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Tips for Staying Competitive in the Restaurant Business

By: Michael Garvey and Andrew G. Dismore and Heather Dismore and

Updated: 03-26-2016

From The Book: Running a Restaurant For Dummies

Running a Restaurant For Dummies

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Don't let the allure of gourmet food and the dreams of adoring customers fool you into thinking that running a restaurant is easy. It's not. A restaurant is a business like any other, which means that it has to be managed well to survive. These tips can help:

Play up your strengths and make them matter to your diners.
Analyze your competition, determine their deficiencies, and exploit them.
Identify your own deficiencies and address them quickly.
Continually create new, ownable points of difference between your restaurant and your competition.
Know your audience, realize how your points of difference matter to them, and then determine how to reach them.

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Michael Garvey is the former general manager of Grand Central Oyster Bar. He is currently a restaurant specialist for Vision Wine Brands. Heather Dismore is a professional writer who has extensive experience in the restaurant business. Andrew G. Dismore is an award-winning professional chef.

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