by Service That Sells | Feb 27, 2020 | Service & Sales
What’s the point in ordering and stocking all those funky drink mixes and garnishes for unique specialty drinks if servers don’t suggest and sell them? Suggesting just the right kinds of specialty drinks to the right people can be an art form. It is also the perfect...
by Service That Sells | Feb 6, 2020 | Management, Service & Sales
Servers are either order-takers or salespeople. Order-takers do the bare minimum to get by, while salespeople focus on making suggestions that will enhance the guest’s dining experience. They sell more and, therefore, they make more. It takes more work to be a...
by Service That Sells | Jan 23, 2020 | Service & Sales, Training
The restaurant business is show business. Maybe not Hollywood style show business, exactly, but more like a great improv show where every performance is new and unpredictable. You are the director, and your staff is the cast and crew. Your servers are the stars of the...
by Service That Sells | Jan 9, 2020 | Service & Sales, Training
The sight is all-too common: A stressed-out server spinning out of control in his or her section. Table No. 1 needs a clean fork. Table No. 2 was just seated and the guests are scanning the restaurant for someone — anyone — to wait on them. Table No. 3...
by Service That Sells | Oct 17, 2019 | Service & Sales, Training
Server training on successful suggestive selling has to focus on multiple skills. Servers must have thorough product knowledge in order to describe food and beverage in mouthwatering detail. They need to use positive body language to reinforce their menu...
by Service That Sells | Oct 3, 2019 | Management, Service & Sales
We all know that our best customers are the ones who are already in the booth. No matter how well you train your servers to increase restaurant check averages, during the rush of the shift they sometimes miss sales opportunities. Here are six ways that you can easily...
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