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THE INTER-DEPENDANCE OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY RESTAURANTS

Culinary Cues

One of the most difficult tasks that any restaurateur or chef faces is convincing a customer to walk through the door for the first or twentieth time. Every restaurant knows that once a customer walks through the door a sale of food and beverage will likely result. Restaurants need to share this with their community of businesses.

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A CHEF’S HARD DAY’S NIGHT

Culinary Cues

The chef is responsible for hiring, training, coaching, evaluating, and scheduling employees keeping in mind their skill level, personal issues and responsibilities, demands of specific positions in the kitchen (not everyone fits in every role), and an ever-changing influx of customers with their own demands.

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Improve Your CX and Reduce Operating Costs with a Simplified Payments Strategy

Modern Restaurant Management

“Complexity is the enemy of execution,” according to business and life coach and author Tony Robbins. It can also be the enemy of payment processing cost efficiencies and the ability to deliver a satisfying customer experience (CX). Are your staff sufficiently trained in how to handle your customers?

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8 Reasons Why Restaurant Workers Quit (And How to Retain Them)

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According to Jim Taylor, a restaurant coach at BenchmarkSixty , restaurants can afford to pay employees more by looking for efficiencies in their productivity. For the average restaurant, that means serving four more customers a day. Does your restaurant have core values that guide the customer and employee experience?

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Keeping Employees and Customers Safe Requires a Different Training Approach

Modern Restaurant Management

So, the public is listening and watching very closely for clues that you are doing all the things to keep employees, the food, and customers safe. ' So now the big question everyone is trying to answer is this- What exactly is ‘Safe Hospitality’ and how is that going to affect the whole dining experience?

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Finding Your Niche: Why Restaurant Owners Should Consider Daypart Specialization

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You can have a great location, fabulous service, and a flashy menu, but if the food isn’t good, you won’t develop a loyal customer base. You can think about portion sizes and experiment with specials. They don’t want the random call to come in and work a night shift that could cause them to miss a family event.

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SUCCESSFUL CHEFS – WHAT CAREER KILLERS TO AVOID

Culinary Cues

The power of leadership comes with tremendous responsibility to listen, treat others with respect, study an issue and avoid making rash decisions, and an understanding that his or her role is that of guide, coach, and mentor – not dictator. [] LACK OF EMPATHY. The best way to solve problems that arise is to prepare for them.