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How-to Guides

Get step-by-step advice, instructions, and templates on topics like building teams, onboarding new employees, and making your restaurant staff happy.

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Training

How to Become a Bartender

The experience and skills you actually need in order to get the job.

Hiring

How to Recruit your Next Star Employee

Update your hiring strategy to attract the right candidates.

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Training

Why Does a Restaurant Need SOPs?

Standard Operating Procedures — SOPs — are already used at your restaurant, even if you don’t know it. Learn to harness the power of intentional SOPs.

Training

How to Do Alcohol Training for Your Servers

Training your front-of-house staff in the responsible service of alcohol protects your customers, your restaurant, your community, and your team.

Retention

How to Fire a Restaurant Employee

Firing isn’t fun, but it’s a necessary part of running a restaurant. Handle it with tact, empathy, and a good process.

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Operations

How To Open a Restaurant

Here is your beginners checklist to opening a restaurant: from developing a business plan, picking a location, developing your menu, and everything in between.

Marketing

How to Do Restaurant Marketing

By the end of this restaurant marketing guide, you’ll be equipped with the tools and tactics needed to create a following of loyal and loving guests.

Training

How Gamification Can Motivate Restaurant Staff

There are many different ways to build fun, friendly competition into your restaurant operations.

Operations

How to Choose the Right Restaurant Service Model

Here are 10 service models you can use to prepare, present, and distribute food to guests.

Operations

How to Run an Off-Premise Restaurant

With on-premise dining restricted, restaurants have pivoted to run entirely online. This guide walks you through everything you need to know about going off-prem.
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