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Keeping Tabs on Your Laundry Bill

Keeping Tabs on Your Laundry Bill

From aprons and towels in the kitchen to tablecloths and napkins in the dining room, linen needs in a restaurant can be a huge expense— especially with the high costs of laundry services. If you have the room for a washer and dryer, consider doing your own laundry....

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Keeping Tabs on Your Laundry Bill

From aprons and towels in the kitchen to tablecloths and napkins in the dining room, linen needs in a restaurant can be a huge expense— especially with the high costs of laundry services. If you have the room for a washer and dryer, consider doing your own laundry....

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Tune In to WII-FM to Increase Server Tips

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

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...

Formula for Takeout and Quick Service Success: SHAQ

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

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

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...

Fear of Wine? It Happens.

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

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...

What Are Your Leadership Goals?

What Are Your Leadership Goals?

Who you are as a restaurant manager changes from day to day. (And if it doesn’t, you may not be doing it right.) Effective leaders are flexible, changing styles and strategies to meet the needs of their teams. Effective leaders know that in order for their teams to...

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