Karen Erdelac

Recent Posts

Increase Your Bakery’s Profitability by Investing in Energy Efficiency

Jul 23, 2014

bakery_1Whether you’re looking for ways to increase your bakery’s profitability or you simply want to do your part to conserve energy, investing in green technology and products for your bakery is a great place to start.

Here are a few ways to make your bakery more profitable, more efficient, and more enjoyable to visit.

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Topics: Growing Your Business, Bakery

Adding an All You Can Eat Buffet to Your Restaurant

Jul 18, 2014

If you dream of running a profitable and successful restaurant without the grueling hours and massive overhead that drive so many such businesses into the ground, consider adding an all-you-can-eat buffet

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Topics: Growing Your Business, Restaurant

Mobile Auto Repair: Taking it to the Streets

Jul 15, 2014

Mobile_Auto_RepairIf your car began to smoke ominously while you were a few feet away from an unfamiliar garage, would you risk pushing your ailing vehicle across town to your regular provider? If your auto repair service is tethered to one garage, you probably hate questions like that. To keep your clientele and grow your business, you need to kick those geographic boundaries to the curb by adding mobile auto repair to your menu of services.

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Topics: Growing Your Business, Auto shops

Increase Impulse Sales: Why Presentation is Everything in the Baking Industry

Jul 12, 2014

Baking PresentationIt might seem that delicious baked goods would have no trouble selling themselves. While this might be true to a certain extent, proper display and presentation can go a long way toward breaking down a customer's resistance and increasing impulse sales. While the pastries themselves should no doubt look irresistible, factors like color, signage, good lighting and a clean, well-stocked display case all play a part in successfully selling baked goods.

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Topics: Growing Your Business, Bakery

Boost Your Restaurant’s Revenue with Outdoor Seating

Jul 7, 2014
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Successful restaurantuers know that food alone does not define a dining experience. Atmosphere adds a great deal, and since Americans have a long-standing love of dining al fresco, restaurants hoping to boost revenue should consider adding outdoor seating.

Adding outdoor seating to a restaurant can increase revenue in two ways: First, it produces additional seats, allowing the restaurant to serve more customers at once, but it also draws in a completely new type of customer – the type that prefers to enjoy their meals outdoors.

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Topics: Growing Your Business, Restaurant