Culinary Cues

MAY 26, 2020

Let’s put on our restaurant hat and take responsibility for doing what is right for both the health and wellbeing of our families, staff, and customers, and help in bring our communities out of the deepest economic hole since the Great Depression. So the question is – where is the leadership in building such a plan?

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 13, 2021

What does it take to be a successful franchisee? Greenberg started his career as a professional speaker and leadership coach. Looking for a second stream of income and a “lab” to try out concepts, he ventured into the franchise world. For the next 10 years, he ran Edible Arrangements stores.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 31, 2023

“Take better care of your staff.” Some of us know that we should - but in between dealing with maintenance issues and hiring new employees, it can be hard enough to take care of yourself, let alone your staff. When they identify those with potential, they map out their 3, 6, and 12-month plan. We’ve all heard it.

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Goliath Consulting

JULY 28, 2020

Social distancing has radically changed the way restaurants work, causing a spike in delivery and take-out orders, and employees are taking on different responsibilities to fit these new roles in the workplace (2). Situational Leadership. A flexible leadership style is crucial in this current environment.

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Embrace the Suck

MARCH 22, 2019

You might be suffering from Leadership Delusion. Look up the definition of what leadership is and it’s a little vague: The action of leading a group of people or an organization. That being said it seems that leadership is classified as a noun , when in reality it should be a verb. Leadership is an act.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 1, 2020

This is when leadership is most needed. Leadership is always important, but seems to be in critical need when we are in time of crisis. This is when people turn to either those with the title or those with a history of leadership. Leadership, real leadership comes from four actions: * What we hear. What we learn.

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Culinary Cues

JUNE 11, 2021

Words that are well thought out, from our memory and filtered through the heart can bridge any gap that might exist between people. Let’s work together to figure out how to make it better.” I remember many examples in my own past as a cook where things just seemed to get out of hand. PLAN BETTER – TRAIN HARDER.

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Embrace the Suck

JUNE 8, 2019

Day in and day out you are dedicated to the grind. You breathe in stress and breathe out hospitality. You don’t ever get to capture it, and it just seems to be always slightly out of reach. Step One: Up Your Leadership Impact. Time to pull up your big boy (or girl) leadership pants and get down to business.

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Bar and Restaurant Coach

MARCH 2, 2020

At a minimum, it takes between $4,000 – $7,500 and 42 days to fill a position. Society for Human Resource Management: It takes about 42 days to fill a vacant position, at an average cost of $4,129. It takes up to 60% of an employee’s annual salary to find their replacement. How long is the training program? (

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2020

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). ” Among the actions the brand is taking: Clear, concise communication with f&b tenants. We are trying to be responsible and calm.”

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Foodable

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Three Key Points: Training and coaching women in confidence—as well as ensuring they have the necessary business and financial acumen—is key for changing the current male-to-female management statistics in the restaurant industry. There are opportunities in the industry to welcome women in leadership and lean on female perspectives.

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Smart Systems Pro

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

After a few years of coaching a great team of independent restaurant owners, they all said they were tired of entering their numbers over and over again in different spreadsheets. This is because in a vacuum of leadership and clarity, that manager is forced to invent the job they should do using their experience.

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The Restaurant Coach University

JANUARY 29, 2017

All the training, all the hard work, all the time fine-tuning your team and brand are paying off. The common thread in this bad recipe is lack of vision and poor leadership. Let’s explore how you got here and how you can get out of this. Originally posted on Foodable TV Network November 7, 2016. A recipe for failure.

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Culinary Cues

MARCH 14, 2024

We can take impeccable care of our chef uniform and careless about washing our hands for 20 seconds. Greatness is a way of presenting yourself, of functioning day-in and day-out. Excellence takes commitment, passion, knowledge, practice, and damn hard work. You are either in the pursuit of greatness, or you aren’t.

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Embrace the Suck

JULY 15, 2019

Then figure out how you might emulate this success in your own business. It might mean updating your menu, adding new services (catering, pick-up, or delivery), or how to train your team to become better at sales and time management. It takes real discipline to succeed in any endeavor. 14) Expand Your Leadership Skills.

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Embrace the Suck

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Only 5 out of 100 restaurants will celebrate their 10-year anniversary. Hire a business coach (okay that was a little self-promotion…LOL). Take a hard look at the following mistakes and give yourself a little reality check. If you’re guilty, just admit it and then take conscious action to change it.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The team set out to create programs offering first responders and veterans the chance to grow, learn and thrive in their Second Act of Service in addition to establishing the organization as a registered non-profit. Jimmy John’s has rolled out an incentive program to promote accelerated growth in 2022.

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7 Shifts

JULY 12, 2023

She joined us on The Pre-Shift Podcast to discuss her philosophy on managing a team, including how she coaches managers. I kind of did it out of a self-serving type of thing where I was like, I never see him. At that time he was owning Poppy + Rose along with his other business partners until I came along and bought them out.

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Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 13, 2021

Coming out in late February 2021. You’ve heard it said to you by every consultant out there.You need to work ON your restaurant and not IN your restaurant. Yet, here you are still slugging it out every single day doing battle on the front line. I have seen the promised land for myself when I owned two restaurants.

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Smart Systems Pro

MARCH 28, 2019

We see this play out on a weekly basis with our MCS clients. Ultimately this means coaching them on how to get the most out of their team. Ultimately this is what takes your restaurant to the next level. Notice the progression starts with systems.

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MBB Hospitality

APRIL 25, 2018

Strong Leadership Skills. Even employees who are not direct supervisors need to have strong leadership skills. When you know all your employees have a strong leadership skills, you will be able to feel confident that your team can handle anything that is thrown at them. MBB Management has a well-established client list.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Amanda Cohen, chef and owner of New York City's Dirt Candy, is vocal about culinary lists and awards that leave out female chefs. Good to know that the grand old tradition of writing us out of the history of food is alive & well in 2020. The industry needs to do better to take care of its workers. Remember me?I

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The Restaurant Coach University

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

If you are like 87% of managers out there, you might feel you were a little unprepared for the role you currently are in. To be a champion bull rider takes courage and the ability to make adjustments quickly to stay centered on the back of that 1600-pound beast. Nor does the lack of training you probably didn't receive.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 30, 2021

When life presents unexpected expenses, such as urgent car or home repairs, an emergency fund can help keep families afloat, and prevent them from taking on debt or missing payments. In addition to a bold brand and innovative menu with unique takes on Indian Street Food, Curry Up Now offers franchisees industry-leading unit economics.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2021

” Using modular construction for restaurant development saves 10-15 percent overall, and allows for consistency and efficiency with the building process taking approximately five weeks to complete. 2021 will be big for us as we branch out of California and make our entrance into the Midwest and East Coast.” Army Officer.

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Smart Systems Pro

APRIL 1, 2019

As coaches and consultants who work directly with the owner of a restaurant, we often run into a large roadblock. As we were waiting for our meal, many small conversations were taking place. Say it out loud, “giving up control gives you control,” and think about what that statement means to you. The independent restaurant owner.

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Smart Systems Pro

MARCH 28, 2019

We see this play out on a weekly basis with our MCS clients. Ultimately this means coaching them on how to get the most out of their team. Ultimately this is what takes your restaurant to the next level. Notice the progression starts with systems.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 29, 2023

He started out at Darden Restaurants and has worked in executive leadership roles at Del Frisco's, Michael Mina and Birdcall before joining bartaco in 2021. As those changes were taking place and as the restaurant industry shifted, Valletta found himself drawn to what the team at bartaco was doing. I think that's the challenge.

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Embrace the Suck

APRIL 18, 2022

There are also some that thrive (15%) and the elite few that drive their market (5%)… these top two categories came out of the pandemic stronger because they focused on the right things. Many of my clients when they first start my coaching program do a big sales number. I should cost out my menu. I must cost out my menu.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Erik Mallon will serve as Senior Director of Franchise Development, and Jim Hicks assumes the role of Director of Operational Services and Training. "Hiring these two industry veterans helps us close out 2019 strong, and prepare for our growth plans beginning in 2020. They love to shout out the Subway Guy,” Hicks said.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 16, 2024

” For restaurant owners, we’ll take creative license with the quote to say, “A man who owns a restaurant should be prepared to exit at any time.” Those in the restaurant business must have a written plan detailing who takes over the operations if an owner is no longer in the role.

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The Restaurant Expert

APRIL 1, 2019

As coaches and consultants who work directly with the owner of a restaurant, we often run into a large roadblock. As we were waiting for our meal, many small conversations were taking place. Say it out loud, “giving up control gives you control,” and think about what that statement means to you. The independent restaurant owner.

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Embrace the Suck

JANUARY 24, 2022

Times like these bring out the best in some people and the worst in others. Some have added take-out and delivery. We all have had to take a hard look at our business models (even me) and asked what can I do now that the world has been forever changed. So let's talk about those habits. There was a lot of drama.

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Embrace the Suck

MARCH 27, 2020

Times like these bring out the best in some people and the worst in others (a shout out to all the toilet paper hoarders out there). It was a bunch of mercenaries that only looked out for their own survival. They had already made some big changes in their leadership team already. There was a lot of drama.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Rather than assigning people to prep stations or at checkout, Ono takes advantage of automation to free people up to do what they do best; customer service/engagement and education. Most chefs, however, have not been trained in cooking a plant-based diet, at least not on a heightened level. 55 out of the top 100 U.S.

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360Training

JULY 23, 2020

Training and Development: You Need Both. When you train your employees, you teach them how to follow specific procedures. Training and development can be the keys to higher staff retention, higher customer satisfaction, and better food safety. Good managers tend to take employees with them when they go. less turnover.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

” At 3,900-square-feet, the build out of AQUAlounge is projected at $5 million, and construction is scheduled to begin in February of 2020. In addition, the proceeds from the evening benefited Action Against Hunger, a global humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger.As

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