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THE BEST PATH TO CHEFDOM

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Oftentimes these properties boast a few a ’la carte restaurants, room service, special property events, banquets, weddings, buffets, and three meals a day in at least one of their outlets. Each of those “departments” will require some level of unique kitchen management (sous chef) and specialists to support the uniqueness of function.

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Restaurant Budgeting: How to Create A Restaurant Budget

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Managing a restaurant is not for the faint-hearted. A restaurant budget allows restaurant owners and managers to see directly if they are meeting their income and expense benchmarks. Promotes proactive decision-making Restaurant owners and managers must adapt quickly to be successful and retain their competitive advantage.

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Top Tips to Show Appreciation for Your Employees This Year

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These platforms utilize point systems and integrations with communications platforms to make it easy for managers and fellow employees to give out kudos. There are two types of bonuses: cash or non-cash. A cash bonus is simply a sum of cash awarded to an employee for superior performance. The Takeaway.

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How To Create a Fair Holiday Work Schedule For Restaurants

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If sales don't differ too much from the rest of the year, your restaurant might not need much extra consideration for staffing outside special events. Are there any events that have special staffing needs? Finally, before building a holiday schedule, your restaurant needs a plan for its restaurant events program.

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2024 Emergency Planning for Restaurants

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Manage Access to Keys : Only distribute exterior-door keys to employees who must have access. Secure Your Cash On-Hand : To reduce the risk of robberies, keeping cash in registers to a minimum is a best practice. Invest in a drop safe.

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7 Restaurant Employee Contest Ideas to Boost Sales and Engagement

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If your restaurant is counter service, have an email list signup sheet where your team can encourage them to sign up for the list to get updates about the business and first dibs at any special promos you may have in the pipeline. For your kitchen team, this could be a signature burger or sandwich special.

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How to Improve Team Communication with Restaurant Staff and Management

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You would think something as second nature to people as communication would be easy to manage in the workplace. Maybe one of your servers just called in sick at the last minute, your shipment of inventory containing all the ingredients for tonight's dinner special never showed up or the plumbing is acting up again. Pre-Shift Meetings.