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Increase Sales with Server Role-Playing Training

Service that Sells

Make role-playing part of your pre-shift team meetings and train servers to assume the sale! Servers often determine what a customer orders, so why not be sure that they’re recommending items in the best possible (and profitable) way? The post Increase Sales with Server Role-Playing Training appeared first on Service that Sells!

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Train Your Servers on The Art of Caring Behavior

Service that Sells

To get your servers to keep caring behavior top of mind, use this exercise: Present them with typical circumstances they’ll encounter on their shift, and ask them to identify both an “adequate response” and a “little something extra.” To go beyond the routine. That’s what Caring Behavior is all about.

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Where Are All the Servers? Why Your Restaurant Workers Aren’t Showing Up and How You Can Change That

Modern Restaurant Management

It's time for restaurant operators to look hard at why their servers aren't showing up and solve that issue for the short and long term. The Real Reason Servers Aren't Showing Up. The average server salary in the U.S. Reduced tips: As workers who rely primarily on tips, the pandemic was devastating for server income.

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Bubbling Over: Train Servers to Sell More Champagne

Service that Sells

Once the host or server confirms the reservation, he or she can simply say, “We’re looking forward to seeing you, Mr. Smith. Even your top-selling servers may be unsure of themselves, but practicing on “dummy” bottles (available from your vendors) will ease their anxiety. Train on Responsible Alcohol Sales.

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How to Become a Better Restaurant Server (11 tips and secrets)

Eat Restaurant Management

Being a great server at a restaurant isn't just about ensuring the guests get their orders on time, or smiling as you guide them towards their designated tables. The best restaurateurs realize inspiring the best from their top servers is as critical to the success of their business as having a great menu and great ambiance.

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Server Duties: 4 Restaurant Server Side Work Tasks and Best Practices for Managing Them

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People who don't work in the restaurant industry think that all there is to being a server is taking orders, bringing out food, and sorting out the bill. However, those with experience on the front-of-house (FOH) side of restaurants know there's more to server duties than meets the eye.

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Paying Servers a Salary at Destination Unknown Restaurants

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And if you look at it, most servers, most bartenders, they do really well on weekends, Fridays, Saturdays, they make a lot of money. But our servers will say, 'Oh, no. We've seen more regular guests coming because the servers and bartenders are not trying to get people to spend a million dollars. I'm on salary.

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