Owning a restaurant business is tough. It requires long hours and what can feel like an indefinite hiatus from what used to a more “normal” life. In many cases, it’s not uncommon for restaurant owners to go without paying themselves a full salary — or anything at all — for an extended period of time. Being
Staying Ahead of the Game: Commercial Kitchen Cleaning
Cleaning is one of those necessary frustrations about working in a commercial kitchen. After all, chefs and cooks love to focus on making the food, so it’s tempting to shirk certain cleaning duties and only handle the creative side of preparing delicious dishes. But keeping a clean kitchen is no joke. Besides needing to maintain
10 Business Acronyms Every Restaurant Owner Should Know
New business owners have to learn a lot about their industry as they go. It’s especially true for restaurant owners, who must understand the day-to-day financials, the food industry in general, ordering, tax terms, and more. You want to make sure you know important industry terms so you can run your business properly and also
A Round of Gratitude: 3 Ways Restaurants Can Say Thanks
The end of the year can be a hectic time for any business, but especially for restaurants. Between implementing holiday specials, scheduling your staff around their time off with family, and handling holiday reservations, it can get busy. However, the holiday season can also be a good time to reflect on the last 12 months
Holy Shift! 6 Tips for a Successful Restaurant Shift Change
For the most successful restaurants, shift changes run like clockwork. But for many establishments, they can be a nightmare. It’s during shift changes that prep work gets completed, the majority of cleaning takes place, and the scheduling and cash register counts get handled. If all goes smoothly, your next shift’s staff will have everything they
Flip the Bird: Leaving the Turkey Behind for Vegan Thanksgiving
Cranberry sauce. Green bean casserole. Mashed potatoes. Tofu? For most restaurant foodies and home cooks, Thanksgiving may be synonymous with turkey , but for vegetarians and vegans, the holiday can be fraught with trouble from the get go. With so many classic dishes built from ingredients outside their chosen diet (like turkey and turkey broth,
5 Ways Restaurants Can Capitalize on Black Friday
Black Friday. For American retailers, the day after Thanksgiving can be an exceptionally profitable or nightmarish time of the year, depending on how well managers and staff have planned for the day. From advertising to crowd management, it’s likely the most stressful day of your staff’s year, if you let it become that. But it’s
The Restaurant Guide to Charitable Contributions
The holidays are fast approaching, and with bell-ringing and good cheer comes the inevitable question for restaurant owners: what do I do about charitable contributions? For many individuals, the decisions are fairly simple: we all have our favorite organizations or know people doing good work in the world. But for businesses, particularly restaurants, the landscape
4 Questions Every Restaurant Server Should Know How to Answer
Guests have questions. Whether they’re frequent diners or are visiting your restaurant for the first time. Whether they have a regular standing order or want to try something new. It’s inevitable that questions about your menu will come up during service. After all, a server isn’t just there to write down orders. Their work is
Over Easy: How All-Day Breakfast Is Changing Restaurants
Mid-October marked the nationwide roll-out of an all-day breakfast menu for McDonald’s franchises, and the industry has been positively buzzing over the move ever since. While some outlets, like Sonic, are questioning the value of all-day breakfast profits, we’re also seeing individual Burger King franchises go rogue from the national brand and offer all-day breakfast
