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Both parents are spending more time nurturing kids todaySeptember 29th, 2016 by Classy Kid No comments »
7 steps to make your restaurant a 'Pokemon Go' hot spotJuly 19th, 2016 by Classy Kid No comments »
NRN's Ron Ruggless explains how to "Lure" monster hunters to your restaurant location in his post at http://nrn.com/consumer-trends/7-steps-make-your-restaurant-pokemon-go-hot-spot
Brandon Coleman also gave this good advice: Pokemon Go stops and gyms are generated through a previous game called Ingress. There are over 15 million locations in the Ingress system, 5 million of which have been approved for use in Pokemon Go. If you don't have a stop or gym at your restaurant, try organizing a Pokemon catching tour or Pokemon based specials. The game is intended to bring people together in real life to interact with one another, so use this insight to your advantage. Another potential insight to leverage: Pokemon Go can run through an entire battery within a few hours. Charging stations can be very relevant for Pokemon Trainers, also known as potential customers. At the end of the day, it is important for restaurant leaders to align themselves with Pokemon in a way that complements their brand (and for some restaurants this means abstaining completely). Trends come and go but your brand will remain.
Kids are on the move! Take advantage of this fun and healthy trend so that everyone benefits.
Why Restaurants Need Insanely Loyal Fans (7 Ideas)June 10th, 2016 by Ted No comments »
Your restaurant needs insanely loyal fans.
Restaurants are fighting harder (maybe dirtier) for customers than ever.
And it's not getting any easier.
Unless you have a really, really, really unique concept, you've got lots of competitors before you even open your doors.
Chick's Waffles Suffers from a Lack of Insanely Loyal Fans
Let's take the pressure off you for now and talk about a hypothetical concept called, "Chick's Waffles."
Even if Chick's has the best chicken and waffles north of the Mason-Dixon, their success isn't guaranteed.
Chick's Waffles gets off to a good start. It has a large network of friends and family that help spread the good word.
Their grand opening is everything they hoped for and the future is all
rainbows double-rainbows and unicorns.
About nine months after opening, however, they notice that their regulars aren't so regular anymore.
Frank, who used to come in every Tuesday morning for his Chick's Waffles eXtreme, hasn't been seen in weeks.
Chick's vendors are wondering about the drop in their weekly order quantities… sometimes out loud.
What went wrong? Everyone loved them when they opened? They were the talk of the town. Now they're wondering if that was just a fluke.
Again, being a niche concept is not enough to be a successful restaurant.
Because competition in the restaurant industry is like 1988's Bloodsport with Jean-Claude Van Damme… it's brutal.
Odds are Chick's competition has been around longer, has a bigger customer base, and more name recognition than them.
So how does a new or even old restaurant win such a battle? How do they survive?
Satisficing vs Maximizing
When we're satisficing we say things like this:
What am I hungry for right now? What's the easiest way I can satisfy my hunger, I'll do that!
That's about it. Not too complex but extremely common.
When we're maximizing we think:
Where can I get the best chicken and waffles (or whatever) in this city? I'll go there.
Maximizers work a lot harder. They know they'll regret not spending more time making a decision it if they find a better option later. So they do everything they can to make the best decision now.
If, like Chick's, you have the best chicken and waffles in town, you hope people will be maximizers. You want them to do whatever it takes to buy from you because you're the best.
But most people don't behave that way.
Most consumers aren't looking for the best, they're looking for something good enough.
They're satisficing instead of maximizing.
When you launch your restaurant you're asking people to take a chance. People don't like to take chances.
Our brains are wired to be lazy.
We would much rather stick to what we already know that try something new or different.
New vs Returning Customers
Do you know how hard it is to win a brand new customer?
Did you know that existing customers are a much more reliable source of revenue than new customers?
Here are some bullet points from Invesp about the difference between new vs repeat customers:
- It's five times harder to attract a new customer than to keep an existing one.
- The probability of selling to an existing customer is 60–70% but only 5–20% for a new prospect.
- Existing customers are 50% more likely to try a new product and spend 31% more than new customers.
- Increasing customer retention budgets by 5% can increase profitability by 25–95%.
If you had any doubt about the value of existing customers these stats should put those doubts to rest.
The Myth of Being Good Enough
Chick's Waffles can't depend on being as good as the other waffle places in town.
Despite the way it sounds, being good enough is not actually good enough.
Have you ever been an insanely loyal fan of something that was just "good enough"?
Let's leave fan of the Chicago Cubs out of this discussion shall we? (shots fired!)
Because of all their personal connections, Chick's was able to cash in their chips to make their grand opening a success.
But those chips are gone and things are back to normal.
So how does Chick's go about turning customers into insanely loyal fans?
Tell Your Customers You Love Them (Idea #1)
No, really. Who doesn't like hearing, "We love you!" When they place an order, pick up an order, go through a drive-thru?
People always love being told they're loved.
We all like being loved, feeling like we belong, and getting an emotional pick-me-up.
Do you think people will tell their friend about the restaurant that says, "We love you!" to every customer? You better believe it.
This strategy is a bit risky. If you get a snarky (or creepy) employe telling customers that they love them… well, it could backfire.
So make sure you train your employees to be sincere and 100% non-creepy.
Give Something Away for Free (Idea #2)
One of my favorite restaurants is one that gives away soda water to anyone who asks.
I've tweeted about how much I love this place, and every time I leave I ring the bell by the door to show my appreciation.
I will drive farther than I have to because I appreciate that they give away something everyone else charges for. And, they don't make me feel like a free loader. In fact, when I ask for water, they tell me to, "go to town" while handing me my cup.
The cafes inside Barnes and Noble stores make ice cold water available for free. Does this cut into their sales? Maybe.
But which book store are you more likely to go do, the one with a tepid water fountain hidden in back?
Or the one with a glistening pitcher of ice cold H2O and complimentary cups?
Enough said.
Use Your Customers' Names (Idea #3)
Have you ever noticed that servers introduce themselves by name? They may also wear a name tag.
Why is their name so important? Am I really going to yell to them across the restaurant?
How many servers have asked for your name?
None, huh… sounds like an area where you could stand out from the crowd.
People love… no, they really love hearing their own name.
Some places do a decent job using names but I've never seen one do a great job.
So how do do a great job with customer names?
Instead of yelling, "Order for Fred!" say, "Where's fantastic Fred… his order of awesome is ready!"
Think he'll come back just to hear someone call him fantastic Fred? You best believe it.
How about amazing Adele, or supreme Suzy?
Easy to implement?
Oh yea.
Bonus Tip: One activity I really don't get is when a restaurant asks for your name and then calls out your order by that little number on you receipt. Yea, you remember that number without having to pull it out again. What? You don't? Well that's obviously your fault.
Promote Your Customers (Idea #4)
With the advent of Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, Whatsapp, everyone has become a food critic.
And that's a good thing.
You want customers to be posting about you on social media and sharing the good time they're having with all their friends.
But what are you doing to promote your customers?
What if you had an employee take a selfie with customers and post them to your corporate accounts with messages like:
- Our new favorite!
- It was love at first sight!
- Who has two thumbs and looks amazing today?
- #BestCustomerEver
- @Customer knows delicious food when they see it.
These are just a few quick examples.
Put your unique spin on them and don't be afraid of letting employees come up with their own.
Of course you don't want to force customers to take picture with you.
But these days that part of the population is vanishingly small.
Loyalty Program on the Cheap (Idea #5)
When I was on college there was a sub cart in the cafeteria. They gave away punch cards. Yep, you heard right, punch cards.
For every six-inches of sub, you'd get one punch. So a footlong got you two punches.
Once you'd accumulated 10 punches you got a free six-inch sub.
It worked like a charm.
Since you got a card with at least one hole already punched, the sandwich man already had you invested in coming back until you got your free sandwich.
Loyalty programs like this are super cheap.
I would suggest that you make it a big deal every time someone gets a punch. Don't let it get routine. Don't let your staff punch cards with an annoyed or exasperated attitude.
Also, make sure you get a unique punch tool and change it our every once in awhile for another unique punch.
This will keep those few unscrupulous customers from going home and punching out their own card.
Entertain In a Unique Way (Idea #6)
So this is going to be a bit of a shameless plug.
FHG is in the business of helping folks in the hospitality industry entertain their guests.
Sounds expensive right?
Actually, you can entertain guests for less than a dime a piece.
I want to highlight one particular product, our triangular crayons.
Our CrayAngles (see what we did there?) are high-quality, colored, and paper-wrapped crayons that won't roll off your tables.
Customers love them because they're unique.
Staff love them because they don't make a mess (did I mention they don't roll off tables).
And when you get them branded with your logo you get a double whammy of value because know your customers have a branded reminder to take home.
There are all sorts of triangular crayons including double-ended and multi-colored options. You can see them all by clicking here.
Keep Those Catalysts (Idea #7)
I'm talking about your employees here not customers.
Happy employees make happy customers.
Happy customers are loyal customers. And eventually they turn into loyal fans.
There's a restaurant I frequent for their free wifi (maybe that should be idea #8?) and I've noticed a little old lady working there.
She doesn't act like a little old lady.
She act's like a little old lady who loves everyone she works with. And they know it. They tell each other that she does and when someone looks skeptical they insist on it.
Who doesn't want to work alongside people like this?
You might think this is idea is a copy of idea #1 but it isn't.
This is about keeping those employees who help the rest of your employees play their best game.
In sports there are players who aren't individual superstars but who are just as valuable because they make everyone else play better. They're catalysts.
If you're lucky enough to hire one of these people do whatever you have to do to keep them. They'll keep your team happy and motivated and customers will notice… I did.
How can you turn your customers into insanely loyal fans?
We've looked at seven ideas but there are probably hundreds of ways this could be done.
Are you currently doing something to increase customer loyalty?
Leave me a comment and tell me how it's working out for you.
Or ask me a question. I'll do my best to answer quickly.
15 Ways to Lower Costs (Not Quality) in Your RestaurantJune 3rd, 2016 by Ted 1 comment »
Would You Lower Costs If You Could Do It without Sacrificing Quality?
Restaurant owners and managers
want need to lower costs. But they don't want to damage their quality or turn customer off. Sound like an impossible task? As the saying goes, it's simple but it isn't easy.
Here's The Plan of Attack (5 x 3 = 15)
- 5 Big Expenses
- 3 Tips to Reduce Each Expense
- 15 Total Cost Cutting Ideas
We'll look at 5 of the biggest costs restaurants face. We'll give you 3 ideas to lower these costs. That's 15 cost savings ideas you may be able to use in your restaurant.
Your Restaurant Will Live or Die by This Equation
Reducing costs is important because of the following equation:
Net Profit = Revenue – Expenses
Net profit is what you, the restaurateur, get to keep after you pay all your bills. Yay! In general, the higher this number, the healthier your business.
Of course, there's always more to the story than the numbers alone reveal. But if your net profit is positive, you can operate your restaurant from a position of strength.
Before we look at way to lower costs, let's define three terms with help from Investopedia.
Revenue: The total amount of income generated by the sale of goods or services related to the company's primary operations.
Expenses: The economic costs that a business incurs through its operations to earn revenue.
Net Profit: The amount of income that remains after accounting for all expenses, debts, additional income streams and operating costs.
We won't be looking at ways to increase your revenue in this article. Although we have written about ways to market your family restaurant before. Our focus in this week's article: reducing expenses. This is one of the best ways to increase net income.
Before we jump into specifics, here's a broad overview of a typical restaurant's expenses. Keep in mind, these percentages vary based on numerous factors. One of the biggest differences is between full-service vs. table-service restaurants.
Prime Costs and Ways Restaurants Can Lower Them
Prime costs (sometimes called expenses) are the combination of food and labor costs. Since these two costs compose 62–68% of the expenses for a restaurant, we'll consider them first.
Reducing Food and Beverage Costs
Food costs are one of the biggest expenses most restaurants have. The exact percentage will vary based on the type of restaurant you have, but 33% is a safe place to start.
This means that if your restaurant brings in $10,000 in a week, your food costs will be about $3,300.
Factors effecting food costs:
- Type: The types of dishes you serve (steaks vs. burgers) will play the biggest role in your food costs.
- Season and Weather: Ingredients change price every season and according to the weather. A drought in Brazil means higher coffee prices.
- Quality: Do you buy fresh vegetables every day or are you refrigerating them for a week ahead of time?
- Order Quantity: How much you buy at a time (small quantities vs. large quantities)
- Waste: Poorly prepared dishes, accidents, food that dies in the window, incorrect portioning, etc.
- Spoilage: Food spoils when it isn't used in time or because it wasn't stored correctly.
- Theft: It's sad but true that your employees will steal from you.
- Over Pouring: It's easy to do and easy to not do. Train your bar staff on the right way to pour alcohol.
Types of Food
The kind of food you serve is based on the kind of restaurant you are. If you're a steakhouse, people expect good steaks. If you're a breakfast concept, people expect pancakes and eggs.
If you've already started a steakhouse? It may be difficult to change it to a burger joint. But if you want to lower your food costs long-term, this may be a viable option.
You should also try to find less expensive vendors for your the ingredients you use all the time. With everything on your plate, this may seem like like a waste of time. But if you find a cheaper vendor for the food items you use every day, you'll reap the rewards over and over.
Bonus: Don't just focus on food cost. If a steak costs you twice as much as a burger, but you can sell it for twice as much, you're coming out ahead.
Quality of Raw Ingredients
Most people have a poor palette. McDonald's is the number one restaurant in the United States. Enough said. Replacing high-cost, low-margin ingredients with cheaper alternatives, will drastically improve your net profit.
Order Quantities
In general, the more you order, the more you save. If you order a higher quantity, your price per unit will be lower.
But what if you're a small family restaurant and your order size isn't big enough to get a price cut?
Work with your vendors to secure a lower price per unit anyway. Commit to buy a larger quantity of food over time. They win because they sell more product to you. You win because you get your food at a lower price point without having to put out a lot of cash upfront.
Bonus: If you keep a lot of food on hand your staff may not be as careful with serving sizes, refills, spillage, etc. Be sure that buying large quantities to save money doesn't end up costing more than you bargained for.
Reducing Labor Costs
Finding and hiring good workers is the hardest part of the restaurant business. Get it wrong, and there's not much that will save you. But with the right people in place, you can survive a lot.
A restaurant that's only 80% there, but with good people, can survive until you figure out the other 20%.
Labor costs are the single largest expense most restaurants have. A large part of your labor costs are dictated by local, state, and federal regulations.
Of course you could chose not to hire anyone, but robot powered restaurants are still a thing of the future.
Bonus: When it comes to labor costs start with your kitchen staff. Servers make just 25–35% of what a back-of-house position does. Getting the right people in place in the kitchen will have the highest impact on your labor costs. The same goes for concerns about:
- Clocking in and out on time
- Employees taking each other's shifts
- Socializing or other time wasters
- Getting the right people in place in your kitchen will have a big impact on labor costs.
Schedule Hours Based on Hard Numbers
There's a balancing act to scheduling employee hours. Look at the hard numbers on your POS and listen to the feedback from servers, managers, and hostesses. Sometimes this information seems like it conflicts.
For example, your servers may say that there aren't enough people scheduled Friday nights. But when you look at the POS you can see that you're trending down on Friday nights. Since it's early October, you know that football season has started. That Beer & Wing joint down the street is probably picking up some of your business. You decide to go with the POS data and keep staffing levels where they are. You may even remove some hours since you know that Friday's will be slower until Super Bowl.
You don't want to pay employees for standing around when your restaurant is slow. On the flip side, employees don't want to keep their schedules open just in case you call them in. They also don't like getting dropped halfway through a shift. This is sometimes called flexible-staffing or flex-hours.
So keep an eye on your sales data. Base the hours on the numbers. It may be tempting to try to be the nice guy, but it rarely works. Remember, this is a business, not a charity. If your business fails, all your employees, customers, and investors suffer.
Many POS systems look like they were designed in the 80's. But if you dig around under the hood, you can find features and reports to help reduce labor costs. Don't feel like doing the digging yourself? Ask one of your tech savvy team members to learn the system and then train you.
Give More Hours to Fewer People (Prerequisite: Hire the Right People)
There's no denying that many of the folks working in food services are transitory. They're on their way from one job to another. Food service is just a stop in-between. This isn't a bad thing per se. But it does make finding experienced and dedicated staff a challenge.
There are a variety of ways to keep good people around, but the bottom line is still the bottom line. The more you pay people, the better odds you have of keeping them.
Guaranteeing more hours to fewer people is one way to make sure your best team members stay with you.
Bonus: This tip is dependent on having the right people on your team. If you're stricter about who you hire you'll end up with a better team. A better team means fewer complaints, more satisfied customers, and a more efficient operation.
Will other staff like this arrangement? Actually, they might. You'll inevitably hire a few folks who just aren't cut out for the restaurant business. They'll probably try to give away their shifts because they partied too late the night before. These shifts will gravitate to those who are willing to work the extra hours. But you'll still want to make sure any shift changes go through you or one of your managers. This will help ensure you don't end up paying overtime.
Here are some of the benefits to scheduling key team players with more hours:
- Better Pay: The more hours employees work, the more they make. This includes hourly wages and tips.
Increased Focus: The more hours they work the less likely they'll have to work another job. This reduces stress leading to a better work experience overall.
- Lower Fixed Costs: Fewer employees means lower fixed costs. These expenses include things like uniforms, insurance, and training.
- More Experienced Staff: The more hours one employee gets the more experienced they'll become. More experience means better service for your customers. Full-time employees become more experienced faster than part-time employees. So if you can figure out how to maximize your full-time employees you'll be able to reduce your labor costs.
Be A Stickler for Clocking-In and Clocking-Out
Every industry that uses clocking-in and clocking-out has to deal with the same problems:
- Employees clocking-in before their shift is supposed to start.
- Employees clocking-out after their shift is supposed to end.
You need to be a stickler when it comes to clock management.
It's not that people are trying to be bad (okay some of them might be). And most folks will realize that it's best to mind the clock. Time is money.
This issue is not unique to the restaurant industry either. There's entire online industry that match freelancers to employees. To ensure that time that's billed is actually productive, they use screen recording technology. This also works in the employee's favor as it guarantees that they get paid for their work.
Employees want to feel well compensated, respected, and praised for their work. Reward good work. Penalize poor work. The good people will stick around and the bad people… well, they'll figure it out.
Non-Prime Expenses and Ways Restaurants Can Lower Them
All the other expenses in your restaurant are non-prime expenses or costs. This is where will find the next three targets of attack.
Reducing Gas/Energy/Utility Costs
Restaurants use a lot of energy. Here are just a few of the energy intensive aspect of restaurant operation:
- Heating and AC
- Cooking (Ovens and Ranges)
- Cleaning (Dishwashing Equipment)
- Lighting (Interior and Exterior)
- Water Heaters
Utilities account for 5% of the typical restaurant's expenses. It will pay to keep an eye on your numbers from month-to-month. In the summer you'll spend more on AC. In the winter it's be heating.
Call Your Utility Providers for Help
Utility companies are in the business of selling energy. The more energy you use the more valuable of a customer you are to them.
Call your utility providers and ask for help.
Ask if they have any promotions or deals going on.
Ask if they'll do an analysis of your restaurant to look for ways you can save money. They'll look for things like:
- Better insulation
- New caulking around windows and doors (maybe new windows altogether)
- Better duct work
- New air filters
- Energy efficient light bulbs
- Off-hour pre-heating and pre-cooling
There are companies that will examine your entire building and fine-tune its energy performance. These services can reduce your energy consumption 10–15%. That could make the difference between making a profitable year or not.
The list is long and they're the experts so give them a call and ask them for help.
Upgrade Your Equipment to More Efficient Models
You get the same magazines we do. They're full of ads for the latest and greatest appliances. Everything from ranges, ovens, and dishwashers, to deep fryers, refrigeration units, and vent hoods. There's no end to the new and improved models.
New equipment can be a big investment so you'll want to do a little math before jumping in with both feet.
Will the lower energy, water, or gas, costs compensate for the price of the new equipment? Will it do so within a reasonable amount of time?
A new walk-in that gives a 5% improvement in efficiency may not pay for itself for many years.
It may be cheaper to put better insulation on the one you've already got. Insulation is cheap and can result in the same amount of savings for a fraction of the price.
Train Staff to Reduce Utility Costs
In the summer, my dad told us to close the front door (I'm not paying the air condition the whole neighborhood).
In the winter his lyrics changed (I'm not paying to heat the whole neighborhood). He trained us to turn off lights when we left rooms, and he practiced what he preached.
You can work with your staff to lower utility costs by training them.
For example, when things are slow turn off any appliances you only need during rush. Got two ovens revved up? Turn one off.
If you can, close off unused rooms to avoid heating and cooling more than you have to. Again, train your staff to do the same.
Bonus: Some restaurants use sensors to turn lights on and off in the restrooms. These may save power (good) but they could also lead to a worse customer experience (bad). Nobody wants to fumble around a dark restroom looking for a light switch.
Reducing Insurance Costs
Insurance? Who wants to talk about insurance? Insurance can cost a lot of money. And if you don't have the right kind you can be paying for insurance you don't need. Also, the law may require you to have certain types of insurance you don't think you need.
I worked in the insurance market for over seven years. Insurance plans, pricing, and even whole insurance companies rise and fall every year.
What was a great deal a year or two ago when you first opened your doors may be way behind the times.
Of course government regulations are always changing. Make sure you're abiding by all the latest rules. There may be exceptions, grandfathered business, and subsidies available for family and small businesses. So don't give up without a through search.
Shop Your Business Around to Multiple Insurance Agencies
When launching a restaurant calling several insurance agencies may be way down your list. And once you have an insurance plan in place there's a lot of inertia to just stick with what you have. After all, plans are so complex and you have so many fire to put out.
The insurance field is vicious. It's dog-eat-dog. And while actual dog fights are illegal, they're completely legal in the insurance business.
Take notes when you're talking to an insurance agent. Make sure to ask lots of questions. Don't be afraid to call back later if you think of a question you didn't ask. You can even use those notes when you talk to the next agent to remind you of what to ask about.
One insurance salesman will help demystify the sales language of another. One will insist you need Hired and Non-Owned Vehicles Liability Insurance. The next one will point out that you only need that if you make deliveries.
And the list goes on. Taking to multiple insurance agents and shopping your business around can save you a lot of money.
Ask About Paying Annually Rather than Month-To-Month (and Bundling)
There are often fees associated with paying monthly that disappear if you pay annually. These may just be administrative fees. But you might also get a break by paying for everything up front.
You should also ask if they'll give you buy al your insurance through them. Bundling is a very common practice. And if the salesman is worth his salt he'll bring it up himself.
Restaurants may need multiple insurance policies:
- Umbrella Liability Insurance
- Liquor Liability Insurance
- Property Insurance
- Workers' Compensation Insurance
- Off-Premises Insurance
- Business Owner's Insurance
- Hired and Non-Owned Vehicles Liability Insurance (if you offer delivery)
Find Out if There Are Changes You Can Make to Reduce Your Liabilities
When an insurance company issues a homeowners policy they send out an agent to assess the risks. They look for increased risks to the home (e.g. branches hanging out over the roof)
If you don't fix these issues you'll end up paying a lot more for your insurance. In fact, you may not be able to get a policy at all.
If you're locked into a contract, call your agent and ask if there are things you can do reduce your costs. A phone call doesn't cost you anything, but the savings every month will make you smile.
Reducing Rent Costs
Rent is often one of the larger bills a restaurant has to deal with every month. Not paying rent is rarely an option. If you don't pay you could come to work to find that they've changed the locks. Assets may even be seized.
So let's look at some ways you can lower your rent costs.
Location, Location, Location… Move Your Restaurant
Did you know that McDonald's sees itself as being in the real estate business? They buy prime, high-traffic, easy-access real estate all over the world. They understand that location can make the difference between failure and success.
Okay, so maybe you're not McDonald's and you don't see yourself as a real estate mogul. But you know just as well as I do that if you've got a good location you've won half the battle.
If you can change your location to a better one, do it. Yes, your customers may not realize you've moved. But are they really the customers who are keeping your business afloat? If they were you wouldn't be considering moving.
For example, my wife and I moved to get a better price on our housing. I was dreading the work involved in the move. But I also knew that the pain would be temporary but the benefits permanent.
Bonus: If you're moving anyway you might think about smaller physical spaces or even a food truck. Maybe you don't think your concept would work for a food truck but just imagine the savings!
Negotiate with Your Landlord
If you extend your lease you may be able to negotiate a better lease.
Your landlord may knock a little off your rent if you make improvements to the space.
The business world is full of opportunities. You just have to be creative enough to come up with them and gutsy enough to try them.
Share Your Location with Other Business or Groups
Sharing your location with another business or group may not always be an option. But with a little creativity there may be a way to share your location with other business or groups.
When I worked at a coffee shop we rented out the shop every weekend to a church. They got a great deal on rent and we got to pay our rent with someone else's money. In fact, they paid over 25% of our rent monthly to use our location when we weren't even open. Now that's a win-win!
For years, restaurants have had private dining rooms and party rooms. Maybe you're restaurant doesn't have private rooms like this. You can still take advantage of this tactic by renting out your entire restaurant after hours.
The types of groups interested in your space is probably endless but here are some ideas to get you started:
- Fraternal Groups
- Charities
- Toastmasters
- Chamber of Commerce Meetings
- Private Parties, Birthdays, Anniversaries, etc
- Small Food Businesses Looking for Commercial Kitchen Space (e.g. Caterers, Cooking Schools, and Farmer's Market vendors)
The demand for commercial kitchen space is not insignificant. In fact, companies are starting up just to fulfill this demand.
Conclusion (TL;DR)
- Reduce Food and Beverage Costs: Food costs are on of your prime costs. Some factors affecting food costs are outside your control (like the weather). But many of them you do control. (1) Talk to your vendors about getting a better deal. They may have too many carrots they'll sell to you cheap. (2) Why buy Filet mignon if your customers are just as happy with ground chuck? (3) Commit to larger order sizes to lock in savings.
- Reduce Labor Costs: People are your biggest resource. They're also the biggest expense for most restaurants. You can lower costs for this category by (1) Scheduling hours based off hard numbers in your POS system. (2) Give more hours to fewer people to help them gain experience. (3) Making sure your team clocks-in and out on time. Start with the kitchen.
- Reduce Utility Costs: Utility costs can add up fast in a restaurant. All those high-energy devices can make your meter spin. (1) Call your utility company and ask for help reducing your bill. (2) Do the math on new appliances to see if they'll pay for themselves by the energy they save. (3) Train your staff to be energy conscious by turning off unused equipment. This includes, lights, ranges, ovens, and dishwashers, etc.
- Reduce Insurance Costs: Insurance plans and policies are always shifting. (1) Call your insurance agent and find out if there are new plans that have come out that could save you money. (2) Shop your business around to a variety of insurance agencies. See if they'll give you a deal to win your business. (3) Ask your agent what you can do to reduce your liability.
- Reduce Rent Costs: Rent costs should account for no more than 7% of total sales. (1) It may seem drastic but moving your restaurant can have a significant positive effect on rent. (2) Try negotiating better terms with your landlord. (3) Think about ways you can share your location with other businesses or groups after hours.
Adult Coloring Options and Reusable Tritan Kids' Tumblers Drive New Business and Better ProfitsMay 17th, 2016 by Ted No comments »
For immediate release: May 13th, 2016
Restaurant owner/operators keep a sharp eye on the bottom line. If there's a way to increase revenue or lower costs, they're interested. Today, Family Hospitality Group is announcing four new product lines to do just that.
- Premium Adult Coloring Placemats
- Retro Kids' Toys
- Chopstick Trainers
- Reusable Tritan Kids' Tumblers
Premium Adult Coloring Placemats
Adult coloring books have exploded and aren't slowing down. Restaurateurs can now offer their customers premium coloring options for pennies. Most coloring options have been aimed at kids. That's the past.
The only adult option on the market until now has been plain brown butcher paper that is used as a tablecloth. Now, restaurateurs can endear themselves to guests of all ages by giving their adult customers these fun new coloring options.
Retro Kids' Toys
Parents and kids want more than just good food. They want to have fun. The Old-School Interactive line of toys does just that.
Kids will love the challenge of putting together their own Make-n-Play Checkerboard Weave and the always popular Snip-Snap Fortune Teller. These are the toys their parents played with for hours and they're still popular today.
Chopstick Trainers
You've used forks, knives, and spoons your entire life. But have you heard of the Chork? How about Chopstick Tutors?
For restaurateurs who want to offer the chopstick experience without the learning curve, these trainers are perfect.
They're colorful, easy to use, and intuitive. And it means that restaurants won't have to stock multiple utensils; forks and knives plus chopsticks. They're great all-in-ones.
Reusable Tritan Kids' Tumblers
How do you keep costs down and still stand out from the crowd? Quality reusable products pay for themselves many times over. But kids can destroy to normal glass or thin-walled plastic cups in the blink of an eye.
Enter, Tritan. Tritan is a durable, kid-friendly product used in high-end sports bottles. Now, restauranteurs can get their costs down and be unique by using the reusable Triton kids' tumblers from FHG.
Reusable Cups for Kids Help Reduce Costs and Entertain Guests
These bottles are:
- Reusable: If it was cheaper to use disposable everything restaurants would do it. But it isn't. It's actually quite expensive. Within a week (12 washings), Tritan cups will pay for themselves.
- Tough: The Tritan material means these cups won't break like glass or thin-walled plastic cups when they're dropped.
- Silicone Grips: Kids are known to drop things. The silicone grips on these reusable cups make them super easy to hold onto. Or make this a premium when you sell these great tumblers.
- Unique and Customizable: Restaurants can have their logo embossed on
their cups making them uniquely theirs.
- Good Marketing: When kids want to keep their new favorite cup you'll
make an incremental sale and have your branding in their home to remind
them of the good time they had.
About Family Hospitality Group
Family Hospitality Group (http://familyhospitality.com/), is a family-owned, American company producing a full portfolio of service supplies that have helped restauranteurs delight their customers in over 100,000,000 guest visits worldwide. Contact AJ Mesalic at [email protected] or (702) 822–4422.
NYC restaurant solves major mystery by reviewing old surveillanceAugust 18th, 2014 by A.J. Mesalic 1 comment »
An analysis of wait times by a New York restaurant went viral. It showed the effect that smartphones are having on the duration of guest stays. As we read this we wondered what restaurants are doing to cope with the challenge of having kids sitting in a seat longer. Sitting just 45 minutes in one place is already difficult for many kids, especially under the age of seven.
Day-to-day view of digital entertainment useDecember 27th, 2012 by A.J. Mesalic No comments »
This data shows day-to-day variation in digital entertainment usage at a subject restaurant group. The graph by day clearly shows more time spent playing on weekend days, by a factor of up to 2.3X on Saturdays. Who can guess why that is? Take a closer look at our digital kids edutainment options (tablets and more) for your restaurant or place of business.
Digital Content Partnership Announcement » KidscreenMay 29th, 2012 by Classy Kid No comments »
Canada's Skywriter Media and Entertainment has signed a non-exclusive deal with Las Vegas-based kids and family-focused restaurant marketing company Family Hospitality Group to provide kids content for its SPUDnik 1 tablet and kids entertainment system for restaurants.The tablet, which is available… click to read more
Digital Entertainment is a Hit!May 10th, 2012 by A.J. Mesalic No comments »
This will probably not surprise anyone: Our new line of digital entertainment options for kids in restaurant-type settings was a absolute hit at the National Restaurant show in Chicago. Our 7th time exhibiting there, this was clearly the busiest we have been because so many people are intrigued by the new ways we've invented to keep kids entertained in a restaurant setting. Truth be known I think a lot of you were also having a lot of fun playing!
Our customers look to us to help boost their family business. It's a challenge we're up for and one that we're meeting with more creativity than ever! Contact us today – we're taking orders and shipping boxes/pallets/truckloads of fun out the door every day.
Thank you so much to the attendees who stopped in to see and meet us at the NRA show. We truly enjoy every opportunity to get to know you and your needs better.
The new line of products and services can be ordered now through our web store or by contacting one of us.


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HOUSE prices have risen by 10 per cent in a year in south Manchester, apparently.
This has sent the middle classes into paroxysms of hand-wringing and despair. What about the first-time buyers, they all cry. Well, what about them? I've picked up the latest North and East Manchester Advertiser and leafed through the estate agents' advertisements.
Houses start under £60,000 in Blackley. My colleague, David Henry, found a number under £80,000 in Gorton in his report for Channel M News.
Of course, for some people those prices are still high. But for a single person on even less than average income, that would be affordable, according to most mortgage lenders.
If you are prepared to cast your net further afield than south Manchester and wannabe Cheshire (Stockport, Altrincham and Sale), you can find quite cheap homes.
But the north-south divide within Manchester is far wider than the north-south divide in England.
North of Victoria Station is, for most Metro News readers I suspect, a mysterious land. You might pass it on the way to the Lake District or Blackpool, perhaps. But whisper Harpurhey, Newton Heath or Moston to most south Mancunians and they're as comfortable as a hobbit in Mordor. Or they've never heard of them.
Yes, I know that trendy coffee bars are rarer than full-priced DFS sofas. And that a panino (panini is a plural, actually) is alien to every digestive tract in Cheetham Hill. But it isn't compulsory to have tattoos, missing teeth and a criminal record. Some of the men aren't too bad, either.
To have the right postcode - in trendy south Manchester or leafy Trafford - is so important to so many people that they work themselves stupid, they get themselves into ludicrous levels of debt and then they have the temerity to moan about it.
Is being within walking distance of gnocchi really worth those high mortgage payments? Someone should set up an index for such things. I suspect snobbery, mortgages and the unavailability of a parking space would rise in direct proportion.
We British are meant to be obsessed with property and masochism, so perhaps it's not surprising that the two things go so well together.
I suppose I should confess here that I live in Crumpsall. It's what I could afford as a first-time buyer. So I bought what I could afford. And, of course, if any of that south Mancunian property inflation headed north, I'd hardly shoo it away. In fact, that's why I've written this column. Forget the property ladder, I want to get my first foot on the snobbery ladder.
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Maharishi Channel is switching over to Ku-band digital transmission, making it the first channel in India to use this technology. It will continue to be a free-to-air channel.
The switchover to the Ku-band platform on EuropeStar satellite will be from December 15. The channel, will be available in the dual mode and cable operators will be allowed time to shift as it will continue on PanAMSat till February 28, 2002. The satellite covers India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Maharishi Channel is offering a special promotional price for a complete equipment package. Those who switch over to Maharishi's Ku-band broadcast can receive a 25 per cent price reduction on digital satellite receiver, small dish antenna and LNB.
The package includes a high quality digital receiver, Ku-band LNB, and 24-inch professional dish antenna. Maharishi Channel Cable Network is planning to start shipping equipment packages to cable operators.
Maharishi Channel is part of Maharishi Satellite Network, which broadcasts Maharishi's vedic wisdom through a network of 10 satellites. It is available in 19 languages and reaches out to over 200 countries.
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Download Battery Saver Pro apk 3.6.3 free for Android smartphone
Posted by IGNIS APP STUDIO in Tools | June 29, 2016 | 84 Comments
Apk file size: 8.6 MB
Battery Saver Pro - Power Doctor is a powerful & simple Android Battery Saver & Power Manager. Functions include : (1) One-tap battery optimizer (2) Deep sleep mode (3) App consumption tracker (4) Activity remaining time estimator (5) Widget. Use Battery Saver – Power Doctor – properly to save battery power up to 2x-4x more!
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1. One-tap Battery Optimizer
With one-tap, the app closes background running apps and recommends you functions to turn off in order to save more. This function serves as memory cleaner/booster as well to speed up your android phone along with saving battery power. Optimizer will also indicate you how many hours you have / can save from phone draining.
2. Deep Sleep Mode
Even you are not using the phone, lots of activities are going on that will drain your battery life. Deep Sleep Mode is set to solve this problem, such as disabling Wi-Fi, Auto-Sync while the phone is not in use. Various modes are available for your convenience. While not using your phone, set your "Sleep Mode" to save time!
3. App Consumption Tracker / Uninstaller
Battery Saver – Power Doctor – tracks application usage and shows you which app drains the most. Choose the app that drains the battery the most and Uninstall/or/Force Stop to save Android time!
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Indicates the remaining/limit time for Talktime, Game, Standby, AudioPlayback, MoviePlayback, WebSurfing, and Reading. Also shows life level in percent (%) at status bar.
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Access and turn on/off various functions from Home screen Widget.
Disclaimer : Results on saving may vary. The numbers 2x-4x on the screenshot, app detail is a result of our various tests and we believe we can deliver good result to you as well, but the battery length is affected by many factors such as screen size, running applications, usage in years etc. Please contact us if you don't feel the difference, we'll look in to it.
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IGNIS APP STUDIO part of our Tools and have average installs from 5000 to 10000. Last Update June 29, 2016. Google play rating is 88.8522. Current verison is 3.6.3. Actual size 8.6 MB.
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84 Comments
Jeffersson Catelo
Near perfect, spotted flaw I'm using XPERIA Z3. it kills running apps which is great but about the mobile data, i have to manually turn it off rather the app do it itself which i find slightly inconvenient. Hoping for future fixes. Thanks. Its worth the price by the way.
Allen Tomas
Battery saver pro So far it has been worth getting the pro version this app does what it says and so far seems to do it very well with the pro version period
nina phillips
Battery ? Saver Pro Working well. Very useful. I need more time to discover everything it does.
David Bellardo
Battery Saver Pro Its better now and works great. And I hope the rate me stops popping up all the time
Richard Crowe
Happy to give this 5 Stars Charged my S6 48 hours ago and I still have 60% charge left so this is a success in my eyes thank you.?
Bryan Leone
Best yet ! Works as advertised
Michael Doidge
Good app, makes it easy to extend your battery hours for note 4.
amol bhiwapure
Refund my amount Rs 50 Dear sir As i purchase our app its fare is Rs 59 But deducted amount Rs 50 extra in my account.total amount deducted Rs 109..so pls solve issue
Bombing Santos
Ok for Note 4 So far my phone is in excellent condition. Thanks
James Choate
Best app Saved my battery all the time
jarod gray
Nice Works great. 56% at start of work day, at 56% when I got home.
A Google User
Ok So far it seems ok. Thx.
dale hurrell
Really useful! This has really proved a great app! Don't believe how much battery life it saves! :-)
Mahbob Mohamed
Great app, thank you.
JohnDevon Huseman
Wow Great an user friendly does what it says
Jamie Laverick
Excellent Works like a charm n saves battery very efficiently
Luke Reed
It's awesome!!!
Ian Lumsden
Great App Works fine on a Samsung Note3
ian peschell
Been using four days now, best battery saver I've ever had doesn't take a lot of ram and when it says 24hourz till it runs out there lying, they forgot about night mode with a little effort to understand you phone and what apps you can disabable you can expect to get over 30 hours of battery life...... Awesomeness
Charlene Puryear
I just started using this app and my battery lasted ALL DAY. Unbelievable!!!!!! I'll give it 5 stars when I use a few more days.
Pamelia Hooks
Wow . ....i just love how the way this app has really impressed me about the battery life in my phone im rating 5 awesome star's please keep up the awesome work and happy new years
Youssef Mohamed
Good but not logic The application is good but sometimes i have 1% remaining, when i check the application i find 6 hrs remaining!!!!! Not logic at all please work on that. Customer support shows the quality of the product so let us see. It is not working with lollipop always crashes
jimmy brown
Battery saver pro I like this battery saver it seems to do all that needs to be done. I do recommend this app.
Muhammad Jamiu
Excellent work. Jazakumlah haira
Glenn Rogers
Great App Love everything except the number of permissions it requires.
Ryno Bones
Seriously does the job. Works great on my tablet and phone. I've noticed a huge improvement in battery life on my tablet. Very impressed. This has replaced Smart Ram Booster Pro on all of my devices because this actually works.
A Paul Heyman Guy
New Phone Old phone fried, got Galaxy S5 now. Hoping this will work as well as it did on my old phone, because it was totally flawless. I would a so like to thank the devs for immediately restoring my purchases as well. Keep up the excellent work.
Martyna Stankiewicz
Won't start unfortunately Despite my efforts the app keeps crashing after trying to launch it, every time, so disappointing.
Hector Payan
Best I've tried. This app makes a noticeable difference in my battery life. Tried many others and they don't compare. The only complaint works be that my lock screen on my LG G2 is disabled after every charge. Whenever I unlock my phone it takes me to my home screen vs my lock. Simply restarting my phone fixes the issue, so not too bad. The battery saving I get outweighs this inconvenience however. I'll continue to use this!
Ferdy Tambunan
Great! This is how Battery Saver looks like! This app saves my battery ? very well. Good job! Xperia Z1 here!
Matti Harbour
Such a awesome product I'm enjoying this battery saver it is nice the features of it a unique and simple to use
Viola Newson
Can't complain Wonderful my note4 stay charged all day
oleg vilkov
The best!
Richard Thorne
Well it does what it says it can do you can't find anything better than that
Beverly Forrester
Awesome!!! I had resigned myself to the fact that I needed a professional to figure out why my fully charged phone was completely dead in half a day. I had nothing to lose so I gave this app a try and it solved my problem of background apps draining my battery! Highly recommended!
cornelius nasz
It's really work on my samsung
david kinzer
Works good for my phone
Richard Grundle
Pretty good app but in mode settings the word turn is spelt trun just a minor detail but i have ocd and it annoys me sorry but overall great app thanks
Fatima M Abdulkadir
We need update, short cut for optimization and may more added to it please.Also try to rectify the problem it have with deactivating phone ? lock. Thank you.
A Paul Heyman Guy
New Phone Old phone fried, got Galaxy S5 now. Hoping this will work as well as it did on my old phone, because it was totally flawless. I would a so like to thank the devs for immediately restoring my purchases as well. Keep up the excellent work..
David Bellardo
Battery Saver Pro Can you just make a one touch boost button on battery and cleaner apps? Its nice stop asking me to rate it. I bought it
William Skyhou
Excellent Is shoud be Good , but after I installed, my lock screen is disable after charge and every time I weak it, there is no lock screen to slide. Only get it to my home screen. I could not able to get screen lock back. Could you Please fix it.
Aung Myo Myint
No Save Really Need to save deeply for my draing S4 lollipop battery
Andy Davis
Great with S5 Really has made my battery last longer
david zebua
Very good It work like a charm...
suman gurung
Refund (Xperia z) It didn't work. Can u please refund. I installed this app draining fast battery.
Kinetico Cheung
Good app You have to try.
Hedi Hermawan
ok, but something wrong about lock screen, need update
Gitana Jamila
Ok It's ok
hervin tunging
Galaxy S3 User. Satisfied and love it. Save my S3 this time.
Tiawan R
Some tool not works Some tool not work in my device like brightness, no have effect in samsung core duos. Can you fix it?thx. I'll rewiew again if you can fix this bug.
Baz C
Good This app is made well
Gerry Anderson
ADWARE ARE YOU KIDDING I paid for adware what a joke, and app does absolutely nothing, I want a refund, yet no reply from dev no surprise there
Chris Gray
Great battery savior
Excellent app that does what it claims...
Prakash Satya
Used since months, no progressive. Unable to control automatically background running apps. Even after optimization
izdihar adib
Congratz. Simple. great app. suggest make a graph so can easily monitor time of charging and battery consumption
ivan lupenko
It has work for me as my phone is used every day
Bummi B
The best battery widget
William Skyhou
Excellent Is shoud be Good , but after I installed, my lock screen is disable after charge and every time I wake it, there is no lock screen to slide. Only get it to my home screen. I could not able to get screen lock back. Could you Please fix it.
Eric Martin
Wow The time on my lock screen is bad off. Like about 12 hours off. That needs to be fixed ASAP
Lenno Hartzenberg
Tops! Does what it says. Worth the purchase.
Raheel Shariff
The best app killer and battery saver I have ever used.. Awesome.. Kudos to the makers!
James Hunt
So far so Good. I am wondering if there could be more of a fine tuned selection for display brightness settings in the option menu. Other than that I am very happy with this app. Thanks.
David Bradbury
Hangs New update freezes phone and hangs. Uninstalled.
Paul Garrah
Great Works as advertised. Nice clean interface. Keep up the good work!
Berj Yepremian
Buy it No it works and all but this one will charge all my devices. So cheap as well. Keep it up fabulous team of tech crew. They are commited to this. I love it. Saved my butt with charging my phone to pull up my gps. Thank you!!!
William Skyhou
Excellent Pretty good, but after I installed, my lock screen is disable after charge and every time I wake it, there is no lock screen to slide. Only get it to my home screen. I could not able to get screen lock back. Thanks IGNIS.
Jacob Barber
excellent app works well to save battery life
Robert Oakley
Its an average app.......no adds with the pay version which is why I have it. Will Look for a better one in the future. But till then this one will tide me over.
Ittikorn Pranthanachai
Excellent!! But bug When my battery is on 98% send notification me that my phone have 20% and when the draining battery come I see it in "font/" like this
A Google User
Great but The app is great but the widget say's 7hrs battery left, when phone says 4hrs?
Colin Buley
Battery Saver Pro Does what it states and has much more potential available. .. Still the best and saving me heaps of hours in extended battery life. .
Eric Martin
Wow Stop asking me to rate you I purchased the app so evidently I liked it. Four stars taken away because of the continuous rate me request also now the percentage in the the notification bar has begun to hang not dependable. Unless you have root I do not think there is any reason to download this app it continuously closes the same applications so obviously they are restarting.
Lenno Hartzenberg
Toolbar Widget issue After charging my phone, the toolbar widget still shows, for example, 43% while the phone battery shows 100%. Have to restart my phone for the toolbar widget to show 100%. Please reply to other comments, as we all purchased the app.
Mahesh Arunachalam
Need fix! 0 running apps when accessibility is turned on. App UI is very slow since the recent update.
Richard Baccus
Woo hoo Savin battery all the time
Lenno Hartzenberg
Toolbar Widget issue After charging my phone, the toolbar widget still shows, for example, 43% while the phone battery shows 100%. Have to restart my phone for the toolbar widget to show 100%. Please reply to other comments, as we all purchased the app.
Nishant Saini
Make improvements :) Please make about auto clear app option who consume battery in background like DU Battery Saver Pro.
Roland Dean
No Ads!! It works, and the best part is no advertising ! I will buy more products from this developer for sure!
James Lutz
Apps seem to forget they were optimized.
Fatima M Abdulkadir
We need update, short cut for optimization and may more added to it please.Also try to rectify the problem it have with deactivating phone ? lock. Thank you.


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Child workers shun school to toil in Bellary's chilli fields
Instead of attending schools, children in the age group of 10 to 14 years from Tekkalakote and other villages in Siruguppa taluk work as agricultural labourers.As a result, schools in the area have registered a considerable decline in attendance.The fields in Siruguppa taluk are irrigated by water from the Tungabhadra right bank canal and they reap two paddy crops in a year. However, due to poor rainfall this year, farmers could not harvest the summer crop.
Poor rainfall and the resultant crop failure have forced the farmers to travel to Bellary taluk to pluck chillies in the fields for a living. The agrarian distress has forced not only farmers, but also their schoolgoing children to accompany them to the chilli fields.
Every day hundreds of children are dumped like cattle in goods carriage vehicles, flouting all norms of safety and taken to the chilli fields in the taluk.
"Although students in the age group of 10 to 14 years are working in the fields as daily wage workers, they are given attendance in the school.
Thus, even as they are promoted to the next class, they struggle to write, read and comprehend," said Basavaraj, member of an NGO at Tekkalakote.Employing children below 14 years of age is an offence and punishable under law. However, poverty at home forces parents to take their children with them to the fields to work, as it helps them augment the family income, he added.
Children are also paid Rs 125 as daily wages, the same as their parents. Farmers who are already under duress due to crop failure, find it convenient to take their children to work. It is a Herculean task to make the parents realise that taking their children out of school will jeopardise their future, said Basavaraj.
Advantage brokersApart from land owners, brokers and goods carriage drivers stand to benefit from the vulnerable state of the farmers.
The brokers get a commission of Rs 10 for every agriculture labourer brought to the land owners. Similarly, vehicle owners get a commission of Rs 30 for transporting farmers to the fields.
"If the children continue to be employed as agricultural labourers and are deprived of education, a fundamental right, the future of the district appears bleak. The Labour and the Education Departments should act at the earliest and ensure that the children are back in the schools" said residents of Tekkalakote.


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The concept of personal responsibility is close to being abolished.
Evidence for such a claim was on full display back in March, when a young black male robber was shot dead during a home invasion…. and his family defended his actions. While they could've intelligently argued that he didn't deserve to die just for committing a burglary, they instead defended his criminal actions.
Yes – really.
The sister of the teen who died identified him as Trevon Johnson. His cousin stated, about the homeowner, "I don't care if she have her gun license or any of that. That is way beyond the law – way beyond."
The cousin continued: "You have to look at it from every child's point of view that was raised in the hood. You have to understand… how he going to get his money to have clothes to go to school? You have to look at it from his point-of-view."
Here's video reporting on the incident, via Chicks on the Right:
The homeowner didn't kill Johnson – this sort of mentality did. That if you don't have something, you're entitled to what someone else has.
To answer the cousin's question of "how is he supposed to get his money," I'll remind them of these things called "jobs." People have been earning money from them for thousands of years, and the system has worked pretty well thus far.


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I have 18 scan ranges i use, so thanks so much for the scheduling now!
Only thing i can ask for is to be able to name the IP ranges so i don't have to keep looking them up to find out what range is what.
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Dec 2, 2009 at 2:11 UTC
Great idea! Would make it much more intuitive to have a friendly name displayed.
Dec 2, 2009 at 2:52 UTC
Here here! I brought this up a couple of years back, and I think others have requested this as well. It probably should go in the requested features forum though.
Dec 2, 2009 at 2:58 UTC
Do you have 18 active scan entries or are some of them scan exclusions? With the changes to this table that brings the exclusions out to a separate table, maybe the need for this feature is lessened a bit?
Still a fine feature request, don't get me wrong :)
Dec 2, 2009 at 3:13 UTC
Hi Justin.
For a single IT administrator, names are unimportant. But for an IT department with several IT staff all involved in Spiceworks, it becomes a bit more important. For instance, I have a separate range for Ethernet addresses for each department. In addition, I have a range for each department's Wireless adapters (some use both at different times). To complicate matters even more, 1-100 in the 3rd octet are PC's, 101-200 are Macs, above 200 are miscellaneous devices and printers work down from 255. That is in each department's range.
Convoluted you say? Sure until you have to run a security scanner on a lot of computers, but you only care about the PC's, or you want to see a list in Apple's Remote Desktop Server where all the Macs are together, so you can select them with 2 clicks instead of 50. Or until you have a device that shows up with an address you don't recognize, and it turns out to be one that was already in Spiceworks, but the user switched to his Wireless at some time that day. Then knowing that 172.16.22.101 is the same Macintosh as 172.16.2.101, only on wireless.
With this scheme I can tell a lot about a device just from the IP it has. It kind of becomes a necessity in a large network. Having names for the ranges makes it easier for the other IT people to grasp the convention.
Dec 2, 2009 at 6:45 UTC
Great idea! As the network admin I know what all ip ranges are for. However, the others in my team may not so being able to name them and/or add a description to the scan would help keep things more organized.
Dec 2, 2009 at 11:14 UTC
I think it's a solid idea. I think we would all like to think that all IT people should easily be able to grasp an IP range convention, but I suppose that isn't always the case. Regardless, I still have a note in outlook with the ranges listed, but it is really common sense. Ranges here are set to include a DHCP range for workstations. For us, we really don't need static on them and then we just micromanage through IP exclusions. When I do a scan, all my scans are setup for all 16 subnets for our branch offices.. 192.168.2.1-254, .3.1-254, .4.1-254 etc and once the device is classified, it goes into the proper container and I just setup my own custom reports. For example, all desktops on the .4 subnet. Even though there is a range established for DHCP, it makes me no difference because I'm scanning the entire subnet in one go anyway and spiceworks allows me to sort by device type and/or IP.
I probably wouldn't get any use out of it, because everyone on our team is intimately familiar with the ranges, but we all know the KISS rule. Sometimes, you just gotta break it down for some people.
Dec 2, 2009 at 11:23 UTC
Hey Stewy, can you submit this idea to the Feature Request page?
Dec 15, 2009 at 9:51 UTC
Wow... sorry, i haven't been getting SW email notifications. Guess that's on my todo list.
Feature requested: http://community.spiceworks.com/feature_request/show/General/481
To answer your question from earlier Justin, no, they are not exclusions. I'll likely have more ranges as time moves on, but they are all remote VLAN sites. I have 18 geographically remote locations all local to me as part of a Hub & Spoke network.
This feature would have been more useful when i had to scan certain ranges at different times, as the whole 18 set range would take a full 15hrs. The scheduling feature was most welcome! Still, a named range would help for troubleshooting and on-demand scanning for sure.
Thanks for the feedback everyone!
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According E! Online's Tierney Bricker, Nelly Furtado will be guest-starring in a season 5 episode of 90210 where she will be performing one of her songs. Here's an excerpt from the article, which gives some details on Furtado's appearance:
Furtado, whose new album The Spirit Indestructible is due out in September, will appear in an episode set to air in November.
The Canadian singer is just the latest in a slew of musically inclined guest stars that have appeared on 90210: Carly Rae Jepsen is set to appear in the season-five opener and Billy Ray Cyrus, Kellie Pickler and American Idol's Haley Reinhart all paid America's most famous zip code a visit last season.
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During the school year, kids stuff their growing brains with a ton of knowledge - then, come summertime, much of what they learned is lost to inactivity.
In the absence of school, the Mays Landing branch of the Atlantic County Public Library has stepped up to help, offering summer reading programs for kids aimed at preventing summer learning loss.
Jane Stanwood, senior librarian and organizer of the library's Burrow Into a Book with Me Book Club, said the first step in keeping kids academically active in the summertime is making it fun.
"We just want to encourage the love of reading, not just in a school setting but for enjoyment," Stanwood said.
At the book club's first meeting July 11, Stanwood read the kids a book from the Elephant and Piggy series called "There's a Bird on your Head," led them through a few craft projects and activities, and helped them pick out a few reading-level appropriate books.
The club will meet again July 25 and Aug. 1 to discuss the books they read, pick out new books and complete more fun crafts and activities. The club is geared toward kids in first and second grade, and has plenty of room for new members.
The Burrow Into a Book with Me Book Club is part of a larger summer reading program at the Mays Landing branch that includes a book club for fourth- and fifth-graders as well as other fun, engaging activities designed to promote learning during the summertime. A full schedule of programs is available at atlanticlibrary.org.
Bindiya Dave, a first-grader at Shaner School, was one of five kids who attended the July 11 meeting. Bindiya, who is an avid fan of the Elephant and Piggy series, said she enjoys reading for the values it teaches.
"Reading helps kids learn the stuff they need to learn," Bindiya said. "I like the books that have lessons in them."
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