In collaboration with SME Southeast Asia, we were commissioned in June 2018 to study F&B industry in the Philippines. Over the past weeks, we surveyed hundreds of F&B owners and managers across the Philippines. 🔥Hot out of the oven, our report revealed some ♨sizzling insights! Here’s a peek on what we’ve revealed! 👀 Over 35% of Restauranteurs face these… Continue reading Understanding F&B Industry in the Philippines – Avoid mistakes of other F&B owners
Category: F&B
Make It or Break it in the First 3 Years of Restaurant Business
You may be hesitant to get into the restaurant industry because you have seen countless business come and go over the years. If this resonates with you, as a successful restaurant owner myself that has seen the failings of many cafes and restaurants here in Singapore, I have come up with a comprehensive list of… Continue reading Make It or Break it in the First 3 Years of Restaurant Business
Design a Stunning Restaurant Exterior – Attract Walk Ins
Design a Stunning Restaurant Exterior with these great tips! Your restaurant exterior must be welcoming, functional and aesthetic all at the same time. How exactly do we achieve a balance between the three to create a good first impression for our customers? Read on to find out how to smartly design the outside of your… Continue reading Design a Stunning Restaurant Exterior – Attract Walk Ins
Use Colours for Your Restaurant to Make Diners Hungry
The colours of your restaurant certainly has a strong impact on determining your customers dining experience. This, in turn, determines the brand image of your restaurant. Does your restaurant provide more of a fine-dining experience? Or a fast-food experience? What about sustainable dining? This article will help you decide which colours would be best for… Continue reading Use Colours for Your Restaurant to Make Diners Hungry
The One Advice that Successful Restaurant Owners Won’t Tell You
As a restaurant owner myself, I started my entrepreneurial journey fresh with rose-coloured glasses. In other words, I was young, optimistic, and had fire in my blood to concur the F&B industry. Basically, I was naïve and idealistic. After the first 6 months of running my restaurant, I was ready to throw in the towel.… Continue reading The One Advice that Successful Restaurant Owners Won’t Tell You
Successful Ways to Promote Your Restaurant
Promoting your restaurant is a great way to achieve brand recognition, new and existing customers, introduce your business to the market and undeniably a lever to increasing sales. The type of restaurant that you operation will also impact the successful promotion of your restaurant such as the size and design. Restaurant promotions are easy and… Continue reading Successful Ways to Promote Your Restaurant
Interview Questions to Hire an F&B Manager
Your ideal Food and Beverage (F&B) Manager candidates should have extensive restaurant experience and familiarity with all tasks required on a daily basis. Under certain circumstances, F&B Managers have to prepare drinks, serve guests or even wash dishes. During your interview process, make sure your selected candidate can manage those duties and isn’t afraid to… Continue reading Interview Questions to Hire an F&B Manager
How to Plan a Wine Tasting Session
Wine tastings are especially popular, because people love good wine and good food, especially when they come together. A restaurant wine tasting is a fun and interesting promotion that can bring in extra business during slow seasons. Even if you aren’t fond of wine you can still host a wine tasting at your restaurant. [restrict]… Continue reading How to Plan a Wine Tasting Session
What To Do When Your Restaurant is Failing
If you’re faced with a failing restaurant business the first step is trying to solve the problem from within Your staff is the first place you should turn to when things go south. There is a reason you hired them in the first place. Try getting your accounting department to look over your restaurant finances… Continue reading What To Do When Your Restaurant is Failing
How to Tell if Your Restaurant needs Changes
Here are some of the tell-tale signs that your restaurant needs some changes. You’ve spent too much money. When first opening a restaurant, it is easy to fall into the money trap, thinking you need spend more money than you have to own the best restaurant possible. Your restaurant has a poor location. Whether it be limited… Continue reading How to Tell if Your Restaurant needs Changes