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Checklist For Opening Restaurant Part 2

A checklist for opening a restaurant can help you avoid some costly mistakes, minimize expenses, maximize future profits.

More Items You Should Have On Your Checklist

• Contact wholesale restaurant food / alcohol distributors - A great resource for other services like menu costing, food menu designs, alcohol menu designs, great for product comparisons and getting free samples
• Plan and set a opening date
• Promote and advertise your restaurant - become a guerrilla restaurant marketer make a list of 5-10-20-30 different ways you can get the word out, make a list of people you can call ask them for ideas on how to get the word out, use a shotgun approach to promote and advertise your restaurant vs a single shot pistol which only gets the word out 1 single way, write a simple press release and submit to editors of newspapers, tell your friends, family, place a sign by your restaurant informing car traffic and walkers of restaurant opening, see if there is local web site on the internet for your own area if your restaurant is located in long island new york then type in long island events and place a post on that site, pick up a book that will give you many ways to get the word out for free and at a cost
• Now think about your restaurant system of operation - order at counter or a server, server / kitchen communication, pay before or after meal, etcccc
• Create your accounting, inventory, purchasing, payroll, etcc systems
• Call other service providers: window washers - bathroom / toiletry services - accounting - bookeeping - credit card processing - pos and computer services - restaurant online ordering solutions - telephone company - utility services - alarm and security srevices - trash service - valet service - linen service