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Employee policies, whether they are written down in a handbook or implied through workplace culture, make a huge difference in your restaurant’s atmosphere. Your employees make up a huge part of your restaurant’s experience after all, through the service they provide,...
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Employee-Friendly Policies
Employee policies, whether they are written down in a handbook or implied through workplace culture, make a huge difference in your restaurant’s atmosphere. Your employees make up a huge part of your restaurant’s experience after all, through the service they provide,...
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The 5 Rs of Training Success
You’ve probably already heard about tuning servers in to WII-FM to increase sales and raise tips. When you show servers “What’s-In-It-For-Me?” to improve performance, everyone makes more money. You can use the same WII-FM strategy to improve training success....
Tune In to WII-FM to Increase Server Tips
How do you raise guest checks and increase server tips? Tune in to WII-FM! WII-FM is the number one most popular station in the world. Why? Because it means: What’s In It For Me? Adult learners are more likely to listen, and hopefully learn new skills, only after the...
Training for the New Restaurant Manager
Are you new to the ranks of restaurant management? As a new restaurant manager, the most important thing for you to remember is this: your followers make you a leader, not the other way around. Although your title as manager carries a certain level of distinction and...
How You Treat Your Employees Determines How They’ll Treat Your Guests
It’s a crazy Saturday night. We're barking at employees in the kitchen (“Taylor, why is Table 4 still sitting there with menus!?”), but when we slam out the swinging doors, we become a totally different person. We smile, laugh, nod, thank, and show all the customer...
Formula for Takeout and Quick Service Success: SHAQ
If yours is a quick-service or takeout restaurant churning guests through a cookie-cutter experience, you can’t expect to survive, let alone thrive. Forget being 1% better at 100 things — it’s time to step out. Be unique, be great, and be different. How? To out-serve...
Host Training: More Than Just Greet and Seat
An effective restaurant training program includes all the cycles of service, from the time a guest pulls into your parking lot to the time they drive away. Good service starts with solid host training. A standard host greeting goes something like this: “Two for...
Watch Your Mouth
Guests form opinions within seconds — seconds waiting to be acknowledged, to be sat, to place a drink order, to get and pay the check. Eye contact and a warm smile go a long way in helping guests form a positive impression. The most lasting impressions, though, will...
Understaffed? How to Keep Guests Happy
It’s Saturday night and the place is hopping. The only people who aren't moving are two servers who never showed up. Dishes are piling up, and guests are looking around hoping to be noticed by someone. What can you do to keep guests happy when your restaurant is...
Safety Is No Accident: 7 Safety Training Topics for Your Restaurant
Providing a safe working environment is especially important in the restaurant business where accidents of all kinds are just waiting to happen. The well-being of your employees should be your main concern, but the impact of an on-the-job accident goes far beyond the...
How Safe Are Your Teen Workers? (And What Happens If They’re Not)
Nearly 30% of employees in restaurants and other foodservice businesses are under the age of 20. The restaurant industry is a popular starting point for many young people to get their feet wet in the working world. While teens’ enthusiasm for their first jobs can be...
Fear of Wine? It Happens.
Customers who missed out on holiday dining last year are ready to celebrate this year -- but is your restaurant ready for them? For servers with the right training, bottles of wine are an easy upsell for guests already ordering wine, and champagne nearly sells itself...
Stop Conflict Before It Starts
In the hustle and bustle of the restaurant business, conflict is part of the game. Conflict can happen within your team, with one of your employees, with a guest, or with a vendor. Conflict in the workplace isn’t always a bad thing. Productive conflict can lead to...
