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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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How to Improve Team Communication with Restaurant Staff and Management

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You would think something as second nature to people as communication would be easy to manage in the workplace. Maybe one of your servers just called in sick at the last minute, your shipment of inventory containing all the ingredients for tonight's dinner special never showed up or the plumbing is acting up again. Table of Contents.

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How to Train Your Staff to Communicate Effectively with Guests

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Start with The Basics of Communication. Often when it comes to customer communication, it is not about what you say but how you say. Train servers on what to suggest instead if someone asks for a particular item that is no longer offered or not offered on the day that they came in. Verbal Language. Body Language.

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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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Forged in the Fire: True Hospitality Born from Camaraderie and Respect

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As the couple’s anniversary dinner gracefully glides toward a sweet crescendo, the lead server strides into the kitchen to pick up a beautiful brulee, only to notice the rose-shaped garnish is missing — along with the pastry chef. Shouting, “I need a med-well steak on the fly; forgot to ring it in!”

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How Are Tech Trends Shifting in a Post-COVID-19 World?

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For example, one of our merchant partners are now modifying their online ordering platform in order to create a solution that allows customers to order and pay at the table without having to go through a server. The second trend is curbside ordering and bi-directional communication.

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COVID-19 Is an Opportunity to Differentiate Your Restaurant Brand

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Those that communicate and deliver a safe dine-in experience are better poised to lure customers back who are still uncomfortable dining out – as well as those who are comfortable eating out but still place a high priority on health and safety. It is vital that restaurant staff abide by the processes you have communicated to customers.

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