Protecting Your Restaurant From Theft

When we hear the word ‘theft,’ many of us think of an outsider in a ski mask breaking and entering into our establishment. While that could be the case, in most instances, it’s more likely to be an inside job, … read more

Achieving Restaurant Customer Loyalty

The definition of “loyalty” is pretty straightforward: “Unswerving in allegiance… faithful to a cause, ideal, custom, institution or product.” Easily defined, yes, but not always easy to achieve when it comes to purchasing or customer service relationships. Sure, we expect … read more

The Global Water Crisis: What Restaurants and Hotels Can Do

In today’s marketplace earth-friendly operations are at the forefront of many restaurant and hotel operations and management teams. Though true sustainable operations and water saving measures may not be possible to retrofit into every concept, more and more restaurants and … read more

USDA New Poultry Safety Standards

Recent news out of Washington D.C. is that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has released new food safety procedures to keep the poultry that restaurants serve, and thus the guests who consume it, safe of food borne illness. Serving poultry … read more

Affordable Care Act: Why You Should Start Planning Now

As the Affordable Care Act goes into effect this year, employers will be responsible for providing staff working an average of at least 30 hours a week with health insurance or face fines starting in 2014, making healthcare a huge industry … read more

Six Top Ways to Improve Margins for Your Restaurant

Great news! Our very own, Dan Simons, just wrote a guest blog post for online industry resource Restaurant Discount Warehouse entitled Six Top Ways to Improve Margins for Your Restaurant. Check it out and let us know your thoughts.

Improving Your Restaurant Business

At VSAG we are always looking to discover or develop innovative systems we can store in our ever-growing arsenal of tools we use to help clients improve and customize their restaurant business strategies. We love that business strategies now include … read more

Farm Water Conservation Infographic

The folks at Seametrics Inc. created this ‘Interesting Facts About Farm Water Conservation’ Infographic, which we indeed did find interesting and wanted to share. As designers and manufacturers of innovative flow metering products (such as: industrial water treatment, energy management, irrigation, … read more

Investing in Your Team

After reading a story about a seasoned Bethesda, MD chef who decided to do something he had not done in his 14 years as a restaurateur: Make his top five longest-serving employees part-owners of his latest restaurant – we were … read more