With tighter profit margins than many other businesses, restaurateurs are great examples of the entrepreneurial spirit. The National Restaurant Association advocates public policies that preserve restaurants' financial health, and provides profit-building information to bolster a restaurant's bottom line.
Industry sales are projected to reach a record $580 billion in 2010, a 2.5 percent increase in current dollars over 2009 sales, according to the National Restaurant Association 2010 Restaurant Industry Forecast. The Forecast projects sales for nearly 40 different industry segments.
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Full Course Business Solutions helps restaurateurs cut expenses, improve operations and maximize profitability. Full Course Business Solutions is built on the foundation of the first-ever unified payment-processing system for the restaurant industry. The offering is the result of a National Restaurant Association partnership with the Council of State Restaurant Associations, 40 state restaurant associations and Heartland Payment Systems.
Find the latest ideas to enhance your operations at the National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. More than 70,000 fellow industry professionals attend the NRA Show to try new equipment, learn about food and beverage innovations, make new contacts and attend more than 60 free seminars. Members receive free passes.
Join executives in your professional discipline for invaluable networking and educational opportunities. Our executive study groups meet regularly to discuss business strategies in information technology, marketing, human resources, food safety and quality assurance, nutrition, loss prevention, finance, internal audit, and risk and safety. Members receive deep discounts to the meetings.
The Restaurant Industry Operations Report provides invaluable financial data on cost of sales, gross profit, direct operating expenses and other performance factors. Published annually, the Operations Report helps operators compare themselves to similar businesses. Data is broken out for quickservice restaurants and by check size for fullservice operations.
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