BIZ TIPS: BUILD SUBSCRIPTIONS

Holy Guacamole is a free podcast. We would love for you to subscribe, download and/or review the show. 

Biz Tips are super brief episodes. The goal iss to improve your finances, or your systems for independent restaurants. 

If you are a fan of local restaurants, cafes and foodtrucks

This episode in about finding one streams of income for your business: subscriptions. Martha Lucius encourages owners to look at their business and find five to seven streams of income. Here are a few examples of streams of income:

--dine in (obviously)

--carryout (how can you keep that a steady stream of income post pandemic

--catering (whether this is office catering, fine dining service and food, or platters of food for a bridal shower, this can improve your business). 

--popups, and collaborations (maybe on-site or off-site, but another concrete source of funds)

--Bottle Shop (if your liquor license permits, then find a way to build social media and messaging to improve sales ...great profit in this one)

--Subscriptions (this can be an ongoing, quarterly and seasonal revenue stream, a monthly special 3 - 5 course meal with a chef/speaker, a wine dinner, a beer dinner, an online cooking class, a monthly in-person cooking class).

The stats on the growth of subscriptions are impressive. Right now the subscription industry accounts for $650 billion in todays US economy. It's expected to increase to $1.5 trillion by 2025!

Enjoy the show.

BIZ TIPS: BUILD SUBSCRIPTIONS

45: LIMONCELLO, MORE THAN A DIGESTIVO

Limoncello, in Baltimore, is by all rights a wine bar. That's the simple definition. The complete story is its a family from Monte di Pocida, just outside Naples. 

As the world re-opens Holy Guacamole is focusing on businesses that are resilient and focused on teams, hospitality and their culture. Dave chose Limoncello because of their single-mindedness to remain strong in spite of the pandemic, and their extraordinary attention to detail!  Their true nature as talians shows in the food (amazing), and their massive pride in how they serve. Genarro -- chef on premise -- ensures you eat well, and that each plate is spectacular looking. The wines they choose have stories as much as character. Vinnie -- their GM -- can share as little as much as you'd like to hear. Cocktails and aperitifs are carefully chosen. Pride and attention to detail is in their blood. Limoncello represents that pride beautifully.

Their website is here. 

Their lively and infectious Instagram is here. Their creativity shines brightly, follow if you like what you see. 

45: LIMONCELLO, MORE THAN A DIGESTIVO