The world of retail and restaurants are more integrated than many think, and the way that retail is looking in 2017 is sending an omen to restaurant owners. In the same way that retail locations had attempted to off-set negative trends by reinvesting and growing, restaurants need be wary of the difficulties and trends that are taking place that are sure to impact their revenue streams.

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  • Consumers can easily shop for prices online, and can often find better deals. Traditional shops have higher capital and overhead costs.
  • Over the years, retailers aggressively built new locations as developers opened up shopping malls and strip centers.
  • Walk into a Sears at any particular moment and you wonder how that store remains open.

“Over the years, retailers aggressively built new locations as developers opened up shopping malls and strip centers. As demand for those locations waned, they’ve been slow to close them.”

http://www.nrn.com/finance/struggling-retailers-offer-warning-restaurants

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Food trends come and go but there are several ones that some of the top restaurant owners and chefs wish would go away this year they include the use of delivery apps, fancy toast, deconstructed desserts, quinoa, finding the next best thing to kale, artificially smoked meats, sriracha, farm to table,rainbow food and especially food specifically labeled as trends

Trends operators wish would die in 2017

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With the start of the new year, it is generally best to start it out strong and remain that way through the year. One of the things that you should consider reorganizing and tidying up is that giant walk in cooler that has gone neglected for so long. Throw out what you don’t need anymore, and create an organized way of managing and handling everything for the year to come.

Now’s the Time to Tackle Your Walk In Cooler

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The saying goes that first impressions are everything. Huxley’s restaurant took this advice to heart, and began steadily working towards dramatically improving the aesthetic appeal that their customers receive upon entering. The outcome, as can be guessed, was an increase in their sales revenues and attendance at the restaurant on a weekly and monthly basis.

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  • The Casual Dining Group (CDG) claims a rebrand of its British restaurant Huxley’s at Heathrow has helped turn it into one of its best-performing sites.
  • Lewis-Thomas commissioned design agency Eat with Your Eyes to give the 150-cover all-day dining venue a new look and approach to help boost its appeal.
  • Eat with Your Eyes decided to retain Huxley’s British essence, while giving it a fresh look, so based the rebrand around a combination of ‘Victorian heritage with modern London attitude and wit’.

“As well as a new-look, CDG, owner of the Las Iguanas, Cafe Rouge and Bella Italia brands, worked on improving Huxley’s food offering, introducing more healthier options, an improved children’s menu and gluten-free dishes.”

http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Business/How-a-rebrand-of-Huxley-s-restaurant-led-to-a-16-sales-increase?utm_source=RSS_text_news&utm_medium=RSS_feed&utm_campaign=RSS_Text_News

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