The a B C’S of Site Selection


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The A B Cs of Site Selection is about helping you succeed. It provides you with the tools you need to make smart location decisionsthe kind that will enable you to consistently pick home run locations for your retail or restaurant business. Readers will especially benefit from learning about the importance of the Six Keys and why using a Site Selection Scorecard is highly recommended. Site selection is neither an art nor a science. Rather, it is a combination of both. It is a process which involves doing homework. In the long run doing homework is the only way to justify making what will surely turn out to be a major financial investment. If you want to succeed it is absolutely imperative that you understand that site selection is all about employing a systematic and disciplined approachone which is intended to minimize mistakes and maximize opportunities.




Drive-Thru Dreams


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“This is a book to savor, especially if you’re a fast-food fan.”—Bookpage "This fun, argumentative, and frequently surprising pop history of American fast food will thrill and educate food lovers of all speeds." —Publishers Weekly Most any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry’s largest players has long been scrutinized and gutted, characterized as impersonal, greedy, corporate, and worse. But, in unexpected ways, fast food is also deeply personal and emblematic of a larger than life image of America. With wit and nuance, Chandler reveals the complexities of this industry through heartfelt anecdotes and fascinating trivia as well as interviews with fans, executives, and workers. He traces the industry from its roots in Wichita, where White Castle became the first fast food chain in 1921 and successfully branded the hamburger as the official all-American meal, to a teenager's 2017 plea for a year’s supply of Wendy’s chicken nuggets, which united the internet to generate the most viral tweet of all time. Drive-Thru Dreams by Adam Chandler tells an intimate and contemporary story of America—its humble beginning, its innovations and failures, its international charisma, and its regional identities—through its beloved roadside fare.




Site Selection


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Fast Food Nation


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An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.




101 Restaurant Secrets


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This book is about the business of being in the restaurant businesses. Most restaurants fail within the first three year. During tough times, many will not reach the first year. Nearly all the reasons they fail are down to a few areas that the owner neglects to find out about. If you want to get into the restaurant business and learn the key skills to keep you there, read on . . .




Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice


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This text shows the reader how to plan and develop a restaurant or foodservice space. Topics covered include concept design, equipment identification and procurement, design principles, space allocation, electricity and energy management, environmental concerns, safety and sanitation, and considerations for purchasing small equipment, tableware, and table linens. This book is comprehensive in nature and focuses on the whole facility—with more attention to the equipment—rather than emphasizing either front of the house or back of the house.




Restaurant and Fast Food Site Selection


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Based on data developed through first hand experience, this book is designed to assist restauranteurs and fast food operators by setting out the principles for selecting successful restaurant and fast food locations. Written in four sections - the tools, application, implementation and special considerations - the book also provides an analysis of successful operations and how to apply the results so you can identify good sites and avoid business failure.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Starting Your Own Restaurant


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Offers advice on opening a restaurant, including site selection, marketing, staff management, menu pricing, kitchen organization, and cash overages.




Running a Food Hub: Volume Two, a Business Operations Guide


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This report is part of a multi-volume technical report series entitled, Running a Food Hub, with this guide serving as a companion piece to other United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports by providing in-depth guidance on starting and running a food hub enterprise. In order to compile the most current information on best management and operations practices, the authors used published information on food hubs, surveyed numerous operating food hubs, and pulled from their existing experience and knowledge of working directly with food hubs across the country as an agricultural business consulting firm. The report’s main focus is on the operational issues faced by food hubs, including choosing an organizational structure, choosing a location, deciding on infrastructure and equipment, logistics and transportation, human resources, and risks. As such, the guide explores the different decision points associated with the organizational steps for starting and implementing a food hub. For some sections, sidebars provide “decision points,” which food hub managers will need to address to make key operational decisions. This illustrated guide may assist the operational staff at small businesses or third-party organizations that may provide aggregation, marketing, and distribution services from local and regional producers to assist with wholesale, retail, and institution demand at government institutions, colleges/universities, restaurants, grocery store chains, etc. Undergraduate students pursuing coursework for a bachelor of science degree in food science, or agricultural economics may be interested in this guide. Additionally, this reference work will be helpful to small businesses within the food trade discipline.