Food cost is an essential part of your restaurant's budget. There are several aspects to take into consideration when determining the price of an item on your menu, that's why it's important to calculate your food cost. 

In this blog post, we look at five key components that are crucial when calculating your food cost. 

Employees are a high value asset. Are you taking care of them with the same attention you give to other assets? For some, employee turnover is a natural part of a business and most industries experience it, to some extent. However, the hospitality industry suffers from the highest employee turn over rates of many other industries combined.

In this blog post, we look at five ways to retain and engage with your employees. 

Hiring staff members is similar to bringing in customers. Customers often ask themselves: “why should I buy from you?” and staff members often ask: “why should I work for you?”.

Fitting into a business as an employee or a new hire is important, let’s look at some concerns to ensure people want to work for you.

Having a meeting for the sake of a meeting is a huge waste of time and zaps energy from your staff. That's why creating a pre-shift briefing that helps to set the tone for the shift, gets your employees into the “game”, and encourages them to be focused on the same goals is the best way to get your staff ready for when the guests start arriving. 

But, why are pre-shift meetings important and what can they do for you and your staff? Let's have a look.