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How do you create a restaurant business plan? You build it in 9 steps, starting with your concept and ending with how much money you need. Each step answers a question you, or anyone funding you, will ask. A strong plan is not a long one. It is one where the costs come from real
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How to Create a Tea Stall Business Plan in 6 Steps
How do you create a tea stall business plan? You build it in 6 steps, from choosing your stall and spot to working out how many cups you must sell to cover your costs. For a small stall, the plan does not need to be long. What decides whether the plan works is the cost
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How Much Does Hiring a Chef Cost in India? Study of 2,035 Restaurants
Most chef salary figures in India come from job-board listings or self-reported surveys. Both have the same problem: they capture what people say they earn, or what employers advertise, rather than what actually gets paid. So we skipped both and went to the one place where the number has to be real: payroll. The figures
Restaurant Banner Design: 8 Ideas and Printing Costs
Looking for restaurant banner design ideas? Eight designs cover what most Indian outlets need, and each one does a different job. They are the hero dish, price, festival, thali or combo, new dish, grand opening, scan-to-order and time-slot banners. Which one you need depends on what you want people to do: walk in now, try
QSR vs Casual Dining: Lower Cost or Bigger Bills?
QSR vs casual dining: which should you open? A quick service restaurant (QSR) sells a short menu fast, mostly at a counter, and usually costs less to build. A casual dining restaurant sells a sit-down meal with table service, and is built to earn more from each table. What decides it for you is your
Pub vs Bar vs Club vs Lounge: What You Sell Beyond the Drink
Pub vs bar vs club vs lounge: what is the difference? It is mostly what you sell besides the drink. A bar sells drinks at a counter, and a pub adds food and a long, easy evening. A club adds dancing or a members-only door, and a lounge sells comfort at a higher price. In
How to Increase Restaurant Sales During Uttarayan
How do you increase restaurant sales during Uttarayan, Gujarat’s kite festival and its name for Makar Sankranti? Sell to the terrace, not the dining room, and take undhiyu pre-orders by the kilo. Sell combos and party food packs for kite flying. Win bulk orders from housing societies. The timing matters because people start looking early.
How to Increase Restaurant Sales During Lohri
How do you increase restaurant sales during Lohri, the Punjabi winter festival of the bonfire? Book the parties early, starting with first Lohri parties held for a new baby or a new bride. Host a bonfire night with a set menu, and sell gajak and rewari, the sesame and jaggery sweets of the season. What
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How to Increase Restaurant Sales During Pongal: A 4-Day Plan
How do you increase restaurant sales during Pongal? Give guests a festive reason to come in. Sell a Pongal meal built around Sakkarai Pongal, take pre-orders for family packs, and book tables for the last day. Price each one to add to the bill, not to cut it. This is not a Tamil Nadu sale
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How to Get a Liquor Licence in Punjab: Rules and Cost
How do you get a liquor licence in Punjab? For a restaurant, you apply to the state excise department for a hard bar licence in Forms L-4 and L-5. A hard bar can serve spirits as well as beer. In 2026-27 that costs ₹7 lakh a year in six named cities and ₹4 lakh a
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How to Get an FSSAI Hygiene Rating for Your Restaurant
How do you get an FSSAI hygiene rating for your restaurant? You book an audit with an agency that FSSAI recognises. Its auditor checks your kitchen against 47 questions. If you pass every critical one that applies to you, you get 1 to 5 smileys, valid for two years. Before you book, you need a
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100 Restaurant Name Ideas by Cuisine, Outlet and Trend
Looking for restaurant name ideas for 2026-27? The 100 below are grouped by outlet type, cuisine and trend, and each one comes with a short reason it works. A good name hints at your food or your feel, is easy to say and spell, and is not already someone else’s trademark. What makes a name
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How to Get Udyam Registration for Your Restaurant
How do you get Udyam registration for your restaurant? You register for free on the government’s Udyam portal, using the owner’s Aadhaar and the business PAN. You add your GST number (GSTIN) if you have one, and you pick the code that matches your outlet. You get a permanent certificate online when you submit. Udyam
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Dry Day List 2026: State-Wise Dates for Restaurants and Bars
What is on the dry day list for 2026? It depends on your state. Each state sets its own days when liquor cannot be sold or served. Every state with a fixed list closes on Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October. Many also close on Republic Day, Independence Day and a few festival days. Your licence matters
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How to Get Found for Navratri Thali Near Me Searches
How does a restaurant show up when a guest searches “navratri thali near me”? Google picks the results partly on how well your Google Business Profile matches the search. So start with a vrat dish on your profile, named the way guests search. Correct festive hours and good reviews help too. Guests search this way
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GST on Sweets and Festive Food 2026: Full List of 33 Items
What is the GST on sweets and festive food in 2026? For almost everything, it is 5%. That covers mithai from every state, such as kaju katli, Mysore pak and ghewar, plus namkeen, dry fruits, chocolates and ice cream. Sweetened fizzy drinks are the big exception, at 40%. A few festive staples carry no GST
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