Quick-Serve Restaurant Stocks Beat the Rest of the Restaurant Industry in 2011

POS Quick-ServeQuick-serve restaurant stocks beat the rest of the restaurant industry in 2011.

The quick-serve industry as a whole saw a rise in stock values as it our-performed the rest of the restaurant industry. The S&P 500’s restaurant sub-index consists of five restaurant stocks, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc., McDonald’s Corp., Starbucks Corp., and Yum! Brands Inc., as well as one full-service restaurant company Darden Restaurants Inc. The sub-index rose 29.9 percent last year. The group’s only company to drop in price last year was the full-service restaurant company Darden.

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Want to Redo Your Menu? Just Blame the Federal Menu-Labeling Law

MenuboardThis year the federal menu-labeling law will go into effect; requiring restaurants with 20 or more locations to provide calorie count and nutritional information on menus and menuboards. While some restaurant owners are in panic over the pending implications, others are seeing this as a good opportunity to reevaluate their menu strategy and menuboard design.

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People on Facebook ‘Like’ Your Restaurant

I think everyone is in agreement that word-of-mouth from a trusted friend is the best kind of marketing and endorsement. With almost 12 percent of the world’s population on Facebook and the average user having  150 friends (and that number is even higher in highly population cities like Miami and Orlando) it seems like a no-brainer to extend your marketing efforts to Facebook. But how do you build a following on Facebook? How do you turn your marketing efforts to focus on the social market on Facebook?

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Restaurants Mark Strongest Net Positive Sales Since 2007

Increase in SalesThis just out from the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI): Restaurants mark strongest net positive sales since 2007.

The RPI is a monthly composite index that tracks the health of and outlook for the U.S. restaurant industry. It consists of two components, the Current Situation Index and the Expectations Index. The RPI measures the health of the restaurant industry in relation to a state level of 100. If the index is above 100, key industry indicators are in a period of expansion. If the index values lower than 100, this signifies a period of contraction in key industry indicators.

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Pinnacle Hospitality Systems Assists with Another Broken Egg Eggspansion

Photo of Broken Egg Café Owner Ron E. Green

Leaving his lucrative position as a NASA engineer for the Department of Defense, Ron E.Green had zero restaurant experience when he opened The Broken Egg Café in Mandeville, Louisiana. Green’s goal was to service what he felt was an underserved and under explored segment in the restaurant market by offering breakfast, brunch and lunch of exceptional quality.

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Improving your Labor Costs

Control Labor CostsPut yourself into any restaurant owners shoes and you can only imagine the undertaking and everyday issues they are responsible for. Surprisingly though, when asked to rank one of their biggest concerns while operating their business, labor costs happened to be on the top of every list.

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Pinnacle Offers Solutions for Florida Casual Dining Establishment

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Over 30 years ago, the first Bagel King opened with the goal of providing customers with only the finest service and best food for their money. Owner Frank Perrotta expanded the small bakery into a casual dining restaurant, bakery and catering company with multiple locations throughout Central Florida. Today, the philosophy still stands to bring delicious kettle-baked, New York style bagels and baked goods to customers. Some items on the Bagel King menu include gourmet coffee, omelettes, French toast, chicken salad, hot pastrami sandwiches, and the bestselling Veggie Burst bagel and Hooties Wrap. Healthy smoothies like Banana Honey Oatmeal and Orange Julius round off the large menu selection. With over 20 flavors of bagels to choose from, it’s easy to see why customers flock to the Bagel King.

To ensure business runs smoothly in the busy restaurant, the Bagel King location in Deltona, Florida uses a suite of services provided by Pinnacle Hospitality Systems. Pinnacle is proud to offer hospitality solutions to casual dining establishments like Bagel King. In order to ensure operations run smoothly, Pinnacle installs POSitouch restaurant POS systems for ringing up cash and credit card transactions. Restaurant POS systems track all sales in order to hone in on loss prevention and to increase return on investment. Pinnacle also provides Dinerware Intuitive Restaurant Software to help employees handle tickets, pull sales reports and to provide overall excellent customer service in the establishment.

Pinnacle Hospitality Systems helps not only casual dining restaurants but also fine dining, hotels, country clubs, bars, nightclubs, stadiums and arenas. All hospitality establishments can benefit from having a suite of smart computer software designed to make business operations run seamlessly.