Tag: manager meetings
Why Restaurant Owners Should Care About Company Culture
The major transformation restaurant owners have in working with me is the shift in their company culture. Have you heard people talk about company culture and how important it is? As a systems guy who helps restaurant owners have a life and make money, I can tell you the systems are the easy part...
Why Mindset Matters for Restaurant Growth
Here is how real restaurant growth starts. It starts when you work on becoming the leader your restaurant needs. It starts with you changing your role in your business. Your restaurant growth depends on how you see the world around you and your mindset...
Training to Decrease Turnover and Increase Satisfaction
Most employees who leave their jobs in the first 90 days of employment do so because they don’t know what their job is, how to do it, how well it should be done or by when. They also likely have a manager who doesn’t know either, which leads to a vicious cycle of ignorance, confusion and...
Restaurant Labor Cost 101
Restaurant labor cost 101 is a plan for any restaurant owner who wants to solve the end-of-the-week panic when you check your labor cost on your POS system and see that it’s too high, so you whip yourself into a panic and start cutting staff on your two busiest days.
Two Truths About Restaurant Profits
What is a realistic profit margin for a restaurant? Have you been searching for a magic number? Do you want to know where you stack up against the competition? Are you worried that you’re leaving money on the table, or are you just looking to make money for the first time?
Why Most Restaurant Operators Never Create a Budget
When it comes to excuses for not having a restaurant budget, I’ve heard them all. The problem with these excuses is they stop you from doing the next best thing that will improve your restaurant and your life. Here are the top six excuses for why most restaurant operators never create a budget...
2 Myths Bloating Your Food Cost
Food costs have been rising on a weekly basis for darn near two decades now. Most restaurant operators are quick to attribute their high food cost to these price changes. On top of that, the echo chamber of the Internet keeps compounding the problem, feeding you bad info...
The System Every Independent Operator Must Use Daily
Of all the restaurant management systems every independent operator uses daily, one is critical. If you’re tired of chasing your management team for important information, tired of hearing them tell you they didn’t know what you wanted or hearing a long laundry list of excuses...
