Thursday July 21 2016
The Old San Francisco Steakhouse off San Pedro in San Antonio is no longer a restaurant.
The owners realized a market exists for meetings only out side of hotels. Now the venue
is only open for meetings. This solves most of the existing problem of running a restaurant.
See the previous example of Miss Mary Bobo's. San Antonio Institute of Internal Auditors now has
all of our board and monthly meetings here. Management knows the number coming and only has one version of the meal to prepare. This is in contrast to a restaurant where the number coming is unknown and the menu is varied.
This virtually eliminates waste and spoilage. And I am guessing, I will inquire, that without the overhead of a hotel, SFS is able to offer lower cost meals.
This is a great example of Total Quality Management in action. The same venue now makes a higher profit with less waste.
Professor Elam 
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