Arizona Food Service Network

The Arizona Food Service Network is a connection hub designed for community engagement. Our focus is on the food, food service, and food science communities in Arizona.

East Valley Business Expo

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Companies looking for a proven, cost-effective and fun way to promote their products and services have the ideal opportunity at the Oct. 5th, 2016 East Valley Business Expo. As the largest annual event of its kind in the East Valley, the expo provides a dynamic setting for both business-to-business and business-to-consumer outreach and sales.

Learn more here.

ABCs of Starting a New Business

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Are you starting a new business or thinking about it? This session is an essential step in developing a business plan that will increase your chances of being successful. Should you start now? Where? How? What about money? Experienced business professionals will address each of these and help you get started on the best path for your business.
Burton Barr Central Library

Register here.

Workshop, How to Run a Profitable Restaurant: from Soup to Nuts

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We promise to teach you everything you need to know to run a more profitable restaurant or bar and the only way to do that is to spend three days absorbed in the material. Breaks and lunch are built into the agenda, but you can expect the workshop will be in session during the hours outlined below.

Monday

8:30 a.m. – Registration

9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

  • Vision Equation and Org Chart
  • Accounting and Cash Flow
  • Budgets
  • Marketing Budget

Monday Night 7 p.m.

  • Networking Social

Tuesday 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

  • Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
  • Budgeted/Actual/Ideal
  • Food and Liquor Systems
  • Cash Controls

Wednesday 8:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

  • Labor Systems
  • Restaurant Accountability

Wednesday Night 6:30 p.m.

  • Catered Dinner