Monday, March 27, 2006

Fast-casual and convenience

The Arizona Republic newspaper had an article regarding 'fast-casual' restaurants and how convenience and takeout rule the world of restaurants more and more.

According to the article, some of the fast-casual restaurants's takeout accounts for 40% of their business.

Interestingly enough, all of the restaurants mentioned in the article currently don't offer online ordering, which would improve their bottom line even more so if they did.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

A Great Opportunity for Anyone... with Right Attitude!

As we move into our new expansion schedule - we're looking for good people throughout the country to help us with bringing Takeout Online service to the restaurant industry nationwide.

Current opportunity is significant, because we're not only offering a piece of the action, but a piece of the pie as well. That's right, with our current plan (which I can't divulge here) - you could get a piece of the company if you actively participate with us in this important growth stage.

If you have some time on your hands and are willing to do some face-to-face time with your local restaurants - you could be looking at a very substantial residual income in not too distant future and own a piece of the company as well. Just about anyone with decent people skills can participate. I always say that the most important qualification is attitude and that's really what counts.

We provide the training, the marketing plan and materials and handle all of the technical aspects. We also have a comprehensive Web site specifically dedicated to the members of our team, where they can get a wealth of information, easily communicate and collaborate with each other and access any and all related printed materials.

Interested? Contact Takeout Online for details.

New Takeout Statistics

There was an article published in Wisconsin State Journal regarding a dramatic rise in takeout consumption and decrease in home cooking.
"The number of dinners made at home from scratch continues to freefall. It dropped another 7 percent over the last two years, and now accounts for 32 percent of all evening meals in the U.S., according to the National Restaurant Association."
This trend isn't surprising, considering how busy everyone is these days... but it's also interesting in the fact that people don't just go out to eat, but instead get takeout to still enjoy a family dinner together.


Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Introduction to Takeout

This blog is dedicated to a new phenomenon in the USA, a new lifestyle for ever-growing number of people, a different (somewhat) approach to the basic human need... a need to eat!

The discussions will revolve about food, restaurants, business opportunities (related to takeout), trends and philosophy behind it all.

The idea is to create one of the favorite stops with 'food for thought', if you will, for all things takeout.

We started a company 5 years ago, dedicated to this very topic, allowing anyone to order online, called www.Takeout-Online.com, therefore you'll see our posting concentrating on the restaurants in our areas of influence, which is currently in the State of Washington, USA. However, there's a major effort underway to expand it into many more areas and that's where the business opportunity comes in (should you be interested in joining us in this effort of providing an extremely valuable service to both restaurants and consumers). You can get more information about Takeout Online here, and here and info regarding the business opportunity here.

I'll finish this introduction by signing it with the signature my partner signs his e-mails...

takeout!