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Server Training: Are They Working Harder (or Smarter)?

Server Training: Are They Working Harder (or Smarter)?

There are a few cold hard truths in the restaurant business. The main one may be that you will work as hard for five bucks as you do for fifty. The man who walks into a restaurant, takes up prime booth space, orders water, a small salad and the cheapest meal will take...

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Server Training: Are They Working Harder (or Smarter)?

There are a few cold hard truths in the restaurant business. The main one may be that you will work as hard for five bucks as you do for fifty. The man who walks into a restaurant, takes up prime booth space, orders water, a small salad and the cheapest meal will take...

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Time Out! Serving Difficult Kids

Time Out! Serving Difficult Kids

It's a reality — kids will be kids. They will throw fits. They will throw food. They will throw a wrench in even the most well-thought-out plan. Happy families make happy customers, and it takes more than just a good kid's menu to make that happen. Training your...

To Sell is to Serve, To Serve is to Sell

To Sell is to Serve, To Serve is to Sell

In the restaurant business, service and sales go hand in hand. To sell is to serve, and to serve is to sell. The problem is that many restaurant servers are afraid to “sell.” They don’t want to seem pushy or insincere. Usually, this is because the word “sell” conjures...

Bubbling Over: Train Servers to Sell More Champagne

Bubbling Over: Train Servers to Sell More Champagne

There's no wrong time to sell wine and champagne, and there's no better time than the holiday season. Historically, the majority of U.S. wine and champagne sales are made during the winter holiday season. But if you wait until the busy season to train your waitstaff...

What Is Your Invisible Product?

What Is Your Invisible Product?

Have you ever stopped to think about what “service” really means? Put simply, restaurant service is the manner in which the guest is treated. It’s a thing more often felt than seen. It’s a bit of a magic act, an illusion, a perceived value that accompanies the...

Improve Restaurant Service to Clock-Watchers

Improve Restaurant Service to Clock-Watchers

As more people return to working in the office, many full-service restaurants are finally experiencing a lunch rush again. Lunch-hour guests are often watching the clock carefully, and that requires a unique level of service. Are you and your staff prepared to get the...

What’s Your Relationship Status?

What’s Your Relationship Status?

Love is in the air this time of year, but is it in your restaurant? It should be, at least when it comes to you and your guests. Guest relationships don’t have to be complicated.  Check out these three simple steps you and your staff can take to have successful,...

You Can’t Sell What You Don’t Know

You Can’t Sell What You Don’t Know

Your servers probably don’t realize this, but they have the easiest sales job in the world. Salespeople in other industries have to spend time convincing customers that they really do want to buy something. That step is already done for your servers -- guests come in...

Enjoy Sweet Success with Increased Dessert Sales

Enjoy Sweet Success with Increased Dessert Sales

Whoever said, "Life is short, eat dessert first" was probably on to something. Unfortunately, though, most of your guests don't walk into the restaurant ready to take that advice. Dessert sales can be hard to come by, but it doesn't have to be that way. Implement...

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