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THE BEST PATH TO CHEFDOM

Culinary Cues

Each of those “departments” will require some level of unique kitchen management (sous chef) and specialists to support the uniqueness of function. Remember that being “the chef” will take you away from much of the day-to-day cooking, the adrenaline rush, and the team excitement that drew you to the kitchen in the first place.

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WHAT RESTAURANT OWNERS GET WRONG

Culinary Cues

In all cases they begin with the same goals: prepare and serve great products that are consistent and offered with a smile, build success on a steady flow of sales and controlled profitability, and do all of this with pride. Every restaurant must constantly invest in training. [] PUTTING ALL OF YOUR EGGS IN THE CHEFS BASKET.

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Planning for Growth and Expansion: A Guide for Restaurant Operators

Squirrel Systems

Cost Management : Monitor costs, including food, labor, and overhead. Look for opportunities to negotiate better terms with suppliers and optimize inventory management. Here are some ways technology can support your expansion efforts: Point of Sale (POS) Systems : Modern POS systems offer more than just transaction processing.

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The Pandemic Isn’t Your Fault, But How You Ran Your Restaurant Before Is!

Embrace the Suck

Many wait for funding from the government to give them the cash flow needed to make up for the decline in sales. If you had bad habits running your restaurant, those habits will still be there when the extra cash runs out. They had already made some big changes in their leadership team already. There was a lot of drama.

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The Coronavirus Isn’t Your Fault, But How You Ran Your Restaurant Before Is!

Embrace the Suck

There can be a duality in leadership partnerships: one is an enabler and the other is the disciplinarian (good cop, bad cop mindset). When leadership seems to be on different sides, it’s easy from a distance to see the culture shift taking place. They had already made some big changes in their leadership team already.

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The 11 Habits of Outstanding Restaurants

Embrace the Suck

Sales is a vanity metric. Many of my clients when they first start my coaching program do a big sales number. I’ve had restaurants making $3M in sales and yet only making 2% profit. They focus on the wrong things. What are some of the wrong things? It makes your ego feel good. And that is the reason their marketing sucks.

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Coronavirus: Restaurants Respond

Modern Restaurant Management

Cash is dirty; and 4) we will soon launch bundled food delivery, acting as a marketplace for cloud kitchen delivery. We are taking other precautions and provide a sanitary training session for our tenants and clear communication with our tenants via our digital property management system (PMS). Eat healthier.”