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BARRASH CONSULTING

MAXIMIZING RESTAURANT PROFITABILITY

SERVICES

Operations Analysis
  • Forecasting
  • Budgeting
  • Breakeven
  • Cost controls – FOH & BOH
  • Standard Operating Procedures
  • Recipe Costing
  • Pricing Menu
Marketing
  • Menu Layout/Design
  • Menu Engineering
Real Estate
  • Market Demographics
  • Site Selections
  • Market Evaluation
Concept Development
  • Feasibility Study
  • Business Plans
  • Competitive Analysis
  • Proformas
Restaurant & Kitchen Design
  • Table Layout
  • Kitchen Equipment
  • Bar Design
Labor
  • Management/Recruiting
  • Job Descriptions
  • Hiring
  • Training
  • Scheduling

CLIENTS

Amer Sports*

Applebee’s Grill & Bar*

Au Bon Pain Cafe Bakery*

Beaver’s

Benjy’s

Border Foods*

Brick House Tavern + Tap*

Bravo Brio Restaurant Group

Bruegger’s Bagels*

California Pizza Kitchen*

Cameron Mitchell Restaurants*

Checkers*

Chili’s Grill & Bar

Corner Bakery Cafe*

Coyote Loco Grill

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store*

D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches*

Dave & Buster’s*

Famous Dave’s*

Great Wolf Lodge*

Hooters*

Joe’s Crab Shack*

Krystal*

Logan’s Roadhouse*

Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon*

Marie Callender’s*

NAFEM

Noodles & Company*

Ocean Prime*

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom*

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro*

Papa Gino’s*

Perkins Restaurant & Bakery*

Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille

Pizza Hut*

Quiznos*

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery*

Romano’s Macaroni Grill*

Rusty Bucket*

Ruth’s Chris Steak House*

Soaring Wings

Steak ‘n Shake*

Stir Crazy Fresh Asian Grill

T.G.I. Friday’s*

Taco Bell*

Texas Land & Cattle*

The Palm Restaurant*

TooJay’s*

Topgolf*

Uncle Julio’s Mexican Restaurants*

Wynn Resorts

*Clients during employment at Revenue Management Solutions

  • Deborah is the very best restaurant menu pricing and strategist I have found anywhere. She has the unique ability to work in the deep data of a brand’s analytics and discover opportunities for improvement and success in areas previously undiscovered. Deborah’s approach is direct, easy to understand and hugely impactful. Deborah is the best of the best.
    Robin Blanchette, President & CEO, Norton Creative
  • I would highly recommend Dr. Barrash for consulting and expert witness services related to the restaurant industry. Dr. Barrash is smart, responsive, and creative.
    Matthew J. Meyer, Partner, ANSA | ASSUNCAO LLP

ABOUT

Deborah Barrash, Ph.D.

Before starting her own consulting firm, Deborah was Vice President, North America, Consulting Services at RMS. She has outstanding credentials including a Bachelor’s Degree from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters Degree and PhD from The Hotel School at Cornell University and an impressive career in academia. Prior to working at RMS, she was an Associate Professor at the Harrah Hotel College at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she taught statistics, food & beverage cost control and doctoral research seminars. She has also published articles related to menu engineering, customer service, food safety, revenue management and coupon redemption in many trade and academic journals. Before returning to academia, she was the co-founder of Stir Crazy Café, a multi-unit casual-dining concept that won Nation’s Restaurant News’ Hot Concept in 1998. She also worked at Macaroni Grill and Chili’s, as well as in the Brinker International corporate office.

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