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learned something new

I love learning and I just learned something new today I thought I would share.  It’s called Benford’s law and it has to do with mathematics.  Don’t worry, it’s not hard. Isn’t that awesome?!! You’re probably thinking, “nice going dork, that is totally complicated.”  You’re right it is.  I can’t read that equation I just think [...]

More restaurant analytics

Chris Berry has continued his analysis of restaurants with a comparison of the Old Spagetti Factory and the Hothouse and it is a very interesting read, or at least it is if you are into this sort of stuff.  What was neat for me was tonight I was out for dinner and I was talking [...]

Chris Berry's Menu Analytics

Chris Berry, a friend and colleague  wrote a very interesting post on the analytics of restaurant menus.  Chris took a restaurant’s online menu and analyzed the prices of items, numbers of items, average prices and much more. This is Chris’ first stab at it but the mind leaps at the possibilities.  For example, how often [...]