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When it comes to finding great employees for all restaurant positions, one of the key lessons I’ve learned over my years in the restaurant business is that not everyone works for you just for [...]

How many times have you asked your management team if they have enough people hired to fill the schedule and they waved you away with an impatient, “yes”? But the next thing you know your [...]

By David Scott Peters I hope you can join me and my team on July 8 for a one-day seminar devoted to labor systems. The focus is decreasing your prime cost by tackling the second half of the prime [...]

As we discussed in the first post in this series, people steal. And their theft is a reality of doing business. I promised in that post to tell you how we were going to stop theft in your [...]

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 [...]

When food costs rise, profit margins sink and restaurant owners must take action. Last week, I outlined one of two simple tools you can use to lower your food costs, the key item report. This [...]

Restaurant labor controls are your sure-fire way around the bases FAST To make money in the restaurant business, you have to hit a home run with your restaurant labor controls. Yes, the small [...]

Myth or fact? There’s no need to write down your mission. After all, you’ve told people what they’re supposed to do and they should just do it. Myth Write your mission statement down and then [...]

Myth or fact? Family-run businesses should have an organizational chart. Fact In a family-owned restaurant there are official roles and job duties. But oftentimes there are also unofficial roles [...]

Myth or fact? There’s no reason to assign roles in a family-run restaurant because everyone knows their place. Myth Ha! This one makes me laugh out loud. It is a complete misnomer to think that [...]