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WHY A 27-UNIT SPORTS BAR MOVED TO AUTOMATE FOOD LABELING

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Taco Mac, a 27-unit sports bar based in Atlanta, has designs to grow within Georgia, and into other states. Inexperience and understaffing can lead to inconsistencies in the back-of-house for some brands. Back when we were relying on team members to label, there was no integrity or consistency behind that system.

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Building a Food Culture

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This is also well-known in foodservice with the fast-paced work required in back and front of house. This goes back to making sure all the other aspects of food culture are in place and are part of a company’s strong points, because they all feed back to the customer.

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How to Show Your Staff Love for Employee Appreciation Day

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Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux accomplishes this with cue cards and magnets on a white board. One of the biggest issues facing restaurants in 2023 is finding and keeping good talent. During the pandemic, many service workers either left or were forced out of the industry and never returned. People are the heart of the restaurant.

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TECHNOLOGY AND RESTAURANT CULTURE (part two)

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Dedicate the effort to make it special, make the time to allow everyone to sit down TOGETHER and break bread, talk, relax, and laugh together (front and back of the house). We need to embrace the good and understand the bad and the ugly. But we need to be cognizant of a primary reason for “being connected”. Try “FOOD” on for size.

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How to Schedule Employees Effectively in 9 Steps

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Also, keep an eye out for things that could affect restaurant traffic, like sporting events, weather, or tourism-related factors. It’s the key to creating a consistent experience every day, week, and month of the year — the essential structure for the restaurant’s operations. But it isn’t simple.

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How to Improve Team Communication with Restaurant Staff and Management

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At times, it's a civil war between your front-of-house and back-of-house teams. Recommended Reading: Data-Backed Ways to Engage Employees and Reduce Restaurant Turnover. You would think something as second nature to people as communication would be easy to manage in the workplace. Table of Contents. Field questions.

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Become the Best Manager You Can for Your Staff and Restaurant

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Remember just saying thank you or giving a pat on the back isn’t enough. For front of house workers set goals on the number of turnovers of tables or good reviews. For back of house set goals on the time it takes to get food to the pass and out to customers. Don’t just give them a thanks or a high five.