How to Make Your Opening Day and Make Your Budget... All While Making Life Easier on Yourself

DENVER, CO, June 19, 2013 (Press-News.org) FACT: Opening a restaurant usually takes double or triple the amount of time you expect it to.

FACT: Opening a restaurant usually costs considerably more than what you originally thought.

FACT: For those who plan ahead and know the time saving shortcuts and budget-friendly
tricks, opening a restaurant can be extraordinarily lucrative and personally rewarding.

Here's the typical opening-delaying, budget-exceeding scenario that we see all to often in the restaurant industry.

- Each piece of kitchen equipment is purchased separately from an old restaurant, Craigslist, or eBay. While the owner thinks she is saving money by purchasing everything separately, the cost savings isn't there. Plus, by shopping, waiting for, and shipping each piece of equipment, weeks or months go by.

- Tables, chairs and decor are purchased from a chain decor and accessories store. Even if they give a quantity discount, you still pay more. And oftentimes, the product is back ordered, which adds to the shipping.

- Shopping for chairs, restaurant equipment and even food is something most restaurant owners can do well since they know exactly what they want. However, there are many moving parts to a kitchen and restaurant that they aren't as familiar, such as the exhaust fans, ventilation system, duct work, fire suppression fixtures, restaurant hoods and more. Because these more complex kitchen essentials intimidate restaurant owners, they hire too many contractors, pay far too much, and have the finished product built weeks after it should have.

There's a better way. One where you not only save costs, your opening date is preserved as well.

- For your kitchen equipment, consider going directly to a kitchen equipment purveyor. There you'll be able to find new or possibly even used kitchen equipment -- all in one location. Rather than spending weeks or months looking in multiple sources, everything is under one roof. By purchasing all from one vendor, you should be able to get a deal, and you'll definitely be able to get your equipment within days, not weeks or months.

- To stock up on all of your dining room decor, such as your tables, chairs, lighting fixtures and wall art, you should consider checking out a restaurant depot venue. If your city doesn't have one, you may have to drive to the closest large city. But your drive will be worth it because when you arrive, you'll have a best selection, a better volume discount, and you'll have the quantity you need right then and there.

- Planning, purchasing and installing something as critical as a hood system for your restaurant can be a daunting experience. Most restaurant owners use multiple sources for the hood system, commercial hoods, duct work, fans, etc. Not only that, they tend to employ multiple contractors to handle every phase of the job -- from HVAC specialists to duct work installers, to electricians, and more.

Yet, with Hoodbuilder.com, the entire process is streamlined. First, we can custom build the hood system that fits your exact kitchen specifications including size, type of cooking equipment, and more.

Next, whether you purchase the hood system from our online shop or have it custom built, our team of installation technicians installs the hood for you. Rather than scheduling and paying for multiple contractors, our team does it all -- installation, HVAC, electrical, everything.

Next, our duct work experts will save you time and money by designing and building the most efficient duct work system for your kitchen.

Don't forget your permits! The Hoodbuilder.com team also gets you all of the required city and state permits that are required. Our fire suppression system experts are up to code integration of your kitchen hood package.

Can opening a new restaurant be notoriously expensive, massively time consuming and even be something that the owner regrets? It can. But it doesn't have to be that way. By doing the right planning and utilizing the right strategies, your restaurant can open on time, on budget, and on point!

Hood Builder is the nation's largest commercial hood installation company. They operate two fabrication plants located in Denver, Colorado and the other in Los Angeles, California. Visit http://hoodbuilder.com/ for more information.