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It's not easy to open a restaurant. Follow our guides to build your business plan, understand legal requirements, prepare your operations and avoid major errors

Open Your Restaurant with Confidence

The Ultimate Guide to Opening a Restaurant in 2023!

Every day people take the plunge and open their own restaurant. Are you tempted by the adventure? If so, Melba has prepared the ultimate guide to help you open your restaurant!

Published on 03/02/2023Sébastien Vassaux

Open Your Restaurant with Confidence

Discover the 5 Best Training Courses to Open a Restaurant

If you are planning to open your restaurant, several training courses can help you acquire business knowledge quickly. Don't miss out!

Published on 03/03/2023Sébastien Vassaux

Make sure you adopt the best practices. Discover our tips to simplify operational aspects of your restaurant.

Business-case

La Brigade De Véro - From 40% to 28% Food Cost in a Few Months

Take a look behind the scenes of the collaboration between La Brigade De Véro and Melba.

Published on 03/02/2023

Optimize Your Restaurant Management

6 Alternatives to Traditional Suppliers

Discover our 6 alternatives to traditional suppliers!

Published on 03/03/2023

A clean recipe database can help you a lot. Get rid of Excel and discover how you can boost employee statisfaction, train your employees better, increase profitability and save time in your operations

Get the Most Out of Your Recipes

Everything you Need to Know about Menu Engineering

Find out how to manage your recipe knowledge with recipe database.

Published on 03/03/2023Sébastien Vassaux

Get the Most Out of Your Recipes

An introduction to recipe databases (with examples)

Discover 4 inspiring examples of recipe databases to learn how to optimize your profitability and efficiency in the kitchen.

Published on 03/02/2023Sébastien Vassaux

Profit optimization is a complex task. Discover our guides and advice to get a head start: measure performance, reduce costs, increase sales

Ratios and Indicators to Follow for a Restaurateur, Caterer or Baker

Break down your income statement from sales to net income by studying its different items and learning how to follow the right ratios: gross margin, multiplier, etc..

Learn how to manage stocks and inventories with ease thanks to simple features

Inventory Management in Food Service: Increase Your Cash Flow and Reduce Your Losses

Discover how good inventory management in food service can prevent waste, ensure that demand can be met and avoid tying up cash.

Learn about the tools and best practices to optimize your production: prepare your production sheets, streamline the kitchen work, reduce waste...

Unleash the Production Potential of Your Kitchen: The Ultimate Guide

Discover how to unleash the potential of your kitchen and optimize your production.

Make sure you are in line with legal requirements regarding health control, temperature records, suppliers labeling, etc.

HACCP in Catering: Everything you Need to Know

Hygiene and traceability: everything you need to know to guarantee maximum food safety for your consumers

Stop steering your business by its revenues and start making sure you become more and more profitable!

How to Guide Drivers to Your Points of Sale with Waze?

Discover how to guide drivers to your points of sale with Waze Local.