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The Winning Strategy: Attracting and Retaining Top Talent for Your Restaurant – A Four-Step Approach

Embrace the Suck

Relying on serendipity for star performers to discover us is a wasted opportunity. Take the initiative, communicate, and show genuine interest in their capabilities. Instead, we should be on the offense, taking our recruitment strategy to the talent pool. Do not fear rejection; it's merely a step in the process.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Log item transfers and wastes. An effective leader inspires and motivates the team and uses their communication skills to foster a collaborative environment.

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How a Digital Workplace Supports Restaurants Through Disruption

Modern Restaurant Management

The benefits of a digital workplace can put restaurants in a better position to increase profits, reduce waste, and experience greater growth. Giving workers mobile communication tools increases retention in several ways: Empowers workers by giving them access to real-time communication to help them perform their jobs better.

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Why Your Restaurant Should Prioritize Order Accuracy

Modern Restaurant Management

Maybe there was a breakdown in communication somewhere along the internal meal preparation process. Increased waste (and related costs ). Inaccuracy leads to more waste and related expenses since your team will need to toss the incorrect order and remake it correctly. Implement software. Clarify and verify.

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Why Setting Wait Time Expectations Is Key to a Good Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

This effort transforms previously wasted downtime into productive interactions with your brand. Businesses can even communicate directly with the patron through text, email, or live chat if necessary to keep them informed of other necessary status updates.

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CHEFS: BUILD A TEAM – KEEP A TEAM

Culinary Cues

Building pride in team is a foundational requirement of leadership and coaching. This can be an incentive program that engages the employees in helping the restaurant reach its goals through efficiency, waste reduction, and a unified approach towards being entrepreneurial. COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE.

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The Top 10 Things Learned from Working with 1000+ Restaurants

Embrace the Suck

I’ve had clients track their activities for a week and they are always shocked when they see how much time they waste doing stupid activities! Communication is key if you want to build a badass culture. Communication in restaurants sucks! Communication can be broken down into three ratios: 7-38-55.

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