Promote Repeat Customers with Private Label To-Go!

Times are lean and with all the cut backs people are making, some in our restaurant industry are finding it difficult to keep serving. Here are some ideas for all of you restaurant owners.

1. Place your private label sauces that you use on your tables at the register for sale. It will act as a 24 hour billboard in your customers home, keeping them aware of the great food you have at your establishment.

2. Put together a gift set with your private label food products along with a buy one get one meal free certificate and have a monthly raffle. Make sure you specify that they must pick up the gift if they are a winner.

3. So you don’t have your own Private label line? Go to www.captainredbeard.com for more information on starting your own Private Label foods line. They have all the products already. You choose from their list of items and they will design a custom label around your logo and color scheme. You can have your own Private Label product for less than a $400 startup. Products range from hot sauces to seasoning blends to bottled water.

Should Ulcer Sufferers Avoid Spicy Foods?

Contrary to popular belief that ulcer sufferers should avoid spicy foods, a report published in “Digestive Diseases and Sciences” concluded that capsaicin increased blood flow in the stomach’s mucous lining, which may help in healing of the stomach tissue. Spicy cooking can have some unexpected health benefits. No longer is “hot spicy food” blamed for ulcers and other gastric ills. In fact, the opposite seems to be true.

Capsaicin has also been medicinally proven to aid in the human body’s process of digestion and protect against stomach ulcers and the ravages of alcohol. Hmmm, something to think about.

Chocolate Jalapeno Sauce

Does anyone have any info on chocolate jalapeno sauce? I know that there is no chocolate in it. It just looks like chocolate sauce.