RELATIONSHIP: the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. Relationships: Life is all about the relationships you have… with yourself and with others around you. What are you doing to have the best relationship with yourself? If you took Read more…
86’d is a podcast hosted by long-time Chef Adam Stafford, intended to continue conversations about the challenging and uplifting aspects of restaurant and hospitality industry culture. As someone in active recovery and a 15 year veteran of this industry, Adam has seen firsthand the many benefits of a positive company Read more…
Google is trying to provide an answer to most questions without the need to go to a company’s website. That is not a good thing. People can still get directed to your website and you need to keep it fresh and user friendly. However, customers will now be able to Read more…
Generation Z or the I-Gen is a group of people ages 7 – 23 years old that will have a profound effect on your restaurant. This group also will make up a large amount of your employee pool moving forward. Knowing how they spend and what they want to get Read more…
In continuing the discussion on how to build and gain revenue during the winter months sans a patio, we turn our discussion to incremental improvements that should be made to your roster of goods and services. We champion the notion that there is not one “cure all” in the Read more…
There’s Risk in Revenue A lack of outdoor dining means more customers inside. Are they willing? Are you willing? If nothing else is certain, it looks like we are going back to square 1. Remember: There is money going to be spent in the last quarter of this year… it Read more…
What do we see every day when we turn on our tv or look at our phones; a severe health crisis that now affects millions of Americans and millions of people all over the world? One of the greatest challenges we face during these times is a plethora of uncertainties Read more…
Time Management Managing your time effectively is a crucial step in being healthy! Balance is key to feeling good – if you’re good, you do good. As a leader, everyone around does better too! Even if work is amazing, it’s still stressful. Organization leads to better time management which leads Read more…
In this episode, Brian and Dave dive into a topic that everyone has either participated in or received spam selling. Email and LinkedIn especially are places where you can receive a lot of unsolicited selling. Although the selling philosophy of “Some will, some won’t, so what” and “Sales is a Read more…
Restaurants go downhill all too easily. Sometimes they go out of style, sometimes environmental changes lead to turbulence, but most often it is the restaurant’s performance that leads to decline…and that decline leads to cost cutting, short staffing and even more decline…and it happens slowly and often times unnoticeably in Read more…