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“Upselling? Do they still teach servers to do that?” I actually heard these words escape the mouth of a recently promoted assistant manager who felt that upselling was a tired, outdated and cliché method for increasing restaurant profits. I immediately forgave her ignorance though, as I knew it did not come from a place of …
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Just for the record, there are only two ways to increase your restaurant sales: 1) get more traffic into your bar/restaurant (butts in seats we call it), and 2) increase your check averages. That’s it. Any bar and restaurant promotion you can conceive in your pretty little brains to increase your sales falls under one …
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Let me start off by saying that the phrase “best bar promotions” is clearly subjective based on your interests, as well as the theme of your bar. In other words, deciding to put a mechanical bull in a P.F. Chang’s will be about as effective as going to see a pediatrist for a toothache. Not …
I’m going to assume that right now you are in the middle of your search and research for the best bar inventory app you can find, at the right price of course. In this article, we’re doing a little head-to-head challenge, Bar Patrol vs. Partender. And right off the bat, I know what you’re going …
Today, I am going to help you discover the best restaurant POS system for your business, whether it be a bar, restaurant, club, lounge, café, food truck, ice cream shop, hotel, golf club (you get the point). Remember, when it comes time to choose the best POS system for your bar and restaurant, this is …
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In case you were wondering, yes, we could have done a top 10 bar inventory app list. Seems like a nice round number, but we stopped at 7, because for owners and managers who really care about their bar, who wants the 8th best bar inventory app? That’s like choosing the 8th best babysitter in …
Many people don’t know this, but I started Bar Patrol as a liquor inventory auditor business, which meant I was providing full bar inventory service for dozens of bars around the San Francisco Bay Area. Bar & restaurant owners paid me well for this service because: 1. They hated counting the bar inventory (let’s call …
Share With Others Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Let’s start this article with a blatant, condescending understatement: The coronavirus has presented all of us with a challenging situation. That’s how a politician might describe it: a bland whitewashing statement in order to minimize the severity of the situation, …
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Let me ask you an important question: How intimate are you with your restaurant cost percentages? Or is there no intimacy at all? Do you just ignore them? Neglect them? Do you keep putting off getting to know them, like pulling weeds from your garden? Ok, that was five questions, but when you neglect things that …
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I don’t know about you, but just hearing—or even thinking—about the word “leadership” is exhausting. Why is that? I’ll tell you why: because it’s hard enough to try and hire the perfect employee, but when you think about all the energy it takes just for you to crawl out of bed and have a productive …
About two years ago I came up with a brilliant idea (or at least brilliant in my own mind) on how to find amazing restaurant employees for hire at my bar. I’m not sure why I’ve taken so long to share it, but that’s what happens sometimes with a secret fishing hole: you want to …
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Employees! Blech! Whoever decided it was a good idea to take a job as a supervisor/manager/owner in which you agreed to babysit a group of eclectic, sniveling brats who want to be paid but don’t want to self-motivate or be responsible enough to perform their job duties without constantly bitching about their job or binge-texting …
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About a year after bartending at a bar and nightclub in San Francisco (15 years ago now), a terrible mistake was made and I was offered the position of bar manager. The position opened up when our recently fired bar manager, Kevin, felt that guiding cocaine into his nostrils was more important than guiding the …
THE RESTAURANT MANAGEMENT MYTH Let me ask you this, and be honest: do you love telling people how busy and chaotic your life is? Really think about it. Do you tell them how you only sleep five hours per night and can barely find time to comb your hair and choke down a Pop Tart, let alone run …
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The answer to this question is “Yes”. Bam! Article finished. Hope you enjoyed. See you next time. Ok, just kidding. About the article being done, not about happy hour. I’m not fence-riding this topic, and I’m not going to string you along and wait until the end to give you the answer. Yes, you should …
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