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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...

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%...

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...

Top 10 Restaurants for Sale in Atlanta - April 2012 Edition

By Robin Gagnon

May 01, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

Here are the Top 10 Restaurants for Sale in Atlanta in April 2012. We measure the top 10 by the number of confidentiality agreements viewed, buyer inquiries and website views. Pricing was key in making the April 2012 list. Another big stand out...

Ten Things a Restaurant Buyer Should Never Do

By Robin Gagnon

April 27, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

Here are ten things a restaurant buyer should never do if they want to be successful in buying a restaurant. Violate Confidentiality. First on the list of "nevers" is violating confidentiality. The agreements signed by buyers are legally...

Buying a Restaurant - Test Yourself First (Part 2)

By Robin Gagnon

April 17, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

Our last blog posting on buying a restaurant - Atlanta or any major market focused on the questions you should ask yourself before taking the plunge. The last five questions in our ten part survey ask you to consider whether you should move forward...

Buying a Restaurant - Test Yourself First (Part 1)

By Robin Gagnon

April 13, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

Restaurant buyers often begin their search before they qualify what they are looking for. We've developed a ten step questionnaire to help you define what you want and more importantly, what fits your lifestyle before you go on the search for the...

Top Ten Restaurants for Sale in Atlanta March 2012

By Robin Gagnon

April 06, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

March 2012 was a banner month for restaurants for sale in Atlanta. Here are the ten listings that generated the most activity. These had the most confidentaility agreements signed, were viewed online the most number of times and were inquired about...

Restaurants for Sale – You Get What you Pay For (Part 3)

By Robin Gagnon

March 29, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

This is another post in our series on due diligence. In the first two posts, we looked at sample Atlanta restaurants for sale and due diligence requests. We demonstrated why those purchasing a lower priced business should not expect Wall Street...

Restaurants for Sale - the cheaper it is, the less you get (Part 2)

By Robin Gagnon

March 27, 2012

Buying a Restaurant

In our last blog posting, we discussed the common theme between all restaurants for sale – Atlanta, Denver, Florida or nationwide. If a buyer is “bottom feeding” i.e. looking for the cheapest thing on the market, he or she should expect to get the ...