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Welcome to the Summers Hospitality Group® website.

For over 30 years, my one goal has been to improve the condition of our clients - period. To that end, we have created some of the most powerful and innovative one-on-one Coaching and consulting solutions in the industry.

The work we are engaged in impacts the entire gamut of issues we face every day as operators of successful restaurants & hotels: from operations to marketing, from new construction to turnarounds and from executives and owners to managers and staff. Our work also spans across the multitude of segments from food trucks to QSRs's, from full-service to corporate foodservice and from hotel food and beverage to catering.

The values we use to guide our work revolve around the five fundamentals for success in our business: People, Performance, Profits, Product and Perspective. We believe mastery of these five critical areas will lead you to realize amazing success.

You could have come here in order to read one of over 800 articles on our award winning blog "How We See It" or because you are looking for answers on a specific issue or opportunity.

No matter what or why, our desire is that you make us your main source for knowledge, insight and answers into what we consider to be, the most exciting and rewarding work on the planet.

Read through the pages and if you have any questions, just contact us and we will help you realize your goals for success.

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Ten Truths From The Kitchen
05 Sep
By Peter Bolland, bolland, food, kitchen, Restaurant-Food, Leave a comment

Ten Truths From The Kitchen

I’ve been studying cooking for a few years with Chef Bernard Guillas of the Marine Room in La Jolla. Share PostEmailSHG Google+ Community

What Is Menu Engineering?
06 Jun
By Jeffrey Summers, cost, engineering, food, foodservice, hotel, menu, restaurant, 1 Comment

What Is Menu Engineering?

Menu Engineering is a mathematical model for analyzing the relative sales/profit earning potential of the individual items on a menu and helps you focus on actual profit returned from a menu, rather than the usual focus on the percentage cost of menu items. Share PostEmailSHG Google+ Community

Food Cost Basics
19 Apr
By Jeffrey Summers, cost, food, foodservice, hotel, restaurant, Leave a comment

Food Cost Basics

A major part of your prime cost is food cost. Food cost can be calculated as follows: Net food purchases ÷ Net food Sales (Net means after the change in inventory) Costing out the menu is crucial to controlling food costs. The easiest place to begin is at the bar due to price control. From … Continue reading »

The 30 min. Food Cost Audit
26 Aug
By Jeffrey Summers, Food Cost, Leave a comment

The 30 min. Food Cost Audit

How to save a few more bucks on food costs. Share PostEmailSHG Google+ Community

Food Cost Is Not A Percentage
26 Aug
By Jeffrey Summers, cost, food, foodservice, hotel, ratios, Restaurant-Food, Leave a comment

Food Cost Is Not A Percentage

It’s real dollars and your profitability can suffer if you think otherwise Share PostEmailSHG Google+ Community

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