Passive Income ideas that failed or currently isn't working well.

How long has the restaurant been in business? It's pretty common that restaurants make shit for money their first year. It takes time to develop a reputation and customer base, as well as find your niche and develop some normalcy to how many customers come in, how much food you need, and what menu items people will always order. At some point it'll level out and you'll know that you need X lbs of hamburger meat, Y lbs of cheese, and you'll know you need more for the weekend, you'll know which menu items to drop off the menu, etc.

From people I've talked to, restaurants are some of the hardest businesses to run and manage and work at. It's completely dependent on it getting popular at some point in your community, dependent on a few good reviews, dependent on location, and it can all fall apart if you lose your only good cook and can't replace him for a bit. Even if a cook gets sick for a week, you're kind of screwed. It's incredibly tough for the workers as well as the owner. Everything has to move like a well oiled machine to even make a profit, and that's considering you developed a reputation and people are already coming in.

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