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COOKS AND CHEFS – SIGN YOUR WORK

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What if the chef, manager, and owner were required to do the same, in essence proclaiming they approve of the work as presented to the guest? Are you proud to present this to your teammates, manager, or guest?” Why not highlight them on your social media pages or in your restaurant blog. Is there room to improve?

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ALL HAIL DISHWASHERS

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At the very least, we know that the work right in front of us won’t change. Why do we sometimes treat dish washers as commodities – interchangeable and easily replaceable parts, when their role is so critical to the success of the restaurant (front and back of the house)? March 9 was National Dish Washer Day.

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TWENTY COMMON MISTAKES INDEPENDENT RESTAURATEURS MAKE

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Social media is very inexpensive, but someone needs to effectively manage it every day and every way. You are not alone if the thought of putting your name on a restaurant awning has crossed your mind. One of the most tempting forays into entrepreneurship is the restaurant business. How hard can it be – right?

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THE GREATEST THREAT TO AMERICAN RESTAURANTS

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People do care about value and once the splash of being able to get out of the house wears off, value assessment will be paramount once again. Well then – what will? Try apathy on for size. Maybe it’s me but I have seen a growing number of restaurants (certainly not the majority at this point) who are simply not trying that hard anymore.

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DO IT RIGHT

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Ironically, there is always room to be great and there is plenty of room to be mediocre. With more than one million restaurants in the US we can flip a coin and hope for the great, will likely step through the doors of good, and far too often settle into the mediocre. I wonder why this is the case. Plain and simple. What are they thinking?

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

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Have you established a uniform and grooming standard in your restaurant and is it equitably enforced? Are you consistent in how all of this is managed every day with every plate? For the past six months I have been committed to an exercise regimen thanks to my Apple Watch. How much time and effort are placed on this?

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OUR DAILY BREATH: OPENING RESTAURANTS ? WHERE?S THE PLAN, STAN?

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Both of these issues are significantly important and even though we should all agree that health and safety is foremost – if we manage to beat the virus into submission and destroy the economy in the process then we are left with a problem that can be devastating for decades to follow. How can we really stay on top of this challenge?