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Restaurant Staff Performance Management Techniques

Modern Restaurant Management

Having worked as a business coach and consultant for over 30 years, I have helped many restaurateurs with multiple performance management techniques. Typical insights for restaurant staff include customer satisfaction, number of tables served, turnover rate, and how many specials are being sold. Setting Goals.

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How to Improve Team Communication with Restaurant Staff and Management

7 Shifts

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. At times, it's a civil war between your front-of-house and back-of-house teams. Table of Contents. Field questions.

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What Trends Are You Seeing and What Can We Expect to See More of in 2022?

Modern Restaurant Management

Brooklyn Dumpling House just opened and they're already franchising the idea. We also foresee a lot of companies will redesign locations even further to maximize efficiency. Fortunately, we have exceeded in our efforts to reduce our footprint and maximize profitability to effectively operate our drive-thrus and maintain team productivity.

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How To Run an Effective Pre-Shift Meeting

7 Shifts

But it's the good shifts, when the front of house and back of house are flowing like a symphony, when customers are delighted, and the restaurant atmosphere feels effortless—that's the best part about restaurants. This section of the meeting gives managers time to teach and coach their team. What is a pre-shift meeting.

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This Restaurant Tool Helped 650K, Restaurant Employees' Lives Easier

7 Shifts

7shifts specializes in breaking down communication barriers between restaurant staff and employees to make scheduling easier, improve employee engagement, and save restaurants thousands in labor costs. We can now identify and reward highly engaged members of our team while providing the proactive coaching others need to excel at their job.".

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Providing The Best Restaurant Customer Experience in 2024

7 Shifts

These days, a restaurant's reputation is built on more than the taste of its food. They must also focus on creating memorable experiences for customers at every touchpoint. 60% of guests who have a positive experience are likely to dine at a restaurant more frequently. Food quality Food quality plays a big role in your customer’s experience.

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CLOSING THE RINGS OF THE TOTAL RESTAURANT EXPERIENCE

Culinary Cues

For the past six months I have been committed to an exercise regimen thanks to my Apple Watch. Closing the rings of movement, exercise, and standing has been a goal since I first strapped on the watch, a goal that consumes my attention and cannot be broken for fear that I will simply fall off the pattern if the rings fail to close for one day.