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As restaurants gear up for the holiday season each year in anticipation of a welcome increase in footfall ratios, improved efficiency and enhanced customer service become all the more important. Consumers are finally in a mood to spend and to entertain. Anticipation assumes center stage for both customers and service providers since it is that time of the year when most of us can back burner our daily concerns and live life to the fullest at least for a few moments. Now is the perfect time for you to carefully survey your commercial kitchen at your restaurant, preferably with the assistance of a technical professional, to ensure that all your restaurant equipment is ready to work over-time during the holiday season without any possibility of malfunctioning during peak hours.

Contacting Restaurant Equipment Dealers for Good Deals

Even if you are new to the restaurant business, you probably know how to locate a list of restaurant equipment dealers. Google just might be your best source. Do not confine yourself to the first few listings. The listings on the top may not necessarily offer you the best deals. Focus on the entire page and get a feel for what is new and who is running holiday promotions on restaurant equipment and restaurant supply products. Food service equipment is not exactly inexpensive and justifiably so because it needs to be fail-proof all the way. Even if you save 10% on a significant amount displayed on a price tag, it is money in your pocket. Look for restaurant equipment companies that display a toll free number on their home pages. In-depth product information that is available online plus the ability to speak with a live person over the telephone is a killer combination for you as a restaurant owner and can surely help you save money. At the same time, it will ensure that whatever you purchase is guaranteed to be reliable, long lasting and trouble-free.

Precise Installation of your New Restaurant Equipment

Once purchased, your food service equipment needs to be installed correctly and in compliance with local city and fire codes. Discuss this issue with your commercial kitchen equipment dealer because they just might have someone in your area with whom they have worked in the past to help their customers with installation and maintenance issues. Many restaurant industry products are of the plug-and-play variety so you will not need anyone to help you with installation.

Final Analysis

At the end of the day, what really matters is the fact that your customers return home after a wonderful dining experience at your restaurant with an inner urge to come back again. Give your customers an experience to cherish and your customers will beat a path to your door.

Cook’s Direct provides a full range of commercial kitchen equipment including all types of commercial restaurant equipment and kitchen supplies. Call Jeff Breeden, Chief Operating Officer, Cook’s Direct at 800-956-5571, Write to him at jbreeden@cooksdirect.com. Visit: http://www.cooksdirect.com for the most exclusive range of restaurant equipment, restaurant supplies and commercial kitchen equipment on the Internet.

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People often ask what makes WebWarehouse different from a regular commercial agent.  The difference is customer satisfaction. 

So many people seem to encounter one problem after another when using a regular commercial agent, but what is it that WebWarehouse do differently?  The truth is simple – we give the customer the service that they want, individually tailored to their needs.

 The following case study was written by one of WebWarehouse’s many satisfied customers, and really highlights the contrast in the types of service he received.

 In late 2008 we were awarded a major contract that we had been tendering for.  The contract involved storage, a large pick and pack operation and distribution, and therefore we needed to rent commercial storage space and warehouse space.  Surely it couldn’t be that hard for us to find warehouse space for rent?Unfortunately, it seemed that nothing was straightforward.  We made initial web enquiries for storage in Bicester, but two of the three companies we contacted did not answer our request at all.  The third company asked our requirements, but took almost 48 hours to come back to us with suitable warehouses to rent.  Only one of the storage spaces seemed to meet our requirements, so we made an appointment to view the premises.The viewing was not what we had hoped it would be.  The building seemed to be what we were after, but the agent was not able to help us with any auxiliary requirements we had, and there was no flexibility with the price.  We were back to square one.

 The second time we went back to Google, we found WebWarehouse.  We made a phone call and spoke to Alan about our requirements, and he took the time to listen to what we wanted, and understand our needs.  Within fifteen minutes of our call ending, Alan had emailed me with his contact details and information on the different services that WebWarehouse had to offer.  In addition, he asked us to provide a “wish list” of any requirements we had, other than simply storage, such as racking, mezzanine flooring and material handling equipment.

 Within 24 hours, Alan had emailed me details of half a dozen suitable storage units in the area, and had arranged for us to view four of these premises on the same day, two days  later.  We were given a guided tour of each of the units, and shown the pros and cons of how each building would work with our list of requirements.  We shortlisted two warehouses, and the following day Alan provided us with a list of pricing options for each building.  The pricing options had easy to understand breakdowns, with an extra price list for each of our “wish list” items.  WebWarehouse  was even able to provide assistance with our move.

 Alan contacted us periodically, both before and after the move.  WebWarehouse now provides us with one invoice each month.  This invoice covers the rental of the warehouse, plus the maintenance, rates and utility bills. 

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Menu printing is an essential part of your restaurant marketing strategy, but it does not end there. No advertising campaign is effective unless it reaches the consumer via a reliable delivery method. This is where menu direct mailing comes in. Follow these quick and easy tips for direct mailing restaurant menus and flyers to ensure your menu direct mail strategy runs smoothly and effectively.

1. Make sure you know exactly which customers are in your delivery zone. Deliver menus directly to all customers in your delivery zone and don’t give any out to people who are not. Before you set out to direct mail any menus make sure you know exactly which houses you are mailing the menu to. This will make sure you get all potential customers as well as not wasting flyers and time delivering to people outside the delivery area. (more…)