Summer is the perfect time for dining out with family and friends—great news for any restaurant or bar. But with so many options available, how do you get customers to choose your place? This list of summer restaurant promotions offers creative ways to boost foot traffic and drive sales. Quick Summer Restaurant Promotion Ideas Launch a... Read More

This year’s NRA Show wrapped up this week, and Parts Town was proud to have been onsite throughout the four-day event. Attendance for the 94th annual convention, again held at Chicago’s McCormick Place, is expected to top last year’s count of 61,000 attendees, according to a... Read More

James from Parts Town interviews Alex of CHEESECAKES by Alex If we were to walk into your place for the first time, what’s the first cheesecake we should try? Oh, goodness. I would probably say New York, because it’s kind of the standard; kind of the hallmark of all cheesecakes. Is the New York... Read More

Kaboom! 2013 is now over and done with. All that hard work has turned into something truly beautiful, I must say. In 6 ½ hours, over 250 volunteers pulled together and took an empty lot and built an amazing playground for the children of St. Nicholas of Tolentine in South Chicago. A few hundred... Read More

Parts Town interviews Lee Donuts owner Jim Stoecker What’s the most popular item on your menu? Donuts. Is there one item people order more than others? Probably the long johns. To what do you attribute your success? We still make donuts in the overnight (hours). We’re old school—we’ll start... Read More

The Parts Town warehouse team has come up with an interesting perspective on “supply chain.” Usually, people think of supply chain as a component of a larger business; just something that companies deal with, but that customers don’t see. We actually think customers are part of the chain. The... Read More