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By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:15:56 +0000

In reply to A loyal and caring customer. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. I will certainly pass them on to my sister and brother-in-law. I believe you are right about labor costs being a major factor. Thanks too for your support of Blackberry Market!

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:37:43 +0000

In reply to Suzanne Macdonald. Thanks Suzanne! Loved getting to visit with you too. I am always game for a wine tasting. :)

By: A loyal and caring customer

A loyal and caring customer — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:07:21 +0000

I absolutely love BB market. the food is awesome, and the ambiance is great. However, I am always astonished by the number of employees working there vs. for the number of customers. Theres like 20 people in the restaurant but like 25 employees (obviously hyperbole…). And yet our food always takes awhile to come out and comes out at weird times. I am a firm believer that the owner of this establishment could hire someone (maybe use wheaton college business majors as class project or something to save money) for a couple days to come and look at her business, and would be able to streamline or create better processes, and cut her labor costs in half, while raising service levels. If i remember right, labor is the number one cost for these types of places and she has room to seriously increase her profit in my humble opinion. Let me reiterate. I love this place. Its awesome. And i could be wrong. Just one thing i notice

By: Suzanne Macdonald

Suzanne Macdonald — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:53:21 +0000

Alison – you have said it well! So proud of them and love spending time and eating all the tasty food at BBM! It was great to spend some time with you too as we did a Lil wine tasting!

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:07:26 +0000

In reply to jerusalem. For sure, you can just jump on the train from downtown out to Glen Ellyn. All her staff said the same thing about us sounding just alike. She TOTALLY used to make all my hard phone calls for me in high school since her voice sounds the same as mine. :)

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:04:47 +0000

In reply to JulieLoibner. Awww! Mama, that's so sweet.