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
As the cold winter air surrounds most of us these days, it is the perfect time to revise menus to reflect the season. ‘Winter-izing’ food & beverage menus is as necessary now as getting out a favorite warm winter coat. … read more
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.
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
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
We’ve all heard the old adage: Any PR is good PR. Well, not always – especially in our industry, where ‘PR’ doesn’t just mean relations with professional media, it’s actually working with the public to manage your brand, your business … read more
VSAG’s Dan Simons is finding yet another way to walk his talk about community involvement. For the second year in a row, Dan is teaching a class at his alma mater, The George Washington University School of Business (GWUSB). The 7-week-long workshop, open to … read more
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
As we watch oil prices and concern over greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels increase by the hour it seems, the recycling of cooking oil is a hot restaurant industry topic. So, on the heels of our recent blog post … read more
VSAG restaurant consulting is proud to announce that our longtime clients, Farmers Restaurant Group and their North Dakota Farmers Union partners, opened Farmers Fishers Bakers last week. Located at Georgetown’s famed Washington Harbour, Farmers Fishers Bakers is just 10 blocks from … read more