There comes a time when you have to replace almost everything in life; your couch, your job, your bed, your girlfriend (just kidding – my wife will kill me when she sees that), and on and on and on.  There are a variety of reasons as to why these changes have to be made – some you can control, and some you cannot.  Now next time you find yourself replacing something, ask yourself, did I do what I could to get the most life out of it?  Chances are you didn’t; a replacement was on sale, or it cost less, or it was a gift.  The point I am trying to make is that at the end of the day you have the ability to take preventative measures to maximize the lifetime of your products.  Do your due diligence, talk to people, look it up online, check out consumer reports, do whatever you can.  Look, I understand that everyone leads busy lives and that time is money – exactly, time is money.  So do you spend more time to spend the appropriate money for a quality product, or do you spend less time and spend more money for a lesser product?  The choice is yours.

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If you have read any of our blogs you have probably noticed that we have touched on the title of this blog in bits and pieces throughout most of them.  Whether it be Increase Sales with Strategically Placed Signage or Speed of Service Affected by Poorly Designed Menu Boards or a number of others, it is undeniable that the design of the menu board is of utmost importance.  This holds true whether you are using a digital menu board, traditional menu board, a cheap corrugated menu board, or any type of system.  Unfortunately, most consumers find themselves most concerned with “how do I make changes if I need to” and even more so, “how much does it cost?”

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