The Perfect Pairing: How to Combine Data and Experience with Analytics
In many ways, the restaurant business is all about operating ‘on the fly’. Whether it’s reimagining your business model to adapt to a global pandemic, jumping behind the bar to sling drinks when your head bartender is weeded, or reworking your signature dish to suit a picky customer’s tastes, most restaurateurs are masters at rolling with the punches. [...]
Time is Money: 5 Tips for Taking Faster Inventory at Your Bar or Restaurant
It’s no secret that successful bar and restaurant owners spend more time on the floor than in the cellar or walk-in. But managing inventory is a key driver of success for hospitality businesses. While it can be a pain, operators have to spend some time [...]
Pour in the Profits: 5 Quick & Easy Ways to Save Money & Maximize Margins at Your Bar
Managing the costs of operating a bar can leave you wanting a stiff drink at the end of the day. According to Investopedia, bars gulp down an average of $20,000 in monthly expenses between labor, rent, utilities and other miscellaneous expenses. Ordering inventory can tack [...]
Avoid Extra Expenses and Lost Sales with Better Inventory Management
Your best bartender has crafted a drink special you’re sure will bring thirsty customers flocking in for happy hour and after-dinner cocktails. You order plenty of liquor to keep everyone’s glass full. Unfortunately, the special turns out to be a flop. Your customers are following [...]
Covid-19 Leads Restaurant Suppliers, Distributors to Rethink Business Models
Before the outbreak of COVID-19, Kasey Wein had ordered 10,000 pounds of mushrooms from a local vendor. As supply manager of Dig Inn, a New York City-based restaurant chain, Wein procures ingredients for Dig Inn’s dishes, which are made with farm-sourced ingredients. But as the [...]
From Booms to Busts, Learn How to Future-proof Your Business
For most restaurants and bars, the spread of COVID-19 has upended operations like a waiter dropping a tray full of dishes. While it’s hard to expect the unexpected, there are steps operators can take to protect their businesses from future disruptions. Try a bite of [...]
Pivoting with the Pandemic: How These Restaurants and Bars Are Finding Success During COVID-19
In a matter of weeks, the spread of COVID-19 has completely changed the average American’s lifestyle, from where they work to how often they go out for dinner and drinks. Restaurants and bars have had to pivot with those changes, adapting to serve customers, keep [...]
What Stars on Your Menu? Push Popularity, Profitability with Menu Engineering
On the plate is a grilled filet mignon drizzled with garlic herb butter. It’s been paired with delicate green beans and roasted russet potatoes seasoned to perfection. Considering food costs and average profit margin, it’s been properly priced. So why, after a month on the [...]
Fatten up Your Restaurant Profits Without Letting Costs Leave You Lean
Going out to eat is something most Americans can sink their teeth into. In 2019, Toast reported 45% of diners ate out multiple times a week. Another 20% went out to eat once a week, and an additional 6% ate out every day. Hungry customers [...]
Don’t Pour out Your Profits: Here’s the Cocktail for Cheers-worthy Margins at Your Bar
Your final customer’s martini is down to its olive and all that’s left of the last margarita is the salt rim. It’s time to bring up the lights, count the cash in the register and hope tonight’s sales don’t leave you with an early morning [...]
Coronavirus Emergency Financial Assistance & Helpful Information for Bars & Restaurants
In this Article: Emergency Financial Assistance Business Guidance / Relief Package Update Helpful Organizations List of Open Restaurants Ways to Support the Bar & Restaurant Community Last updated: 4/17/2020 at 11:28pm CST If you would like to add to this list, please [...]
Announcement! Bevager & Foodager to Rebrand as Craftable
We are excited to announce that Bevager and Foodager are about to come together for a new and unified experience! As of February 4th, 2020, you’ll start to see branding shift to Craftable, the industry’s leading all-in-one back office platform! We want to share [...]
Partner Spotlight: Kasey Wien
Kasey Wien, the Associate Manager of Supply at Dig Inn, helps source, procure, and buy the ingredients that make the restaurant popular. With a Public Policy degree from Duke, a job in the food industry might seem like a disconnect, but the work she’s helping [...]