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is owning a restaurant one of the hardest businesses out there?

seems like such a grind low margins, high probability of ...
Irradiated ladyboy
  04/17/18
yeah
Laughsome Startling Lay
  04/17/18
Gotta be
concupiscible background story candlestick maker
  04/17/18
ya
Irradiated ladyboy
  04/17/18
yeah
Charcoal plaza
  04/17/18
i don't get why so many ppl are attracted to it. it's a shit...
Irradiated ladyboy
  04/17/18
yes my uncle had a mongolian bbq place - alot of work to ...
Motley hospital
  04/17/18
Food truk is easy
frozen cracking roast beef stage
  04/17/18
...
Curious azn center
  04/17/18
I know some people who did very well off of it, but its a to...
Cerise coffee pot stead
  04/17/18
lolno. Sit at a bar all night sip a cocktail while watch...
fishy free-loading electric furnace theatre
  04/17/18
we need that poaster in here who represents big restaurant c...
180 principal's office
  04/17/18
I represent multiple restaurant chains. Not nationwide but s...
Cerise coffee pot stead
  04/17/18
Tells us more about your crab-forward strategies for Q3
bronze titillating generalized bond temple
  04/17/18
there's a serious labor shortage right now in the restaurant...
Cerise coffee pot stead
  04/17/18
five guys manager tp?
primrose crotch scourge upon the earth
  04/17/18
no, the guy who poasted at length in that thread where TSINA...
180 principal's office
  04/17/18
Sotomayor McCheese http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?th...
180 principal's office
  04/17/18
i worked at some chinese restaurants in college.
house-broken knife
  04/17/18
be prepared to fill in after your dishwasher nods out the da...
house-broken knife
  04/17/18
also be prepared to slyly hire illegal aliens
house-broken knife
  04/17/18
I'd hire you to rough up anyone that gets out of line
bronze titillating generalized bond temple
  04/17/18
you get managers who are willing to bust their asses for $60...
Amber public bath
  04/17/18
It's about them Olive Garden bread sticks .
Blue contagious heaven
  04/17/18
It’s basically impossible, which is why there are so few res...
deep big-titted field ape
  04/17/18
tbf they are also mostly started by dumb proles
Comical pale area messiness
  04/17/18
"Owning" a restaurant is pretty easy. Making it...
Passionate toaster new version
  04/17/18
The terrible part is that you are perpetually hiring/trainin...
domesticated mentally impaired forum
  04/17/18
Pretty much cr The thing about running cash businesses is...
aphrodisiac gunner kitchen
  04/18/18


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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:29 AM
Author: Irradiated ladyboy

seems like such a grind

low margins, high probability of failure, constantly need to micromanage your employees

but it's sooo glamorous!!!111

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35858752)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:30 AM
Author: Laughsome Startling Lay

yeah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35858761)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: concupiscible background story candlestick maker

Gotta be

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35858813)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:58 AM
Author: Irradiated ladyboy

ya

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859013)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:59 AM
Author: Charcoal plaza

yeah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859018)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:59 AM
Author: Irradiated ladyboy

i don't get why so many ppl are attracted to it. it's a shitty business model

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859025)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:00 PM
Author: Motley hospital

yes

my uncle had a mongolian bbq place - alot of work to run it, but i think during the warm weather months he'd make 10K everyday

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859030)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:00 PM
Author: frozen cracking roast beef stage

Food truk is easy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859031)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:00 PM
Author: Curious azn center



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859035)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:01 PM
Author: Cerise coffee pot stead

I know some people who did very well off of it, but its a ton of work

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859038)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:01 PM
Author: fishy free-loading electric furnace theatre

lolno.

Sit at a bar all night sip a cocktail while watching your hostess's ass and greeting guests.

so hard!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859042)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: 180 principal's office

we need that poaster in here who represents big restaurant chains to give some insights. i love reading his stuff.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859046)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:05 PM
Author: Cerise coffee pot stead

I represent multiple restaurant chains. Not nationwide but southeast.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859067)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:07 PM
Author: bronze titillating generalized bond temple

Tells us more about your crab-forward strategies for Q3

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859092)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:11 PM
Author: Cerise coffee pot stead

there's a serious labor shortage right now in the restaurant industry. Really hard to keep employees.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859129)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:06 PM
Author: primrose crotch scourge upon the earth

five guys manager tp?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859081)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:10 PM
Author: 180 principal's office

no, the guy who poasted at length in that thread where TSINAH speculated on opening a restaurant

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859120)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:13 PM
Author: 180 principal's office

Sotomayor McCheese

http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3818071&forum_id=2#34839799

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859143)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:06 PM
Author: house-broken knife

i worked at some chinese restaurants in college.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859088)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:03 PM
Author: house-broken knife

be prepared to fill in after your dishwasher nods out the day after every payday.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859049)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:05 PM
Author: house-broken knife

also be prepared to slyly hire illegal aliens

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859070)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:07 PM
Author: bronze titillating generalized bond temple

I'd hire you to rough up anyone that gets out of line

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859098)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:06 PM
Author: Amber public bath

you get managers who are willing to bust their asses for $60k a year while you make $600k doing the same amount of work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859090)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:10 PM
Author: Blue contagious heaven

It's about them Olive Garden bread sticks .

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859123)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:14 PM
Author: deep big-titted field ape

It’s basically impossible, which is why there are so few restaurants.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859148)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:14 PM
Author: Comical pale area messiness

tbf they are also mostly started by dumb proles

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859150)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 12:17 PM
Author: Passionate toaster new version

"Owning" a restaurant is pretty easy.

Making it a sustainable, profitable business is another story.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35859172)



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Date: April 17th, 2018 11:54 PM
Author: domesticated mentally impaired forum

The terrible part is that you are perpetually hiring/training both back of house and front of house because all of your good employees leave and you need to fire a decent chunk of the people you hire. You can either pay two people 90-110% of the pre-manager profits to do this work (and replace them every 2-3 years), or you can spend every minute of the rest of your career teaching drunk, stupid, clueless, non-English-speaking and/or drug-addled individuals randomly selected out of the unemployed population how to cook a steak, carry plates, talk to fellow humans, and clean toilets. Good luck with that.

Also, a good restaurant that is well managed generates decent pre-tax earnings on the invested capital, but the real gravy is that all of your expenses (including personal expenses) are now deducted on your tax returns and a bunch of your cash receipts somehow fail to make it onto the same tax return. So you are running a restaurant that legitimately makes $100k/year pre-tax, you cook the books to where the business pays no taxes and you take home $100k. For example, your personal spending on food and wine just dropped to $0. Everything the goes in your mouth is now a restaurant expense. Your babysitter? She works at the restaurant. Car? You use it to make deliveries. Is it legal? No. Will you be caught? Probably not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35864919)



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Date: April 18th, 2018 12:07 AM
Author: aphrodisiac gunner kitchen

Pretty much cr

The thing about running cash businesses is that there is a certain amount of tax fraud that is pretty much accepted, even among the authorities.

Even if you get caught, you're almost certainly going to not face criminal prosecution unless you were going absolutely buckwild

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3951571&forum_id=2#35864966)