Any advice? Thinking of opening up a B&M food business.

**Vagabond 007** · Nov 8th, 2011, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by DeskSnacker

I think everyone here can relate with that, ha!

I watch the "Restaurant Impossible" show a lot as I'm really into learning about the food business (but no desire to start a restaurant due to the impossible hours) and one of the most common mistakes restaurants make is not creating an identity aka branding. It is common for the restaurant to have too many things on the menu, so the patron is confused as to what exactly the restaurant is selling and what kind of identity they have. With just "weird food", you may be entering that realm. That show has a lot of great advice for people entering the business, so recommend watching it. I think they even run it online.

Thanks. I'll maybe watch some clips on YouTube if I get time.

Originally Posted by The-J

I can locate you to about 10 restaurants within a few blocks of where I live that do the exact same thing that you are planning to do.

Really?

I live in a very densely populated area and I can't think of one place like this within 10 miles.

Talked to my friend today, told him the numbers just don't work for me. He kept trying to convince me otherwise. Problem is he hates what he is doing now so he could care less if he has to work 70 hours a week as long as he is the owner/part owner of the place. I said he would eventually get tired of it. He doesn't think so.

And he thinks that there are plenty of people out there that would do a good job with the sales when I wasn't in. I'm not convinced of that. At all.

He is attached to the idea. I am not. I'm over it.

**biophase** · Nov 8th, 2011, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Vagabond 007

Talked to my friend today, told him the numbers just don't work for me. He kept trying to convince me otherwise. Problem is he hates what he is doing now so he could care less if he has to work 70 hours a week as long as he is the owner/part owner of the place. I said he would eventually get tired of it. He doesn't think so.

And he thinks that there are plenty of people out there that would do a good job with the sales when I wasn't in. I'm not convinced of that. At all.

He is attached to the idea. I am not. I'm over it.

Just ask him to put down some numbers for you. I think he will either see that the numbers he needs are crazy or that he has grossly overestimated the store's potential.

**Vagabond 007** · Nov 9th, 2011, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by biophase

Just ask him to put down some numbers for you. I think he will either see that the numbers he needs are crazy or that he has grossly overestimated the store's potential.

He's stopping over Friday.

I'm going to give him a pen and sheet of paper and tell him to write the numbers out. Should be obvious then that the numbers aren't good.