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Protect Your Businesses

One of the concerns that businesses and individuals have is the issue of personal liability. It is really key, if we’re looking at downturns in the economy and other ways the restaurant industry may…

Eight ways for restaurants to bring the labor challenge into focus for management and staff

Labor is the daunting issue in the restaurant industry right now. The increase in costs is inevitable, particularly with the actions by the state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul….

Choosing the Right Second, Third or Even Fourth Concept

The Monitor’s annual Top 200 franchisee ranking makes it clear that most of the larger multi-unit operators in the ranking operate multiple concepts. This has been a trend for the past 15 years. It’s…

Grand Catch brings the Coastal Maine seafood experience to St. Paul’s Grand Avenue

The same creative minds behind World Street Kitchen and Milkjam, brothers Saed and Sameh Wadi, are the owners of Grand Catch. While World Street Kitchen and Milkjam are located in Uptown at 27th and…

Mancini’s is still your parents’ restaurant, but they’ll likely treat you to a steak there

Where can you go in the Twin Cities and feel like you can get the same meal your parents had, or, even your grandparents? Mancini’s is definitely the place. It’s a restaurant that has…

When Is the Right Time to Sell Your Franchise Company?

Last month I discussed the opportune time to sell a multi-unit, non-franchised restaurant company. I’d like to continue that discussion and look at the sale of a franchise company. Behind every great franchise business…

When to Sell Your Concept

A question I am often asked is “when is the best time to sell my restaurant concept/business?” In approaching this question, it is important to separate concept value from franchise value (though in many…

What To Know When Acquiring Multi-Unit Real Estate Sites

As we all know, franchise restaurant companies are dynamic and constantly selling and acquiring multi-unit real estate sites, sometimes in fairly significant numbers. I’d like to highlight the key points related to the acquisition…

Revolutionary: New food hall at Rosedale Mall may be the future model for shopping and eating

Every so often, the restaurant industry comes up with a new kind of concept that’s not just an individual restaurant, but a new way of delivering food to customers using an existing space or…

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