Welcome To My Blog!

Welcome To My Blog!

I’m Connie Tipton, co-owner of Tipton Equipment Restaurant Supply, (along with my husband Tim), and a full-time foodie. This is where I post tips, recipes and other restaurant musings I find helpful or interesting. Hope you enjoy!
Types of Insurance Your Restaurant Needs

Types of Insurance Your Restaurant Needs

No one gets into the restaurant business thinking about insurance and paperwork, but it’s still an important part of doing business. Insurance helps protect you from natural disaster, theft, employee injuries, and liability. Many times you can get insurance discounts...

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Control COGS in Your Restaurant

Control COGS in Your Restaurant

Restaurants are known for having razor-thin margins, but you can improve your profits if you have a good handle on your costs. That doesn’t mean you have to skimp on restaurant supplies, but it does mean you can be strategic about what you spend. Do you know your cost...

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It’s a Toast: Why We Love the “Friends” Kitchen

It’s a Toast: Why We Love the “Friends” Kitchen

Welcome to our new series, “Roast and Toast!” Each month we’re going to feature one kitchen we love and one kitchen we hate. It can be from anywhere – a sitcom, a cooking show, a cartoon, a movie, or any other screen you’d see one on! We’re starting off with a toast...

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Ready to Open a Second Restaurant Location?

Ready to Open a Second Restaurant Location?

If your current restaurant is booming, it might be time to consider a second location. Congratulations on your current success – you’ve already beaten the odds! Opening a second location can be easier than your first one – you’ve already worked out a lot of the kinks....

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The One Product to Boost Convenience Store Sales

The One Product to Boost Convenience Store Sales

Is there one product that can single-handedly make or break the success of your convenience store? A lot of store owners would say no. When they look at their store, they see products coming from hot dish foodservice equipment, shelves, and a variety of categories...

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Restaurant Equipment Spotlight: Gas vs. Electric

Restaurant Equipment Spotlight: Gas vs. Electric

Does your Little Rock restaurant use gas or electric restaurant equipment? In all likelihood you made this decision a long time ago, but it’s one that can always be reconsidered. There are benefits to both. If you’re opening a new restaurant location, it’s vital to...

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Restaurant Equipment: Self-Ordering Technology

Restaurant Equipment: Self-Ordering Technology

One of the biggest challenges of running a restaurant is keeping up with all the technology and restaurant equipment that is available. You might have thought when you opened your location that you could run things basically the same way for decades.  While they may...

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Four Tips to Opening a Successful Restaurant

Four Tips to Opening a Successful Restaurant

Have you been dreaming about bringing your food expertise to the forefront of you life? Many people have thought about opening their own restaurant. Folks don’t follow through for a variety of reasons – money, fear, or simple inertia. You can be different, though. You...

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