked well at another restaurant, or finding out how to maintain your customer base if you run a high school cafeteria where the students can leave the school at lunch and look for fast food restaurants.
Try: Restaurant News of the Rockies publishes tested recipes that are scaled to professional proportions. Food Service Consultants Studio offers up to date articles with practical advice on topics like arousing customer interest. Restaurants & Institutions Magazine offers newsletters where you can learn about new menu ideas.

Use leading restaurant publications to access timely industry research

Restaurant publications are excellent resources of industry news and research for those entrepreneurs who are curious about regulations, compensation, reported sales and who seek professional commentary on issues affecting the industry.
Try: Check out in-depth reports from the National Restaurant Association which address reported sales, industry news and compensation surveys in the foodservice business. Sign up at QSR Magazine for copies of the restaurant industry reports they commission. Subscribe to the Pennsylvania Restaurant Association to learn about legislation, food safety regulations and other issues affecting restaurateurs in Pennsylvania.

 

• Ask to receive at least one or two issues of any foodservice publication free of charge just to make sure it offers the kind of news and advice you're looking for.

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