Training

You’ve heard me tell you the importance of investing in training your staff and seasonal restaurant employees are no different. You know proper training will increase your sales and customer [...]

Want your restaurant to be successful? Establish a mission statement for your restaurant and set goals for yourself. Having a vision for your restaurant is essential to running your business [...]

A daily pre-shift meeting is your opportunity to communicate with your employees. Just take a look at some of the benefits: 1) Creating a positive work environment – a pre-shift ensures that your [...]

So what should you cover in daily pre-shift meetings? Read why they’re important in this article. Your shift meeting notes are your blueprint to successful daily pre-shift meetings. Your [...]

By David Scott Peters Running a restaurant can often feel like you are in high school. Remember high school and all the drama? There was a lot of talking behind people’s backs, spreading rumors [...]

I recently developed a matrix to help me work more efficiently with my members and workshop attendees. I call it the Restaurant Owner Matrix. It is a compilation of nearly a decade of my work [...]

By David Scott Peters Restaurant Tip of the Week A Request is a request Remember scheduling requests are just that: requests. The needs of the business must come first. With that said, hourly [...]

By Greg McGuire Information is key to success in the food service industry. Restaurant owners and managers must navigate a complex and competitive world on the path to success. Not everyone makes [...]

Here are 13 steps I developed in writing a restaurant schedule to make it fun and effective. With this system you and your managers can write great schedules that satisfy the needs of the [...]

When foam is OK and when it’s not I’m a beer guy, so talking about beer gets me excited! But nothing peeves me more than watching a bartender pour good beer down the drain in the form of foam. It [...]