The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation, 6th Edition

By John R. Walker and Donald E. Lundberg

Book Overview

Restaurant owners will continue to turn to The Restaurant because it helps them gain the skills needed to master every challenge and succeed in this highly competitive and rewarding industry. Each chapter has been revised, updated, and enhanced with numerous industry examples, sidebars, charts, tables, photographs, and menus. Greater emphasis is placed on restaurant business plans, restaurant management, and restaurant operations. The themes of sustainability and sustainable restaurant management have been added throughout. New sections have also been included on purchasing meat, cocktails, and the early history of eating out. All of this information will help restaurant owners make the decisions necessary to build a thriving business.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470626437
• ISBN13: 9780470626436
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 1.4" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

shared knwledge

This text has always been plainly written. Difficult concepts are presented in a form that allows for understaning. I have read this text in its 4th edition, the author has signicantly improved the content is this the 5th ed. Student feedback should be positive!!!

This is the best guide to the rstaurant business you will find!

This book is great for the industry professionals that are somewhat educated and able to understand restaurant business concepts. I had been searching for a guide book from someone that actually understands the pitfall and requirements associated with opening a restaurant. This book is a guiding light packed with practical advice and its step by step approach is a welcomed change form a person actually interested in the restaurant business. If you are thinking of being in the restaurant business this is a step by step guide to success. Don't sart a restaurant with out reading this book.

Enlightening

For someone who has been searching for a thorough guide book on the restaurant management like me, this book is a gem! It's packed with invaluable advice, practical tips and thorough guidelines on virtually all essential aspects of the restaurant business. It is well organized and written in such a clear, simple language. In short, an extraordinary guide in many ways!