These are the facts for the restaurant industry in the US (the lodging and wine industries are growing as well):
  • Restaurant Industry Sales for 2007:$537 billion - a solid 5.0 percent increase over 2006 sales.
  • Restaurant Locations: 935,000 — serving more than 70 billion meal and snack occasions.
  • Employees: 12.8 million — the industry is the largest employer besides government.
  • Eating-and-drinking places are extremely labor-intensive -- sales per full-time-equivalent employee were $57,032 in 2005 and notably lower than other industries.
  • The restaurant industry provides work for more than 9 percent of those employed in the United States.
  • The restaurant industry is expected to add 2 million jobs over the next decade, for total employment of 14.8 million in 2017.

    With numbers like that, you need to stay competitive. You need to know how to retain quality employees. We can help. For just a few minutes investment, you can gain the information you need to stay competitive.
    Through Dec 31, 2007 we are conducting our in-depth salary and benefits surveys for the full-service restaurant industry, the hotel/lodging industry and the wine industry.

    What are the benefits of participation?

    1. Providing you with detailed, qualified salary and benefit information in your industry – at no cost to you. (Our reports sell to others for $150 each!)

    2. Providing you with the knowledge to stay competitive and create compensation packages based on the most current information available.

    3. Providing you the technology to sort the results according to state, company size, and other criteria, allowing you to customize the results based on your unique needs.

    4. Your confidentiality is guaranteed.

    What our salary surveys include:

    Our salary surveys are for three industries: Full-Service Restaurants, Lodging and Wine.

    Entry level, Average and Maximum salaries for all positions from entry level supervisory positions through senior management.

    • Detailed information on each company's location, size, revenue, concept, etc.

    In-depth information on benefits provided to full and part time employees.

    Time is running out - participate now and you will receive the results - at no charge – the first week in January.

    To be qualified to participate, send an email to michelle@otlconsulting.com with "salary survey" in the subject line. Please answer the following questions in your email..

    Q1. What is your position with the company for whom you will complete the survey?

    Q2. Are you in a position to provide comprehensive wage & benefit information for all employees within your organization?

    Q3. For validation purposes, please provide your name and company name. These will be kept confidential and will not be shared or published with the survey results.

    Q4. Please specify which industry / industries you represent.

    Q5. Please provide your email address so that we may mail your survey link.

    We appreciate your participation!

    The Team at Outside the Lines & WineAndHospitalityJobs.com