Synergy Restaurant Consultants was recently retained for operations assessment by Uncle Joe’s Pizzeria in Anchorage, AK.

While Joe White is pleased that his sales are up, a great place to be in this economy, he felt things could be much better. And he felt like he was stuck in a rut and in need of a jump start and operations assessment for his 16-year-old Pizzeria concept.

Synergy Restaurant Consultants was recently retained for operations assessment by Uncle Joe’s Pizzeria in Anchorage, AK.

While Joe White is pleased that his sales are up, a great place to be in this economy, he felt things could be much better. And he felt like he was stuck in a rut and in need of a jump start and operations assessment for his 16-year-old Pizzeria concept.

Joe retained Synergy Restaurant Consultants to evaluate his entire 4-unit operations via their top-down Operations Assessment. The Operations Assessment was performed over a recent 5-day period, which included visits to each of the restaurant locations, the Central Production Kitchen, and spending time with Joe and his management team to analysis and assess their accountabilities, challenges and opportunities.

“The Synergy team evaluated every aspect of our operation, from product procurement, preparation, service both in the restaurant as well as take-out and delivery, and our operations and financial structure,” explains Joe. “We also spent a great deal of time discussing marketing and sales building strategies that will have a an immediate, positive impact on our sale and bottom line profits. Prior to their departure, they compiled a list of recommendations for positive change, ‘low hanging fruit’, gleaned from the Operations Assessment, that we will begin working on as soon as possible.”

In addition to observing operations, Synergy spent a great deal of time assessing menu selections for flavor, presentation, perceived value and consistency in preparation from location to location. Furthermore, they spent several hours perusing the competition, gathering information on competitive price comparison, quality evaluations and similarities in an effort to make recommendations that will differentiate Uncle Joe’s Pizzeria from the rest of the pizza ‘pack’.

Synergy provides a portfolio of turnkey restaurant solutions designed to help operators develop sustainable brands and scalable concepts for growth. Our solid hands-on experience in hundreds of restaurants across the United States, Canada, South America and Saudi Arabia has made us a trusted authority on innovation and restaurant operating efficiencies. www.synergyconsultants.com.

Industry experts Synergy Restaurant Consultants are pleased to announce that Jim Campbell, Restaurant Supply Chain Management Veteran and Procurement Guru will join the Synergy Restaurant Consulting Team. “Jim brings an incredible amount of restaurant supply chain management knowledge and experience to our team and will be a tremendous resource to our clients,” says Dean Small, Managing Partner of Synergy Restaurant Consultants. Jim’s primary role in the Synergy organization will be to focus on mid-scale restaurants that do not have the luxury to afford someone with his vast supply chain management experience.

Industry experts Synergy Restaurant Consultants are pleased to announce that Jim Campbell, Restaurant Supply Chain Management Veteran and Procurement Guru will join the Synergy Restaurant Consulting Team. “Jim brings an incredible amount of restaurant supply chain management knowledge and experience to our team and will be a tremendous resource to our clients,” says Dean Small, Managing Partner of Synergy Restaurant Consultants. Jim’s primary role in the Synergy organization will be to focus on mid-scale restaurants that do not have the luxury to afford someone with his vast supply chain management experience.

Jim will be a great asset to our team and clients as he has extraordinary experience at negotiating long term protein and commodity contracts and has over 30 years of experience developing regional and national distribution programs
 
“We believe with Jim’s Restaurant Supply Chain Management experience and our overall ability as efficiency experts to reduce food and labor costs we now play an integral role in any organizations plans to improve their financial performance, turnaround or expansion,” continued Mr. Small.

Jim has 30 years of Restaurant Supply Chain Management experience with a dozen different restaurant concepts from fast food to fine dining. His career in Restaurant Supply Chain Management began with Far West Services as a Director of Purchasing for Ruben’s, Coco’s, and the Ruben E. Lee where he built an effective Restaurant Supply Chain Management Department and began to develop his expertise in commodity analysis and contract negotiations.

At Restaurant Enterprise Group he was a Vice President of Purchasing for concepts including El Torito, Gladstone’s for Fish, RJ’s Ribs, Baxter’s, Charlie Brown’s, Houlihan’s, Del Taco, and Jojo’s. With sales at Restaurant Enterprise Group in excess of $1 billion Jim was responsible for a Restaurant Supply Chain that spent in excess of $300 million annually. He served as Vice President of Purchasing and Distribution for American Restaurant Group concepts Black Angus Steakhouse, Spoons, Velvet Turtle, Grandy’s, and National Sports Grill.

“Jim will be a great asset to our team and clients as he has extraordinary experience at negotiating long term protein and commodity contracts and has over 30 years of experience developing regional and national distribution programs,” says Managing Partner, Dean Small.

Synergy provides a portfolio of turnkey restaurant solutions designed to help operators improve their financial performance. Our solid hands-on experience in hundreds of restaurants across the United States, Canada, South America and Saudi Arabia has made us a trusted authority on restaurant operating efficiencies and restaurant supply chain management.