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How To Create a Fair Holiday Work Schedule For Restaurants

7 Shifts

Even in the pandemic year of 2020, before vaccines, we saw bumps in both sales and shifts scheduled in and around the tent pole holidays. Need a Holiday Work Schedule? Implementing a Holiday Work Schedule. Does Your Restaurant Need a Holiday Work Schedule? Are there any events that have special staffing needs?

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Training for the New Restaurant Manager

Service that Sells

Glance over schedules and sales forecasts, noting any special events that will require your attention. The post Training for the New Restaurant Manager appeared first on Service that Sells! Your ability to manage stress and exhibit confidence builds immediate credibility and makes you easier to follow. Check it out!

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Labor Cost Percentage for Restaurants: The Ins and Outs

Synergy Suite

Efficient staff scheduling and management can help optimize this metric. Understanding the trajectory of these percentages helps in making informed decisions about staffing levels, scheduling, and overall labor management. Evaluate staff scheduling and labor efficiency by comparing labor costs to customer traffic.

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Fast Food Restaurant Management – Diving deeper

Lithos POS

His duties include executing marketing strategies, recruitment, and hiring, ensuring food quality, staff training, and maintaining effective communication between the administrative team, kitchen staff, and front-of-house employees. So he needs better knowledge about every dish and better consistent training.

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The 11 Employee Scheduling Best Practices + Tips for Restaurants

7 Shifts

Employee scheduling for your restaurant can be the most stressful part of your job. After tracking sales, calculating inventory, and just trying to keep your head above water, restaurant scheduling can take up a chunk out of your week. Plus, that schedule almost rarely ends up going as planned. Cross-Train Your Employees.

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How Kaldi’s Coffee uses 7shifts to schedule and connect with 100+ team members

7 Shifts

Kaldi's has been with 7shifts since our founding year in 2014, one of our earliest adopters of the restaurant scheduling tools. Kaldi's partnered with 7shifts over other scheduling platforms for its ease of use: “It was just so much easier and I could teach anybody in 30 minutes how to use it, and they could use it,” says Kildron.

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Maximizing Revenue per Seat (Average Cover) for Your Restaurant

Synergy Suite

For instance, you can schedule the right number of staff and order the appropriate amount of ingredients to match the expected revenue. Upselling Techniques Training your staff to upsell effectively can have a significant impact on your average cover. This can help you track average cover for different booking types.