Catering consultants: Are you seeking to develop a cafe or restaurant as part of your leisure business or would you like to increase the profit level generated?

For 25 years we have been providing a catering consultancy service to a range of clients. Our focus is on catering operations which are developed within visitor attractions and the wider hospitality sector, these include:

  • Museums
  • Heritage centres
  • Country parks
  • Castles and forts
  • Visitor centres
  • Leisure centres
  • Hotels

Often catering is a key revenue generator and the catering offer forms a part of the wider visitor experience project we are working on. Our core catering consultancy services relate to:

  • Operational reviews of existing cafes
  • Catering feasibility studies and business
  • Market and customer research
  • Mystery shopping
  • Staffing reviews
  • Pricing and menu design
  • Service design
  • Interior design (with an associate)

What makes our catering advice slightly different to other catering consultants?

Our operations team has been investing in, developing and managing cafes and restaurants for over 20 years. These are parts of wider leisure businesses which they manage.  They currently operate a number of catering outlets.

CONKERS, Leicestershire

  • Olive Tree Restaurant
  • Gallery Coffee Shop
  • P’s Place
  • Weddings and functions catering
  • Large-scale events catering service
  • Four kiosks

Kent Life, Kent

  • Dotty’s Tearoom
  • Outlet catering in the Play Barn

Royal Esplanade Hotel, Isle of Wight

  • Harry’s Bar and Brasserie
  • Esplanade Restaurant
  • Coffee lounge

National Brewery Centre, Staffordshire (operated between 2010 and 2022)

  • Brewery Tap Restaurant
  • Brewery Tap Bar
  • Weddings and functions catering

How can we help?

Do you need help to prepare a business plan for a new cafe or would you like Planning Solutions Consulting to work with you to carry out an operational review of an existing cafe?  If you do please don’t hesitate to contact  Richard Linington on 07866 742628 or richard@pslplan.co.uk