Food Cost Formula: Learn the Right Way to Calculate Restaurant Food Cost Nov 01, 2022

Rising food costs can crush a restaurant's profitability. The crazy part about this is many restaurants are getting worked up and in a panic looking at the incorrect number. When it comes to the food cost formula, there's only one way to do it correctly, and I mean one way. Stay with me and learn...

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How to Pay the Trainer in Restaurant Training Oct 25, 2022

I’ve established for you that it’s important to have someone on your staff who does the training of new employees. It can be more than one person, but the point is they are designated as the trainers, and they’re trained to be the trainers. But how do you pay the trainer? Stay...

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How to Rediscover the Spark for Your Restaurant Business Oct 19, 2022

Challenges in the restaurant business are a given, but sometimes there are so many in a month, a week or even a day, that you find yourself feeling fed-up and burned out. Losing your passion for your restaurant is the worst thing that can happen to it and everyone involved. If you feel like you...

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Who Should Train New Restaurant Employees? Oct 11, 2022

Training your restaurant team members and management is critical to your success. But in a busy restaurant environment, who can you spare to do the actual training? I’ll give you a hint: it’s probably not your best employee and it shouldn’t be you. Watch this video, and...

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What Are Some General Targets for a Restaurant Budget? Oct 05, 2022

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 1 million times: the two most important systems any restaurant should have are budgets and recipe costing cards. Let’s talk budgets. I am probably on at least one to two budget calls a week with members asking where their numbers should be....

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How to Be a Better Restaurant Operator Sep 27, 2022

As a restaurant owner, don't you want to be the best restaurant operator you can be? Are you in fact on a mission to find ways to be a better restaurant operator? In this video, I'm going to share with you the four basic things you need to always be improving to be a better restaurant operator.

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What a Typical Restaurant Software Tech Stack Includes Sep 21, 2022

These days running a restaurant comes with a lot of technology. Starting with the most important, there is the POS system followed by website and social media management. After that, take your pick! Tech is available for reservations, online ordering, third-party delivery, scheduling, waitlists,...

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One Reason Your Food Cost Is So High Sep 13, 2022

Does your restaurant food cost look high to you? As we’ve all seen, the cost of goods that you sell has skyrocketed with high inflation and logistical issues everywhere you look. What if I told you that you might be using the wrong numbers when calculating your food cost and maybe your food...

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Why It Is OK to Let Your Restaurant Manager Go Sep 07, 2022

As a small business owner, one of the most difficult things to do is let someone in management go. Especially in an independent restaurant, these people can be like family to you and have put a lot of themselves into your business. But as you grow and adjust your expectations, some people just...

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How to Make Your Restaurant More Profitable Aug 30, 2022

Are you looking for ways to make your restaurant more profitable? What if I told you the first step in that direction has less to do with increasing sales or cutting costs? Would you want to know what I mean? Let's talk about what I mean.

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Which POS System Should I Use in My Restaurant? Aug 24, 2022

There is one question I am asked routinely by restaurant owners: Which POS system should I use in my restaurant? It’s an important question because your restaurant POS system is more than an expensive cash register. It’s full of data and reports you can use in your daily restaurant...

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The Ideal Daily Job of a Restaurant Owner Aug 23, 2022

Restaurant owners often do too many duties in their restaurant every day to ensure it operates. From seating guests and bussing tables to prepping food and running expo, none of these tasks are where they should be spending their time. So where should a restaurant owner be spending their time?...

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