David B Townsend
Introducing: Ambrosia-the food blog
David Townsend follows restaurants, food products, and marketing trends. His career began on the Monterey Peninsula as a Bartender...
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 5 min
Amazon & Whole Foods- this changes everything in food service-
You can't be in the food business and not have prepared, easily combined meal portions "to go." Food service is now about more than seated
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Townsend's Consulting-Fee
fees are negotiable- travel vs home time is billed at different rates
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
Web Design using WIX
choose your best suited template and build the initial site without you having the learning curve of navigating new a software program.
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
10 Priorities in Restaurant Operations-an Evaluation
operations check list for restaurants
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 9 min
Branding is just the first step in Marketing a Restaurant
Visuals show off your food. Branding has to do with quality of your photo as well as your food.
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
What Branding Means in Food Service?
Your 'Brand' communicates your value and appeal to a potential guest. Let them know what makes your business unique. If you're known for...
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Importance of Food Styling for Restaurants
It begins before any element of cooking begins. Deciding how to build the presentation will dictate the methods and the plating.
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 3 min
Service: Your Competitive Edge in Foodservice
In a recent article from Jillian Kramer writing for food & wine.com ( March 23, 2018) talks about the dynamic changes coming to the...
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
Restaurateurs: 3 Fundamental Marketing Functions
3 TIPS, 3 FUNDAMENTAL MARKET FUNCTIONS, Signature Menu Items, Run High Food Costs, Design Visually for Social Media.
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
Elements of Visual Marketing
Here is a punch list of visual elements to consider when developing a marketing plan. Beginning with store décor, merchandising, and color
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 3 min
Menu Descriptions Create Expectation and Exploration
Antonio Ayestan caters the biggest outdoor event at Empire Mine SHP, for Sierra Nevada Hospital Foundation. His Filet is always a hit
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
Daunting Tasks of Creating and Marketing a Restaurant
Creating a restaurant is Daunting, It requires an awareness of food and design trends, technology; sales tracking, costs, and marketing.
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Pig Farmng in Nevada County
I live in Nevada County in the Sierra Foothills of California, where the farm to fork movement has gained so much strength in the past...
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
3-Minute Rule, first impression of great food-service
the ‘Three Minute Rule’ as it relates to the restaurant business. I often use it to exemplify the importance of creating a first impression
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Great Food Photos-Tips for Social Media Marketing
5 Tips for Social Media, you need a marketing plan, updates in social media, good lighting, tell a story, work on plate presentations.
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Modern Appeal at the Ol'Republic Roadhouse in the Sierra Foothills
The bar has full liquor for some classic cocktails as well as 25 of there own Beers plus another half dozen 'guest brews' from California
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
The Role of Great Photography in Branding
Your Brand shows up in the quality of your food, but using a phone camera isn't the best way to show off your food quality
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 1 min
Food Cost Margins- Excel Formulas
If you searched the web for a couple simple formulas to calculate food costs, and are looking for just a basic formula or two, you get...
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David B Townsend
- Jul 8, 2021
- 4 min
5 Star Dining in Casual Setting
The percentage of ‘fine dining’ restaurants is less than 12% of all eating establishments in America. Dominated by casual and fast food...
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