How to Increase The Value of Your Business when the time comes for you to sell

• Create a seeable lease document through negotiations with your landlord prior to the sale.
  
• Document sales and cost of sales, on a monthly basis.
  
• Develop 'Operating and Policy' procedure manuals for your business.
  
• Maintain recipe files and presentation photos or sketches.
  
• Have a floor plan and equipment layout diagrams.
  
• Maintain an equipment list with model and serial numbers, as well as date acquired.
  
• Keep sanitation inspection file.
  
• Report all sales.

Thought for the Day

"Problems are nothing but wake up calls for creativity."  - CJT

Since 1977, HRI Services has provided the expertise to help businesses achieve their full potential.  They have helped business owners to seize opportunities for fresh starts, for growth in new directions, and provide the knowledge that fosters confidence necessary to succeed.

For more than 30 years, Paul Tallino has been bringing people together in the creative business of operating, buying, selling and consulting.  As a business owner himself, and a former vice president and director of the MRA, Paul knows first-hand the pressures and challenges that business owners face. 

Read Food for Thought for Paul's insight into the challenges and questions that restaurant owners face each day.