Video: How to manage your food cost and develop a profitable kitchen

I have added a few videos we developed for our American sister website http://manageyourbar.com which I think you may find of interest!

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Would you sell up for a Quarter of a Billion Euros?

Dublin and indeed Ireland’s one time largest bed factory is to be sold to make way for more beds, those that are housed in upmarket apartments.

Following the announcement of favourable trading results today, Jurys Doyle confirmed that it would indeed be offloading the Burlington Hotel in order to “invest in it’s existing assets”.

It appears that the sale was prompted by the sale recently of an adjoining parcel of land for €100 million which consequently valued the Burlington on its 4 acre site at close to €250 million.

Jury’s Doyle has certainly gone through a metamorphosis in the past couple of years but as a business decision, this sale makes absolute sense. The group reported profit figures from it’s first year of trading as a private company of €125 million, which means that this one sale will yield the equivalent of two year’s profits. This will create quite a war chest to reinvest into their most profitable properties.

In the last few years, the Jurys Inn brand seemed to be the jewel in the Jurys Doyle crown but recent media reports indicate that a sale of this brand may also be on the cards.

 

Barkeeper TV launches with free training videos

Barkeeper has today launched a free training video section with 12 cocktail training videos currently available for viewing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This will increase to over 100 videos over the coming weeks! Check it out here