Sign confidentiality agreements with employees. Many big brand restaurants will sign confidentiality agreements with employees who have access to the core recipes. Once the information is leaked, you can ask for compensation from the employees involved. The confidentiality agreement is legally binding and is a good constraint for employees.
Apply for patent protection. If it is independently developed and not available on the market, and the taste is relatively popular with consumers, it is recommended to apply for patent protection. Patent protection will disclose the formula, but if there are some complicated processes or complex processing methods, it will be difficult to test it. You can choose according to your personal needs.
Only direct sales, not franchise. Many catering brands only operate direct stores and do not operate franchise stores, such as Anhui Laoxiang Chicken. It can be said that this is also a way to protect their own recipes. Directly-operated stores send packages of ingredients from the head office, and then mix them with water according to a certain ratio to ensure the consistency and uniqueness of the taste, making it difficult to imitate in the market.
Deliver material packages to franchise brands. It can be said to be a good method for a restaurant franchised by a brand to deliver prepared material packages to franchisees. On the one hand, it protects its formula from being leaked. On the other hand, it can also earn secondary fees from franchisees. The better the business of the franchise store, the more formulas sold by the headquarters, which is also a relatively big deal for the company. Good profit!
Processed in sections, the core is in your own hands. In the stewed vegetable industry, there is a great dependence on the formula and the material package, and the taste is determined by the formula material package. The braised vegetable franchise brand can deliver the basic formula to franchisees and then teach them some basic operations in the later stage. The core is always kept confidential and the formula will not be leaked.
Make your own recipes, no visitors allowed. Restaurant owners or chefs will never have outsiders present when making recipes, and may even resort to suspending business or closing their doors to ensure that their recipes are not made public. Only in this way can they maintain their existing market advantage. Ensure the advantages of operating brands.
The taste and quality of food and beverages depend on the raw materials, formulas and production processes. Raw materials are basically visible and tangible, and consumers can feel them in time and see them through intuitive observation. The craftsmanship and formula can be part of the "catering secret recipe" and cannot be observed from the dishes, which is what catering operators need to "protect".
In the catering industry, in addition to the "secret recipe" of the food itself, the business also has its own secret recipe. Mastering the "secret recipe" of food can grasp the "stomach" of consumers, and mastering the "secret recipe" of food can grasp the entire market and open up greater development potential.