For Restaurant Servers: Guide Your Guests

For Restaurant Servers: Guide Your Guests

When suggesting appetizers and desserts, have you ever noticed that some guests never quite say yes or no? They may mumble that they’re “kind of full” or “not sure.” Indecisive guests want guidance. Who better to offer direction than their server? Here are some ideas...
Training Restaurant Teams

Training Restaurant Teams

“If only we could act more like a team.” It’s a common mantra of restaurant operators. But saying it and making it happen are on opposite banks of the river. And if your staff still isn’t working together effectively, you have a bit of paddling to do....
Instant Gratification with Training Incentives

Instant Gratification with Training Incentives

As any good coach would tell you, long-term success is always more gratifying than an instant win. The same is true of your restaurant training program. Sadly, though, we’re human and we want the win and we want it now. And in this business where instant gratification...
Sales Contests to Increase Server Tips

Sales Contests to Increase Server Tips

To sell is to serve. To serve is to sell.  If your servers and bartenders can grasp this concept, they’ll go far in this business. To help them get the hang of it, you may need to provide a little incentive in the form of good ol’ fashioned competition. Here are...
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