Labor

By David Scott Peters Restaurant Tip of the Week Hire a Good Manager to Improve Business Think hiring a good manager isn’t that important? Just take a look at what a manager with good [...]

By David Scott Peters Weekly Restaurant Tip Know the Number of FTEs Per Shift Have two FTEs more than you need to cover your shifts (and your butt). The trick to covering your shifts is having [...]

By David Scott Peters Weekly Restaurant Tip Adopt a Master Schedule You can make writing the schedule easy and efficient — every time — with a master schedule. It is possible. For each area of [...]

Creating the schedule in a restaurant is like fitting together the pieces of a puzzle. A proper functioning schedule is vital to your business. But putting all the right people in all the right [...]

By David Scott Peters I was recently interviewed for my suggestions for reducing employee timeclock abuse for an online newsletter from American Express. Look for my suggestions for how to cut [...]

*From FohBoh – my FohBohist contribution for this week. By David Scott Peters In an article I wrote for my June member newsletter, I offered five critical points of contact in every [...]

By David Scott Peters On Monday, May 18 from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. I am presenting an education session at the National Restaurant Association’s annual trade show in Chicago. In the [...]