Browsing Tag Constantine Kolitsas
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12 July 2023 at 11 : 22 AM
Back to the FUTURE
Cover Story Costas Lazaridis revives Drama’s ancient glory days of winemaking. By Constantine N. Kolitsas One might say that Greek winemaker Costas Lazaridis has lost his marbles. Well, sold them off, to be precise. The scion of one of Greece’s greatest marble producers, his name today is synonymous with some of the best wines of the Greek wine ...
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12 July 2023 at 11 : 12 AM
Winners & Losers
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach A manager once told me that you can have success or you can have excuses, but you can’t have both. That was a wake-up call to me, at the time, a young man moving up the management chain. And from that point forward, I never looked to make an excuse but, rather, to understand that it was my job ...
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13 June 2023 at 14 : 22 PM
The Food Event of the Season
COVER STORY The Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show kicks off in Manhattan. By Constantine N. Kolitsas I’m a food geek; I admit it. And as other geeks get excited about events like Comic Con, I get just as crazy when the Summer Fancy Food Show rolls into town. And it’s rolling in this month to Manhattan’s cavernous ...
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13 June 2023 at 14 : 17 PM
A Few Things I’ve Learned
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach At one point in my career, I left the restaurant business and got into journalism (please, don’t act surprised). When my position as editor-in- chief of The GreekAmerican (a national English-language newspaper for the Greek American community) came to an end (our parent company ...
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11 May 2023 at 13 : 44 PM
The Complacency Conundrum
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Here’s something we all know: Covid accelerated the complacency of a work- force that was already in decline. The signs are everywhere, and they’re not so subtle. And the threat of job loss doesn’t really concern anyone anymore because they can just go out and get another job ...
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13 April 2023 at 16 : 06 PM
Update on the Apps
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach Technology evolves, and its grip on our business necessitates that we keep up on what’s happening if we are going to be relevant in our markets. Have you got Facebook figured out? Wait a second, they’ve changed the rules and now you’ve got to try to understand how to reach your ...
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11 March 2023 at 09 : 14 AM
Dear Landlord
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS BY CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Bussiness Coach My restaurant in the quietish town of New Milford, Connecticut, is in a non-remarkable location. An upscale Greek/Mediterranean concept in a small town where the demographics are a challenge, I’m tucked away in the far corner of a supermarket plaza. Everyone within two towns knows ...
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11 February 2023 at 06 : 00 AM
We’re Not in the Business of “No”
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N.KOLITSAS Business Coach As restaurant managers, we are in the business of “yes.” Yes, we can make those fries extra crispy; yes, you can sit in the booth by the window; yes, we can seat you an hour later than your reservation time; yes, we can bring your takeout order out to you in the parking lot. And ...
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15 January 2023 at 12 : 51 PM
First, the Food
MANAGING FOR SUCCESS By CONSTANTINE N. KOLITSAS Business Coach It’s getting harder and harder to operate a restaurant these days. There’s so much coming at us and from all different directions that it’s easy to lose focus on the things that are the most important. And when you’ve been doing it for a very long time, even the obvious can ...
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13 December 2022 at 09 : 21 AM
Exit, Stage Left
COVER STORY By Constantine Kolitsas Selling your restaurant in the post-Covid era. Once upon a time, a restaurant owner could look at their business as an investment, with the notion that at some point in time, they could cash out, selling to a young, eager buyer for a handsome profit upon which they could retire. The paradigm has ...
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