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# JK Consulting NYC

Restaurant Consulting

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## Posts

- [The Billionaire Who Reinvented Casual Dining](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/the-billionaire-who-reinvented-casual-dining/) - About Entrepreneur Ron Shaich, CEO of CAVA and former CEO of Panera Bread & Au Bon Pain, in discussion with Jason Kaplan, CEO of JK Consulting.
- [How One NYC Restaurateur Is Trying To Stem Staff Turnover](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/how-one-nyc-restaurateur-is-trying-to-stem-staff-turnover/) - How One NYC Restaurateur Is Trying To Stem Staff Turnover. 401K and Health Benefits for restaurant staff.
- [Brookfield’s New West Side Development Banks on Big Appetite for Dining](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/brookfields-new-west-side-development-banks-on-big-appetite-for-dining/) - Developer and Danny Meyer's company announce 'anchor restaurant' to compete with Hudson Yards
- [Private equity's restaurant dance](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/private-equitys-restaurant-dance/) - Private equity's restaurant dance Restaurant chain bankruptcies in the U.S.
- [Plant-based pizza, pasta and meat are on the rise, but are they healthier?](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/plant-based-pizza-pasta-and-meat-are-on-the-rise-but-are-they-healthier/) - A plant-based patty by Beyond Meat contains 250 calories (90 calories less than a beef patty); and six fewer grams of saturated fat.
- [The Quest To Make Your Chipotle Bowl Fast and Fresh is Going High-Tech. Here's Why.](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/the-quest-to-make-your-chipotle-bowl-fast-and-fresh-is-going-high-tech-heres-why/) - The Quest To Make Your Chipotle Bowl Fast and Fresh is Going High-Tech. Here's Why.
- [Alta. Atla. Where Did We Make That Restaurant Reservation?](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/alta-atla-where-did-we-make-that-restaurant-reservation/) - Wall Street Journal: Atla, a Mexican-inspired tapas newcomer in Manhattan's NoHo neighborhood, is often confused with Alta, a Mediterranean small-plates
- [Coronavirus surcharges cause consumer push back](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/coronavirus-surcharges-cause-consumer-push-back/) - Coronavirus surcharges cause consumer push back As much as 86 percent of consumers have taken their business elsewhere when faced with a surcharge
- [As restaurants clash with popular delivery apps like Grubhub over fees, Google Maps is getting a new feature that makes it easier to order directly from local businesses](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/as-restaurants-clash-with-popular-delivery-apps-like-grubhub-over-fees-google-maps-is-getting-a-new-feature-that-makes-it-easier-to-order-directly-from-local-businesses/) - As restaurants clash with popular delivery apps like Grubhub over fees, Google Maps is getting a new feature that makes it easier to order
- [Yelp asks diners to be more 'empathetic' with restaurant reviews](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/yelp-asks-diners-to-be-more-empathetic-with-restaurant-reviews/) - Ratings services like Yelp have asked diners to be a little more understanding when it comes to reviewing restaurants during the coronavirus pandemic.
- [Winter is coming — and restaurants are scrambling](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/winter-is-coming-and-restaurants-are-scrambling/) - For months, restrictions on indoor dining have forced restaurants across the country ... Winter is coming — and restaurants are scrambling.
- [Asian restaurants in US serve up a feast of fast-casual](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/asian-restaurants-fast-casual/) - NIKKEI | Asian restaurants in US serve up a feast of fast-casual. Build-your-own dining takes hold, but not every launch is a sure-fire winner.
- [REACHING THE TIPPING POINT](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/restaurant-tipping/) - “I think people want to remain in control of their tipping,” says Jason Kaplan, CEO of JK Consulting, an international restaurant-consulting firm based in NY
- [Is carbonated milk the next sparkling water?](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/is-carbonated-milk-the-next-sparkling-water/) - Got sparkling milk? Just as sales spike for soda water like La Croix, sparkling milk is hitting the market, but it could be nothing more than a milk dud.
- [PROMOTING RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/promoting-employees/) - Still, there are other ways to reward outstanding performance, advises Jason Kaplan, CEO of JK Consulting, an international restaurant-consulting firm
- [How Food Network chef Marcus Samuelsson plans to help revitalize struggling Newark](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/how-food-network-chef-marcus-samuelsson-plans-to-help-revitalize-struggling-newark/) - Marketwatch |The Food Network star who transformed fine dining in Harlem is opening up his latest restaurant, Marcus B&P in Newark.
- [Taco Bell Is Pretty Serious That Its Pop-Up Hotel Won’t Be Its Last](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/taco-bell-is-pretty-serious-that-its-pop-up-hotel-wont-be-its-last/) - The Irvine, Calif.-based restaurant chain, which began taking reservations for it's new pop-up hotel, The Bell Hotel & Resort on Thursday, will offer 70 rooms
- [Pizza critics slam Connecticut for trying to become the pie state: 'New York is the pizza capital'](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/pizza-critics-slam-connecticut-for-trying-to-become-the-pie-state-new-york-is-the-pizza-capital/) - "New York is the pizza capital," Kaplan claimed, citing Lombardi's coal-fired, thin-crust, Neapolitan pizza said to be America's first pizzeria.
- [Revealed: mafia ties, scandals and crimes of Taylor Swift’s favorite restaurant, Cipriani](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/nypost-revealed-mafia-cipriani-taylor-swift/) - Revealed: mafia ties, scandals and crimes of Taylor Swift’s favorite restaurant, Cipriani
- [Don’t Forget The Ice-Cream Sundae At San Francisco’s Chinese/American Mamahuhu](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/dont-forget-the-ice-cream-sundae-at-san-franciscos-chinese-american-mamahuhu/) - Don’t Forget The Ice-Cream Sundae At San Francisco’s Chinese/American Mamahuhu
- [Juice It Up! Goes Snacking](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/juice-it-up-goes-snacking/) - Juice It Up! Goes Snacking
- [Restaurants are giving out discounts if you turn off your phone](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/restaurants-are-giving-out-discounts-if-you-turn-off-your-phone/) - NY POST | More restaurants are implementing the no phone policies. Restaurant owners are fed up with customers glued to their cell phones
- [These Restaurants are serving up major discounts if you turn off your phone](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/these-restaurants-are-serving-up-major-discounts-if-you-turn-off-your-phone/) - These restaurants are serving up major discounts if you turn off your phone. Restaurants are willing to pay you to check your phone at the door.
- [How the old school Jewish deli stays relevant](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/how-the-old-school-jewish-deli-stays-relevant/) - Marketwatch |2nd Avenue Deli is opening up a cocktail bar above its iconic sandwich shop serving corned beef with rye cocktails.
- [Shake Shack returns PPP small business loan these restaurants couldn't get](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/shake-shack-to-return-10m-government-loan/) - Potbelly Sandwich Shop, which has 400 restaurants, was approved for a $10 million loan from JP Morgan Chase on April 6, and Ruth's Hospitality
- [How coronavirus made this steakhouse adapt](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/how-coronavirus-made-this-steakhouse-adapt/) - FOX BUSINESS | Peter Lugers, the 133-year-old steakhouse institution in Brooklyn is now delivering its steaks during the coronavirus pandemic.
- [Food delivery from ghost kitchens brings restaurant-quality food to the masses](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/food-delivery-from-ghost-kitchens-brings-restaurant-quality-food-to-the-masses/) - Ghost kitchens run by these popular restaurants are delivering food to the masses.
- [Rhode Island 'wins' DNC roll call with calamari shout-out](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/rhode-island-wins-dnc-roll-call-with-calamari-shout-out/) - A platter of battered and fried squid was dubbed the unofficial winner of the Democratic National Convention on social media Tuesday night after
- [Oatly’s IPO milks demand for dairy alternatives](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/oatlys-ipo-milks-demand-for-dairy-alternatives/) - Oatly, the Oprah Winfrey-backed alternative milk brand, raised $1.4 billion in its IPO Wednesday as consumers continue to demand dairy
- [Some bars and eateries are banning 20-somethings. Can it become a widespread practice?](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/some-bars-and-eateries-are-banning-20-somethings/) - Some bars and eateries are banning 20-somethings. Can it become a widespread practice? By Harmeet Kaur, CNN
- [Insiders reveal which celebrities are a restaurant’s worst nightmare: ‘They think they own the world’](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/insiders-reveal-which-celebrities-are-a-restaurants-worst-nightmare-they-think-they-own-the-world/) - Insiders reveal which celebrities are a restaurant's worst nightmare: 'They think they own the world'
- [LI franchisees of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit roast chain for money woes amid scathing lawsuits: ‘Worst financial decision I ever made’](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/li-franchisees-of-dickeys-barbecue-pit-roast-chain-for-money-woes-amid-scathing-lawsuits-worst-financial-decision-i-ever-made/) - LI franchisees of Dickey’s Barbecue Pit roast chain for money woes amid scathing lawsuits: ‘Worst financial decision I ever made’
- [Piano bars are NYC’s hottest clubs: ‘Golden age of nightlife’](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/piano-bars-are-nycs-hottest-clubs-golden-age-of-nightlife/) - Piano bars are NYC's hottest clubs: 'Golden age of nightlife' · More On: nightlife · Melody's Piano Bar · The Nines · Somewhere Nowhere · Pebble Bar
- [5 FAST-CASUAL RESTAURANTS THAT COULD BE THE NEXT CHIPOTLE](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/fast-casual-chipotle/) - We do not believe that this concept is enough of a difference to have a long and sustainable mass-market appeal,” restaurant consultant Jason Kaplan
- [Chipotle is adding drive-thru lanes, but you can’t order food at them](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/chipotle-is-adding-drive-thru-lanes-but-you-cant-order-food-at-them/) - Chipotle is adding mobile order drive-thru lanes from CNBC. Chipotle is adding drive-thru lanes, but you can't order food at them
- [Burnt, or charred? Sparks fly in fiery NYC pizza crust debate](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/burnt-or-charred-sparks-fly-in-fiery-nyc-pizza-crust-debate/) - A restaurant critic has called time on charred crust at upscale pizzerias, insisting that New Yorkers are paying more to put up with something
- [Nathan’s Famous: Ready to Go for the Mustard, Relish and Growth](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/nathans-famous-ready-to-go-for-the-mustard-relish-and-growth/) - The MicroCap Newsletter | Nathan’s Famous: Ready to Go for the Mustard, Relish and Growth
- [Friendly’s Restaurants In The Midst Of Another Comeback](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/friendlys-restaurants-in-the-midst-of-another-comeback/) - Friendly’s Restaurants In The Midst Of Another Comeback by Gary Stern FORBES
- [Golden Corral Buffet Restaurant Thriving In The Bronx](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/golden-corral-buffet-restaurant-thriving-in-the-bronx/) - Golden Corral Buffet Restaurant Thriving In The Bronx by Gary Stern FORBES
- [RESERVATIONS: THE NEW JUJITSU OF THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/reservations-2/) - FOX NEWS | Clearly, the decision to take reservations is based on striking the right balance between the certainty of reservations and the cost of no-shows
- [TIPS FOR GRATUITIES](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/tips-gratuities/) - When it comes to tipping, everyone has their own standards. To keep diners and staff happy, restaurants should assess best tipping practices.
- [Forensic Accounting For Dummies | JK Consulting](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/accounting-for-dummies/) - Forensic Accounting For Dummies a hands-on guide to forensic accounting careers in forensic accounting. Article By Jason Kaplan of JK Consulting.
- [Vegan Food Companies Grapple With High Costs, Slim Customer Pool](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/vegan-food-companies-grapple-with-high-costs-slim-customer-pool/) - Vegan Food Companies Grapple With High Costs, Slim Customer Pool, Planta Restaurant
- [What The $5 Cup Of Coffee Means For New York City](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/what-the-5-cup-of-coffee-means-for-new-york-city/) - What The $5 Cup Of Coffee Means For New York City
- [Clean Bathrooms and Small Menus: Here's How to Run A Successful Restaurant, According to An Industry Insider](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/clean-bathrooms-and-small-menus-heres-how-to-run-a-successful-restaurant-according-to-an-industry-insider/) - Clean Bathrooms and Small Menus: Here's How to Run A Successful Restaurant, According to An Industry Insider
- [7 Steps to Market Your Restaurant](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/market-your-restaurant/) - How do I bring in customers and increase my visibility to help drive sales? 7 Steps to Market Your Restaurant
- [ARTICLE 23 TEST](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/article-22-test/) - ARTICLE 22 TEST
- [Business Unusual - Danny Meyer talks restaurant industry, JK Consulting Offers Tips For Restaurant Owners](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/business-unusual-danny-meyer-talks-restaurant-industry/) - The restaurant industry is struggling. Watch Union Square Hospitality Group's Danny Meyer. Tips from Jason Kaplan CEO of JK Consulting #BusinessUnusual LINKEDIN
- [JK CONSULTING Articles Coming Soon](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/personal-articles-coming-soon/) - Stay tuned for articles written by our founder Jason Kaplan

## Pages

- [Home](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/) - JK Consulting is a New York City based international restaurant consulting company. We specialize in restaurant startups, menus, recipes & turnaround programs.
- [Restaurant Investment](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/restaurant-investment/) - We have many exciting restaurant concepts available. If you are interested in investing in either one of our concepts or our clients, we want to speak with you.
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- [Services](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/) - Our restaurant consulting services includes concept, menu and recipe development, cost analysis, interior & kitchen design, training, turnarounds & franchising.
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- [Restaurant POS, Security System & Credit Card Processing](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/restaurant-pos-security-system-credit-card-processing/) - At JK Consulting, we are up to date on all of the latest technology. We will help you choose the best POS (point of sale) system & security system.
- [Marketing & PR](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/marketing-pr/) - Our Restaurant Marketing & PRteam will help you get the exposure you need to be competitive in a very challenging market.
- [Franchising](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/franchising/) - Our Franchise Consulting services include but are not limited to Franchise Development, Franchise Investment, and Mergers and Acquisitions.
- [Concept Development](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/concept-development/) - JK Consulting creates innovative and fun restaurant concepts to meet the demands of today and the future. See your vision become a reality. Contact Us today!
- [Careers](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/careers/) - Interested in a restaurant consulting career? Take your experience to the next level and join JK Consulting.
- [Restaurant Design Services](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/restaurant-design-services/) - Restaurant Design Services- We will create the type of atmosphere that your customers will want to come back to. We create the most efficient kitchen layouts.
- [Branding](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/branding/) - We will give your restaurant an identity. Our restaurant branding services includes concept, name, logo design, marketing strategy & web design services.
- [Turnarounds](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/turnarounds/) - JK Consulting uses its expertise in financials, operations, management, training, menu design and marketing to turnaround your failing restaurant.
- [Web Design & SEO](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/web-design-seo/) - We have the top Web Designers and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts. They are ready to tackle your restaurant website and help you reach a wider audience
- [Menu & Recipe Development](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/menu-recipe-development/) - The Menu is one of the most crucial elements to your restaurant. Review our menu engineering and recipe development services.
- [List Of Services](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/list-of-services/) - Restaurant Consulting List Services - Startups, Concept, Menu Engineering and Recipe Development, Recipe Costing, Design, Training, Turnarounds & Franchising.
- [FOOD PRODUCT & KITCHEN APPLIANCE DESIGN & EVALUATION](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/food-product-kitchen-appliance-design-evaluation/) - Are you looking to bring your product to market? It doesn't matter if you are launching a food product or a kitchen appliance, we will thoroughly test it.
- [Operations Assessment & Profit & Loss Analysis](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/operations-assessment-profit-loss-analysis/) - We walk through your operation with fresh eyes and a different perspective. We will review any manuals, recipe books and policies and procedures
- [Accountants & Attorneys](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/accountants-attorneys/) - Our Attorneys and Accountants have an expertise in the restaurant and hospitality industry. They will assist you with all matters from start to finish.
- [Business Plans](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/business-plans/) - Your business plan is the playbook from which your restaurant will derive from and grow. Let us write your business plan for your restaurant, bar, hotel or spa.
- [Cost Analysis](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/cost-analysis/) - We will review your financials and find out why you are either losing money or are not making more. Contact us today to make your restaurant more profitable.
- [CHIEF RESTRUCTURING OFFICER (CRO)](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/chief-restructuring-officer-cro/) - Our restaurant and hospitality experience, as well as strong industry relationships makes us the best chief restructuring officer for your company or client.
- [Food Photography](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/food-photography/) - We eat with our eyes first! JK Consulting will provide you with the right food photographer to present your food in the best light to attract your customers.
- [Mystery Shopping](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/mystery-shopping/) - We will find out what your guests really think! Call JK Consulting for all of your restaurant, hotel and spa mystery shopping services
- [COOKBOOK RECIPE TESTING](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/cookbook-recipe-testing/) - Recipe testing is a must in order to see if the recipe works in different environments. We test each recipe multiple times with precise measurements and timing.
- [Startup](https://jkconsultingnyc.com/services/startup/) - Starting a new restaurant? Let us help you find the right location, concept, design, menu, staff, training, and internal controls.

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