How to Develop a Restaurant Management Plan
A restaurant management plan is your written strategy for how to get your restaurant to where you want it. New ideas have very little value unless they are put into action. This restaurant [...]
Ways to Increase Restaurant Sales
Do you wish you had higher sales in your restaurant? Would you like to learn ways to increase restaurant sales easily? This video tip offers two ideas to increase restaurant sales. The best way [...]
Top 4 Ways to Use a Restaurant Manager Log
A restaurant manager log is a useful tool to improve communication in your restaurant and to better hold your management team accountable. The improved communication that results from the manager [...]
Top 5 Misuses of a Restaurant Manager Log
One of the greatest challenges with a manager log of any form is the misuse of this very important legal document. Here are some of the most common misuses: The Bitch Session! Often managers feel [...]
Why Restaurant Manager Logs Are So Important
There is one simple tool that can have a great impact on your business. It’s so simple, that sometimes people take it for granted or don’t even use it: restaurant manager logs. While restaurant [...]
5 Mistakes NEW Restaurant Managers Make
Let me help you find your next restaurant managers. To do this I want to point you inside your four walls. Look to your line employee ranks, which is optimal for several reasons: 1) You have [...]
Simple Ways to Cut Food Costs – Part 2
Last week, I outlined portioning techniques as a way to trim food costs without cutting labor because not having enough staff can be a disaster. This week I’ve outlined ways to stretch your food [...]
Simple Ways to Cut Food Costs – Part 1
When you are struggling to cut food costs and bring down your prime cost number, it is always easier to focus on your cost of goods sold rather than cutting labor. Not having enough staff can be [...]
“Let’s Go Somewhere Else. They Don’t Have…”
Restaurant owners work hard every day to meet the needs of their diverse restaurant guests and their range of tastes, but they often miss the one or two things they’re not doing that cost [...]
How to Schedule Restaurant Managers
What is the restaurant managers’ schedule supposed to look like? Let me outline how we get there, starting with coverage. 1) Count how many shifts the restaurant operates. For example, if the [...]
