From wine on tap to lack of loyalty, join Datassential for the very latest trends in off premise trends in wine among our youngest consumer base. Explore barriers, competitive threats and opportunities for growth.
You know that there is a craft beer craze in this country, but ever wondered how to benefit from it in your bar or restaurant? Learn step by step how to start or increase your craft beer portfolio, how to train your staff to sell craft beer and, most importantly, how to make the highest profit from it possible!
Looking for some tips to up the ante on your bar’s culinary aspects? Get insights from a chef cum bar owner/operator and kitchen techniques applied to a bar. Learn about flavor profiling and pairing, organization and structure of set-up (bar 'mise en place'), crossover of cooking techniques into cocktails/beverages and more!
Keep up with the ever growing craft brew movement! We’ll tap into the beer list and serve up some ideas to develop a beer themed menu. Understand the importance of food to your business while learning some new ideas to enhance your menu and guest’s experience.
Chef Brian Duffy is back for another segment of Updating Your Outdated Menu: 2017 Edition! If you’re still serving frozen chicken tenders smothered in any old buffalo sauce, then check out this information-packed session to learn the tricks that can change your bar menu from boring to profitable. Learn how to boost the sales within your bar to create a higher revenue stream and a better food cost. Amp up that old menu and become not only a destination for drinks, but food, too!
Want to host a beer dinner but don't know where to start? This seminar will touch on “why beer?”, “what is craft beer” and offer tips and ideas to host your first beer dinner as well as show examples of past dinner menus.
Strategize a way to build a successful wine program in your restaurant, bar or nightclub by turning inventory and revenue. Discuss how to add additional revenue streams, how to increase the guest check average and how to create a better dining, drinking and overall entertainment experience for your patrons.
From wine on tap, robots, and taboo ingredient based cocktails, join Datassential for the very latest trends in off premise adult beverages driven by our changing consumer. You will leave this session with a framework for how to strategically think about trends and know when to adopt them for success along with a peek into the hot flavors to watch.
Join Larry McGinn as he moderates a panel of experts on the flourishing craft beer segment, purchasing challenges, staff training and education and engaging guests with scientific yet simple craft beer menus. Discover how guests view, manage through and want to see craft beer lists. Learn about BeerQuest, a staff education and sales training tool, and how to find its implication on craft beer sales and profits through beta tests.
With so many craft breweries, and more opening each year, the variety of craft beer options behind the bar is immense and can be intimidating. Beer buyers need a way to navigate the sea of options and maximize profits while maintaining the craft mentality. Jacob Halls will expose how to maximize profits from proper tap handle rotation and brand integration as well as how to determine what is selling better by quality, price, locality, brand and style. Gain tips on utilizing a brand to sell another, turning one sale into two or return visits!
Learn how to develop the true recipe costs (ingredients, labor and overhead) of your menu items and apply predictive costing methods to enhance your menu engineering process. Understand and apply total cost techniques to your recipes and menu items while determining, with accuracy, the financial impact of the decisions you are making for a new menu. Analyze and understand how efficient your operation is performing.
Marketing to Millennials does not have to feel like an abstract concept. In fact, brand stories are the emotional glue that connects spirits brands to Millennial consumers because compelling narratives appeal to Millennials’ desire to be “in the know” and also motivate them to share their discoveries. Join JP Schuerman of MWWPR to explore why it’s critical that spirits brands be wired into the emotional triggers and trust factors that drive Millennials to trial — and then inspire them to become advocates for their labels.
