Understand Buy & Sell Restaurant – Advice on Buy Sell Restaurant (103)

The Best Kind of Financing for Buying a Restaurant

By Robin Gagnon

June 08, 2012

Financing a Restaurant

What’s the best kind of financing for buying a restaurant? Any kind you can get in today’s lending market. That being said, there are both pros and cons to each method of financing for buying a restaurant. Here they are. Owner Financing: Owner...

3 Harsh Realities of Selling a Restaurant

By Robin Gagnon

June 05, 2012

Selling a Restaurant

There are three harsh realities when it comes to selling a restaurant. Here's the unvarnished truth from a business broker. Reality One Your restaurant will always be worth more to you than to anyone else. That doesn’t mean it isn’t valuable, it...

Top 10 Restaurants for Sale in Atlanta May 2012

By Robin Gagnon

June 02, 2012

Selling a Restaurant

The restaurant brokers are at it again. We're publishing the ten most popular restaurants for sale on the market in May of 2012 gauged by confidentiality agreements signed, number of times viewed and buyer inquiries. The list leads off with a...

What Cheers Can Teach You about Buying a Bar

By Robin Gagnon

May 29, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

Do you remember the old TV series Cheers? It ran for eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993. The cast included Kelsey Grammer who eventually spun off his own TV show (Frasier) and Kirstie Alley. Ted Danson starred as the bartender. The most memorable part...

Buying a Restaurant with Financing From Uncle Sam

By Robin Gagnon

May 24, 2012

Financing a Restaurant

Happy Memorial Day. It’s a time when we offer our sincere thanks to the service men and women that protect our freedom. It’s also a good time to look at Uncle Sam for financing your dream of owning a restaurant. Veterans, wives of fallen soldiers,...

Restaurant Brokers Issue Reality TV Casting Call

By Robin Gagnon

May 22, 2012

Restaurant Brokers

A major cable network has approached the restaurant brokers at We Sell Restaurants to aid in their search for a new reality TV show. They are currently seeking chefs and cooks for a brand new cooking competition show concept. What are they searching...

Fast Casual Restaurants for Sale Lead Industry

By Robin Gagnon

May 17, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

A recent report titled the Technomic Fast-Casual Top 150 Chain Restaurant Report shows that the strength of the restaurant market continues to be the fast-casual segment. Fast-casual chains grew 8.4% to $21.5 billion in 2011, ahead of the 6.6%...

5 Ways to Help a Restaurant Broker Sell Your Business

By Robin Gagnon

May 14, 2012

Restaurant Brokers

Think it's easy to sell a restaurant? Think again. Though you hear the occasional story of a business selling in days for full price, the reality is that it takes work on the part of both the seller and the restaurant broker to make a deal happen. ...

What You Should Know When Buying a Convection Oven

By Robin Gagnon

May 11, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

If you’ve ever had heated seats in your car, you know the enjoyment you can have on a cold wintry day when you get in, push a button and feel the seat become toasty. Well, stepping up from a range or counter top oven to a convection oven has that...

Atlanta Restaurant Sales Grow in 2012

By Robin Gagnon

May 04, 2012

Restaurant Brokers

Robert Wagner, CPA has released his quarterly report on Atlanta restaurant sales and the news is good once again. His survey shows that same-store sales increased 6.8% over the same time period measured in 2011. The NetFinancials survey of 79...