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On-the-Job Training Done Right
There’s no doubt about it – people learn best by doing. That’s why on-the-job training is such a critical component of your restaurant’s overall learning management strategy. Keep in mind, though, not all training that happens on the job will work. It’s not enough to...
On-the-Job Training Done Right
There’s no doubt about it – people learn best by doing. That’s why on-the-job training is such a critical component of your restaurant’s overall learning management strategy. Keep in mind, though, not all training that happens on the job will work. It’s not enough to...
How to Integrate New Employees into Your Restaurant Team
Your new server seems bright enough, and they have more experience than most of the people on your team, so why not fly through training and get them out on the floor? Well, maybe because they’ll walk out the door if you do. Why? Because the more employees know, the...
How to Integrate New Employees into Your Restaurant Team
Your new server seems bright enough, and they have more experience than most of the people on your team, so why not fly through training and get them out on the floor? Well, maybe because they’ll walk out the door if you do. Why? Because the more employees know, the...
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Types of Selling for Restaurant Servers
The basis of any restaurant training program aimed at increasing sales must first cover the basic types of selling. Take a look: Upselling is enhancing an item already ordered (such as “up-sizing” a value meal or a draft beer, or adding cheese and guacamole to a...
What Are the Safety Hazards in Your Restaurant?
Effective restaurant teams have members who look out for each others' safety. Teamwork is essential to maintaining a safe restaurant, and the opposite is also true. As a manager, the safety of your employees and guests is your responsibility. Ask yourself these...
Why Train?
Training your restaurant employees on service and sales is more important today than it's ever been. To survive and thrive going forward, you'll have to increase per-person check averages without drastic price hikes, all while delivering service that brings guests...
It’s Time to Manage the Wait
Time is the one thing we all need more of, right? That's true for our guests, too. Make sure your restaurant service training includes teaching your staff to serve guests' time needs. Keeping the meal going at a steady pace is what most guests are looking for, and...
Mentor Material? (Maybe Not)
Susan is your best employee. She’s friendly, she’s fast, she’s knowledgeable. She wins almost every sales contest and loyal guests ask for her by name. You want to clone her (and maybe you should), but don’t make her a mentor. Why not? The best mentor is not always...
Restaurant Incentives, Rewards & Contests
Performance is driven by behavior, and behavior is driven by four factors: communication, training, measurement, and rewards. Incentives and contests will do little to improve attitude, but they can work wonders to change or enhance behavior and therefore improve...
Responsible Beverage Service Training – What Does Your State Require?
On a federal level, laws related to alcohol beverage service are fairly straight forward. The 21st amendment to the constitution repealed prohibition and handed over control of alcohol sales and distribution to the states. The feds took some of that control back with...
Add Fun to Your Team Training
Forget the whiteboard and throw away the felt-tip pens (at least for now). Spring fever is in full swing and the only way you’ll keep your team focused on any type of restaurant training is to make it as fun – and useful – as possible. So use your imagination to find...
What Alcohol Awareness Month Means to Restaurants
For full-service restaurants, alcohol sales can make up a significant portion of overall profits. For many operations, promotions related to alcohol (think happy hour and other drink specials) are a major draw for both new customers and regulars. While the promotional...
Mission: Possible
If you don’t know where you’re going, you probably won’t wind up there. Before you can build a team environment in your restaurant, you must first decide on the team mission – where do you want it to go? What do you want it to do? By defining a clear team mission, you...
Train Your Staff on the Entire Guest Experience
Restaurant service is much more than delivering hot food hot and cold food cold. Service is an invisible product. It's what sets your restaurant apart from the competition and creates repeat business and referrals. Exceptional service takes hard work by everyone on...
How to Sell More Appetizers
Guests love appetizers, and so should you. With restaurant capacity limited in many areas, it's more important than ever to train servers to sell appetizers and other add-on items. There's another benefit, too: unoccupied time passes slower than occupied time....
