12 Smart Ways to Save More Money in Your Restaurant Today

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Teach everyone on your team Profitability 101. The first few pages in your training manuals, and the first topic covered live in your new employee Orientation or videos should be “Restaurant Economics 101”, even before “Guest Service”. Why would a server or cook understand the importance of suggestive selling or following recipes without first understanding the basics of gross versus net in our business? They first need CONTEXT to make their behavior coincide with your training objectives. Show them how expenses relates to revenue, explain how higher costs makes it harder to invest money in people and training. What’s the point of teaching service skills, selling skills or cost control if there’s no perspective to the Big Picture? (more…)