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Led by industry leader, Jim Lopolito, we are a leading hospitality consulting firm providing a myriad of progressive and proactive solutions. We know this industry very well, and we offer our ability to provide stability with customized ideas using current methods, as well as, sustainable techniques proprietary to our own design in achieving the results you expect.
We can address: Startups, Business Solutions for Growth, Increasing Productivity, Budget & Financial Evaluation, Reducing Expenses, Management and Employee Development, Building and Operational Concerns, Golf Operation Concerns, and Pool and Snack Bar Operations.
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Jim Lopolito President Thank you for visiting this site. Whether you require high experience or low needs I hope you select my company to assist you. We are New York based with nationwide services. |
VARIOUS HOSPITALITY TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
HOSPITALITY CONSULTING
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LHC OFFERS A PROFESSIONAL HOSPITALITY CONSULTING EXPERIENCE. Helping to improve your company is a very rewarding feeling for me, and I provide my best work each and every time I am called upon.
Receive high quality customized services with present day ideas and forward thinking considerations to leave you with longstanding results. Ask about my proprietary creations with "Expense Loss" and "Expenditure Behavior Management" that deliver a multitude of solutions to many business needs. |
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"Build a Better Performing Business With Our Unique Systems"
INCREASING REVENUE AND PROFITS
REVENUE AND PROFITS CANNOT BE TREATED THE SAME. There is a big difference in how you grow revenue and increasing profits as they do not always coincide. We are experts in restaurant management, expenses breakdown, and evaluating new revenue streams. Being able to provide companies a foundation in service, higher quality, new revenue streams, and additional profits builds a secure business.
We will help you grow and sustain profits with practical forward thinking considerations that will benefit you for years to come. Yes, we can help improve your profits.
We will help you grow and sustain profits with practical forward thinking considerations that will benefit you for years to come. Yes, we can help improve your profits.
Of 500 restaurateurs interviewed, half of the operators said they reduce labor costs by increasing productivity. (April 2019 issue of FSR Magazine) Lopolito Hospitality Consultants is a leader with productivity & labor training solutions.
PRIVATE CLUBS EXPERIENCED
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CUSTOM CLUB DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYEE TRAINING SOLUTIONS. Using current methods, as well as, techniques of our own design we achieve progressive results that will last long after we leave. We address Business Solutions for Growth, Increasing Productivity, Golf Course Agronomic Concerns, Pool and Snack Bar Operations, Management and Employee Development, Building and Operational Concerns, and Reducing Expenses.
We guarantee that our attention to your needs will be managed with the highest level of professionalism. |
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RESTAURANT STARTUP
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HOW DO YOU SELECT A RESTAURANT CONSULTANT? While this question is asked all the time, the important thing is to do your homework and use great discretion because making the wrong choice can lead to unnecessary purchases and costs and potential failure.
There are many details to opening a new restaurant or the startup of a food service business and to attempt this without having the proper guidance opens you up to many potential difficulties ahead. A leading cause of business failure is making poor decisions from the start. |
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The April 2019 issue of FSR Magazine reports that 60% of restaurants don’t make it past the first year and 80% go out of business within five years.
INTERIM MANAGEMENT SERVICES
WE CAN PROFESSIONALLY MANAGE YOUR CLUB OR RESTAURANT. If you need unexpected time away from the business, your GM is going on vacation, you are in a startup scenario, or conducting a search for a new manager, we will manage your business for you.
With over 40 years experience in restaurants, country clubs, catering, and even stage and concert production, Lopolito is a well respected consultant in the hospitality industry, and we will manage with the integrity as if your business belongs to us.
With over 40 years experience in restaurants, country clubs, catering, and even stage and concert production, Lopolito is a well respected consultant in the hospitality industry, and we will manage with the integrity as if your business belongs to us.
"If your business is having any difficulty, stop reading and call me now. Do not waste any more time and allow me to get to work on reversing your troubles. I promise not to waste your time."
We Perform Feasibility Studies and Complete Business Reviews.
"I began my business because I wanted to reduce the failure rates in this industry. If you are in trouble, call me for a free consult. If I can help you in any way with a quick call, let's talk."
Jim Lopolito, President
"LHC offers comprehensive experience to address almost anything you are encountering in the hospitality industry, and with my Copyrights you can only receive the proprietary Expense Loss and Expenditure Behavior Management processes from us."
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Improve your efficiencies by removing obstacles restricting performance
You have Jim's guarantee that he will increase your profits. Any area in which more efficiency can be established means it costs you less to operate that function. Our experts have extensive experience in helping businesses find these opportunities and uncover obstacles that hinder service to operate in a leaner model with less waste. Work with us and we'll have your business running more productively.
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WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS IS POTENTIALLY REDUCING YOUR PROFITS SIGNIFICANTLY.
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A Testimonial From Club President
" Jim listened to our needs and responded promptly with a well thought out plan of attack to review our operation and was competitive in terms of pricing. He and his team treated our Management team with absolute respect and partnership in highlighting developmental recommendations that we have since implemented with success.
I would recommend Lopolito Hospitality Consultants to any Country Club or Restaurant seeking to have an outside review of their F+B operation." Paul R. President, CT Country Club |
A Testimonial From Charles L. on LinkedIn
"I worked with Jim on a virtual cooking site, unfortunately at the burst of the dot.com bubble. Jim provided all the necessary food and food preparation related information required to get the project well in motion. If this had taken off about four to six month previous, we would easily have been a popular, if not competing site for Food.com or Food Network! I have witnessed the type of focus and determination Jim has for getting his projects completed, with both style and flair, and all at or under budget for his clients. If you have the opportunity to work with Jim for a special event, occasion, or even as your employee, you should consider yourself fortunate! Jim is also consulting in his new business, providing various food organizations with his wealth of knowledge and experience, helping them to immediately benefit by hiring him. He is a consummate professional in every way, and if you need a consultant to help navigate you through maintaining your food business services or bringing them to the next level, Jim is your man! I would welcome the chance to work Jim again anytime in the future."
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Lopolito is a Board of Director with Dining Safety Alliance. Our Board of Directors bring together experience from the fields of medicine, toxicology, education and the hospitality industry all with the goal of improving food safety excellence.
Member of Cayuga Hospitality Consulting specializing in restaurant, country club, and catering operational performance.
Lopolito is Contributing Editor with Foodservice Daily News. www.foodfairmag.com/
Why Lopolito
Jim has been trusted to oversee small and large businesses for many years.
With 40 years in private clubs, restaurants, catering, and even major talent concert production Jim's knowledge and experience includes all facets of hospitality & property operations. Lopolito is quick to observe and result deficiencies replacing these with long lasting solutions.
While they say no company can offer you all things to your business, we like to think that we can. Above and beyond Jim's experience, he hand selects co-consultants to assist him depending on the project at hand and he oversee all jobs. Jim does not take this selection process for granted and only places qualified consultants in a position. Most of the consultants Jim works with have been in his Rolodex for years, however seeking out new talent for a specific role is not out of the question, but they must be qualified to Jim's standards.
With 40 years in private clubs, restaurants, catering, and even major talent concert production Jim's knowledge and experience includes all facets of hospitality & property operations. Lopolito is quick to observe and result deficiencies replacing these with long lasting solutions.
While they say no company can offer you all things to your business, we like to think that we can. Above and beyond Jim's experience, he hand selects co-consultants to assist him depending on the project at hand and he oversee all jobs. Jim does not take this selection process for granted and only places qualified consultants in a position. Most of the consultants Jim works with have been in his Rolodex for years, however seeking out new talent for a specific role is not out of the question, but they must be qualified to Jim's standards.
Industry Articles
By Jim Lopolito
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EXPENDITURE BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENTExpenditure Behavior Management “EBM” is an awareness driven decision-making practice in controlling business expenditures with an understanding of how the decision affects current and future operations. EBM means having a plan in place and followed on how expenses are decided upon, managed and monitored.
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RECIPE COST AND MENU MARKETING TO PROFITFormulating accurate recipe ingredient costs is essential in establishing a ROI marketing plan and this must be an ongoing method for managing your hospitality business. Additionally, while there are elasticity issues, competition, and your clientele to consider in menu pricing, having a price on your menu you know is correct can help bring in more profits especially when everyone on your team knows the results and how to use them.
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How to control and reduce restaurant expensesThe proficiency required to understand and control expenses is not as simple as it may seem. Revenue and expense, purchasing and inventory management, profit and loss, and many other factors are all tied together with an enduring management oversight behavior supported by knowledge and understanding of the industry.
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5 WAYS YOUR MENU PRICING STRATEGY IS HURTING YOUR PROFITSFormulating a Return on Investment (ROI) advertising plan in your restaurant must be an ongoing method for managing your hospitality business. However, establishing accurate recipe ingredient costs and sharing profitable menu items information with your team is an essential component for the outcome to have positive results and sustainable deliverables.
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HOSPITALITY OPERATIONS REFRIGERATION AND HVAC REPAIR ACCOUNTABILITYIn examining restaurants, private clubs, and other hospitality operations I encounter many common procedures that reduce profits. For whatever reason, there are owners and operators that do not always realize when they have product or service billing discrepancies.
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RIDING THE CONSISTENCY WAVEHospitality businesses have so many ways to make profits or lose profits that no two locations are alike when difficulties occur. While there are similarities to failure, there is no one standard way to succumb to this. Causes can be an under producing kitchen, a poorly designed menu, a deficient front of house service standard, poor controls on expenses, delivery inconsistencies, or all of these and more.
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