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This article we will continue to see more tips should take before open a restaurant:

11. Reduce investment
As in any business, opening a restaurant, we must always strive to reduce investment, but without thereby having to sacrifice quality.

In the case of restaurants we can reduce the investment in the local scenery, which consumers generally do not take into account, as long as they offer good dishes, there is a total health and good care.

Another way to reduce investment in a restaurant, is starting to rent equipment and furniture, or seeking agreements with suppliers who provide them, for example, in exchange for advertising.

12. Spare no expense
By investing in building our restaurant we should not skimping when it comes to inputs or a variety of restaurants are concerned. But even as regards design and furniture, for example, by purchasing second-hand furniture, and in a state not very good.

We must always remember the saying that says that “what it calls poor.”

13. Quality inputs
If we sell quality products, our inputs also must be of good quality. We always use fresh products, which in some foods such as fish should be purchased the same day that will be used.

We must also select either our suppliers. In the case of restaurants, it is advisable to have several of them, that because some providers do not always count on fresh products.

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Here follows a list of 20 tips or recommendations should take before starting a restaurant:

1. Define the style of the restaurant
Before creating a restaurant, we must be clear what the type of restaurant you are going to open, and what the style or concept that we will give.

We must be clear if, for example, let’s open a restaurant, gourmet fine food, family type, a fast food, etc..

But most importantly, we must determine what the style or concept that we will give, which should be in accordance with our personality and our tastes, while influenced by others, and trying to be a distinctive style or concept that does not exist in other restaurants.

2. Market Research
As with any business, before opening a restaurant but we must investigate the market, trying to know what the preferences and tastes of consumers, and making sure that we will have enough demand to make our restaurant a success.

One way to do this, is conducting surveys to people traveling through the area where we open the restaurant, where they were consulted about their preferences or tastes, if you would go to a new restaurant of the kind that we create, and how much would be willing to spend on each visit.

3. Determine the target audience
Within the market research that will, one important point is to clearly define what will be our target audience, ie what the type of consumer that we’re going to direct.

Thus, we can analyze their characteristics, and focus our business and the strategies that we use in this type of customer, for example, we assess their people in a hurry to eat, or enjoy taking your time, if you are willing to go some distance to go to a nice restaurant if they are willing to pay a good price for a good meal, etc.

4. Start with a small menu
If we first started in the restaurant business, you should start with a small menu so that, thereby, to specialize in a few dishes, and to reduce our operating costs.

And later, as it begins to grow business, increase the variety of our dishes.

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