Spend most of your time feeling like the guy on the ladder?
If you've owned, managed, or worked in a Restaurant/Hospitality environment, we can guarantee that you've felt just like the guy on the ladder - if you haven't, then you've never owned, managed, or worked in a Restaurant environment. Just about the time you've got your head above water, and you see a little bit of hope, security, or profit, here comes the shark! What makes it tough is that the shark comes in different forms; staffing, chemical costs, food costs, teamwork challenges, capital improvements, utilities, customer retention, competition for market share, taxes, govenment regulations, theft, waste, etc., and once you've been 'in the water' too long, sometimes it's hard to see the shark that's about to bite. That's where we come in.
There are a lot of folks out there that call themselves Food & Beverage consultants, but they have NO 'hands on' experience 'on the floor' or 'behind the line'. We're different, and we can help your business and your staff - no matter if your business is hot or not.
You have amazing organizational skills and I would like to work on mine. I have enjoyed working with you...you rock!" Scott Bianculli, Marketing Associate, SYSCO Atlanta
PNL Consulting Group's Founder and Sr. Principal,
Mark Lietz, has more than 25 years of experience in the Food & Beverage Industry. An Executive Chef, and former Hotel Food & Beverage Director, Mark started in the food business with TGI Friday's as a bus boy and has worked with coporate giants such as Marriott, Holiday Inns, Gaylord Entertainment, ITT Sheraton, and Starwood Hotels. Between bus boy and Food & Beverage Director, he worked in operations as small as a hot dog cart to Hotel environments with F&B Sales over $100 million/year. If you want to help keep your head above water and find out where the sharks might be, just contact him at
mark@pnl-consultinggroup.com.
"I highly recommend Dave Weimar and Mark Lietz to work with your team...They are both experts in food and hospitality." Carl Smith, Director, Personality Insights, Inc.
"Thanks for everything and let me know if you ever want to get away for a little R&R. Keep in touch!" Jeff Schneider, General Manager, The Glenn Hotel, Atlanta GA