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How to Create a Restaurant Staff Training Manual

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Pandemic or otherwise, staff turnover eats into your profitability and wastes a considerable amount of managers’ time. The more staff you have to replace, the more money you have to spend on recruitment, and the more time you have to spend interviewing and training. Even your most seasoned staff can forget things.

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How to Manage Multiple Restaurants and Locations

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You won't be able to refer to your previous restaurant opening playbook and follow it to the letter. The benefits of this decision include relying on a proven business model, which will ease the opening and operating process, as you'll be able to refer to what worked (and what is working) at your original location.

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Restaurant Operations Overview: What You Need to Know

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The term ‘restaurant operations' refers to the process by which a restaurant is run. The term can refer to the logistics of any and all tasks in a restaurant, including its finances, its kitchen, its staff, and its service model. Staff training needs to strike a delicate balance of being welcoming and informative.

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IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES

Culinary Cues

TEAM ENVIRONMENT Depending on others and they on you, picking up the slack when others falter, communicating with those who share a mission, working off each other like musicians in a band, and winning or losing as a unit makes for a truly dynamic environment like professional sport teams. INSTANT FEEDBACK Same with feedback as a “pro”.

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OUR DAILY BREATH: PROFESSIONAL COOKS – DON’T DISMAY – KNOW YOUR STRENGTHS

Culinary Cues

You refer to it as mise en place and experience has shown you that if you are organized and prepared then you are capable of achieving success in any moment. THIS IS HIGHLY MARKETABLE IN ANY INDUSTRY. [] COMMUNICATION. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. The system depends on you to act in this manner every day.

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TO BE A COOK – DON’T LET OTHERS DEMEAN THE JOB

Culinary Cues

How many times has the job been referred to as “flipping hamburgers” or working in a “greasy spoon”? This was the first time that anyone actually referred to the kitchen as a great place to learn, grow, and get a foothold on a career. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER. Be Something Special – Be a Cook. CAFÉ Talks Podcast.

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Restaurants Save Money with the Right Recycling Practices 

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2018, when China stopped accepting plastics and recycling from the US, waste management professionals wondered whether the recycling industry could survive the loss of a major market for America’s commodity scrap. Though landfill closures have also contributed to rising costs, recycling is still the cheaper option for waste disposal.

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