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New for 2008! (#208)
2008Staff to Win: How to optimize your success through others

By Lloyd M. Gordon - Brand New $59.95

A proven way to live and prosper with your employees.

One of the greatest problems you face is keeping workers happy at their jobs. This task is the human resources portion of your business, and it is usually the most difficult undertaking to accomplish satisfactorily.

"I have been using the methods which Lloyd Gordon reccommends in his book for the past 6 years. My trunover rate has dropped along with my labor costs and my sanity has been restored. "

R.H. Chicago, IL

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New! (#206)
2006Marketing In The 21st Century

By Lloyd M. Gordon - New Edition $59.95

A practical do-it-yourself guide to marketing your food service. For owner operators of independent as well as unit managers of chain operations.

Marketing is more than advertising. There are many twists and turns that can make a difference between success or failure in attracting your select market and holding them.

"To stand out from the crowd, independent operators have to be creative and aggressive. They have to. . . "

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Hot Off The Press! (#207)
maximize restaurant earningsHow To Maximize Earnings As A Server In Restaurants

By Lloyd M. Gordon - New Price $39.95

Where do you find such a talented person and how can he or she be turned loose in your specialized dining room, entrusted with the life blood of your business – your customer?

Yes, it is possible to recruit, train, motivate and supervise such fine people to respond adequately to the needs of your food establishment. Its all in this newest book by well respected restaurant consultant Lloyd M. Gordon.

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New Edition (#201)
starting a restaurant, bar or catering business coverStarting a Restaurant, Bar, or Catering Business

By Lloyd M. Gordon - $59.95

Every year thousands of men and women hopefully enter the hospitality service industry to open restaurants, cafes, fast food shops, bars and catering establishments.

A year later, a great many of them are no longer in business. You can avoid this tragic development.

This book, in an easy-to-read manner, addresses start up and a wide variety of other problems novices will encounter in their quest for the rewards of entrepreneurship in the Restaurant Industry.

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Newly Revised (#202)
BanquetProfitability In The Banquet Industry

By Lloyd M. Gordon - $59.95

A basic primer for beginners going into or who have just entered the industry.

Running a banquet hall in today's ever changing and competitive environment is much more complicated than it has been in past years. It is a fact that more than sixty percent of new independent banquet halls end up in failure within one to three years.

The material in this book has been developed over the years both from practical and educational experiences with the intent to organize the details an independent operator needs to know. . .

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Newly Revised (#203)
restaurant constructionRestaurant Success Starts With Good Construction Planning

By Lloyd M. Gordon - New Low Price $69.95

The author Lloyd Gordon, built his first restaurant in 1953. What he learned, from that and over 285 subsequent restaurants is included in this workbook. Whatever you are building, this document will allow you to actively participate with the professionals.

Your future profits in food service start with good construction planning. Avoiding delays, mistakes and reworking saves not only time but actual out-of-pocket costs.

This book contains more than 300 distinct and helpful facts for construction of a foodservice operation. Every restaurateur should use this as a Bible for expansion.

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(#204)
catering from homeHow To Start Catering From Your Home

By Lloyd M. Gordon - $21.95

A basic primer for person desiring to start-up a catering business from their home.

Thousands of hopeful would-be-caterers make a feeble attempt to supplement their incomes by providing some catering services for a fee to friends, strangers and their local community.




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(#205)
restaurant profitabilityA Modern Approach to Restaurant Profitability

By Lloyd M. Gordon - $59.95

A practical guidebook for F.E.O's, controllers, auditors, bookkeepers, and managers of active foodservice organizations.

This book provides insight into how to step back and look at your operation to see yourself as customers see you. How do you rate?

. . .How to use your financial statements as management tools. You will learn how to establish budgets, create ratios, analyze purchases, schedule payroll costs, hire better employees, and establish good financial policies.

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