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How to Improve Restaurant Operations: 9 Proven Strategies

7 Shifts

Improving your restaurant operations to succeed in this highly competitive industry means serving quality food and providing excellent customer service while minimizing waste, reducing costs, and keeping your employees engaged. You can also give employee discounts, which can be extended to immediate family, paid time off, and bonuses.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

It's up to the restaurant manager to maintain a warm, welcoming atmosphere and train staff to do the same. Metrics and sheets you'll need to track include cost of goods sold, labor costs, new operating income, profit, and (see below) inventory costs. One other way you may need to manage inventory is with menu planning.

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Transforming Restaurant Operations: Uniting Teams and Closing Communication Gaps

Modern Restaurant Management

A “ communication silo ” is the name for what happens when groups, teams, or departments of employees within an organization isolate themselves and tend to only communicate within their group. When different groups of employees within the restaurant do not communicate effectively, it creates conflict and sources of inefficiency.

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Mobility Equals Flexible Ops: Hotel Purchasing & Inventory from Anywhere

Hot Schedules

Mobility Equals Flexible Ops: Hotel Purchasing & Inventory from Anywhere. This can lead to inefficient operations, sacrificed offerings, and dangerous employee burnout. To get new workers — whether part- or full-time — up to full efficiency, department heads and team leaders need to devote proper time and resources to train.

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A COOK’S MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Culinary Cues

Yes, I am talking about your corner restaurant and the employees who work there. TARDINESS OR NO SHOW: If dependability issues slip out of control and an employee is constantly late and has a record of not showing up when expected or scheduled, then it’s time to pay attention. It may or may not be work related, but it does impact work.

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Store-level Managers’ Step-by-Step Guide to Restaurant Inventory Management

Restaurant365

However, in between all these tasks, it is critical to devote time and energy into accurate and consistent inventory management. Inventory management tracks what’s going in and out of your restaurant for a specific period, and what product is in your restaurant at any given time. Let’s dive into some helpful tips.

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How to Use ChatGPT to Create Training Material for Restaurant & Cafe Employees

Ken Burgin

I love using ChatGPT to develop training activities and materials for restaurant and cafe employees. I’ve used it here to brainstorm ideas for training modules for waiters, managers, cooks, head chefs, and baristas. This will help train staff in customer service skills and problem-solving.