A Street Wise Managers Guide To Success In The Restaurant Business

Owning and operating a restaurant is one of the most challenging endeavors an entrepreneur can take on--the hours are long and grueling, staff turnover averages 130 percent, and many fail within their first year. Streetwise Restaurant Management walks you step by step through each aspect of opening and managing a restaurant. This guide covers the practical issues you'll face on a daily basis and offers tips from an experienced restauranteur about the risks and rewards of restaurant management. Is owning or managing a restaurant right for you? It can be if you have Streetwise Restaurant Management as your ready reference for creating front-of-house ambience and back-of-house efficiencies.

'The Manager's Walkthrough and Figure Eights' describes the path that each manager should follow to maintain superb operations. Do you want to keep your restaurant clean and orderly? Do you want top-notch customer service? The details in this book provide the key ingredients to make that happen! A good manager follows a consistent daily path?we call it the Figure Eight. The Walkthrough is the most important Figure Eight and sets the shift up for success! The information in this book is widely used in corporate restaurants?if it works for them, it will work for you. This is a great resource for teaching new managers or for people studying about the food service industry. Any restaurant manager can acquire valuable information from this book. You could use it as a training guide for all your managers to keep them on the right path. This book is full of colorful illustrations, with proven forms and checklists that are a ready resource for you to use. Feel free to make copies of any forms in the book, or visit the Workplace Wizards website for more great forms, resources, and ideas! (http: //www.workplacewizards.com)

The Best Shifts of Your Life: The Restaurant Managers Guide for Success Outside the Restaurant! is a practical personal development book specifically designed to provide managers with a blueprint to advance their career and personal success. Managers will find this fast-paced and engaging book easy to relate to as it is based upon many of the practices and principles of successful restaurant operations. Do you want more from your life and dont know where to start? Are you in the midst of career transition? Are you searching for your next step? Are you looking for clarity about your lifes direction? If you answered yes to any of these questions, The BEST Shift of Your Life is your book! Combining real-life experiences and practical steps, anyone at any stage of their life or career can make the shift to live a rich and rewarding life. The Opening Shift Understanding Your Shifts Today - The Golden Hour - Love, Like and Dislike Checklist - Timeframe Inventory The Mid-Shift Developing the Best Shift of Your Life - The Menu of Your Life - Clarifying Your Lifes Purpose - Creating a Life-Shift Plan The Closing Shift Delivering Your Best Shifts - Growing ROOTines for Success - Giving Back Action Plan Kathleen Wood, an expert growth strategist for leaders and businesses, shares her proven systems for creating the BEST Shifts of Your Life!

A complete how-to guide with ALL you need to know to open and run a successful restaurant. Each month, countless new restaurants open their doors as others fail. Despite continuing industry growth, many new restaurants struggle to succeed. Even established restaurants are challenged to stay open. These businesses may have great food and amazing service, yet some still face uncertain futures. Now, help has arrived for restaurant owners and managers! Food and Beverage Magazine’s Guide to Restaurant Success is written by an industry expert who has opened numerous restaurants and provided valuable restaurateur guidance in the role of a trusted consultant. This restaurant success guide provides vital information on how to protect the significant investment—sometimes ranging from $250,000 to $425,000—that’s required to open a restaurant and keep it running during the first six months. Author Michael Politz started his career with an ice cream business and went on to found a number of restaurants, a frozen food distribution business, a restaurant consulting service, and a respected online magazine for the food and beverage industry. Politz shares his extensive knowledge gained through both success and failure. With his indispensable guide, you can easily double-check to make sure you’re doing things right. Get guidance from a restaurant owner’s handbook of what to do and not do Refer to handy tips and checklists that help you launch your business Discover insight into the triumphs of Wolfgang Puck, Bobby Flay, Emeril Lagasse, and more Gain food industry knowledge with a comprehensive restaurant how-to guide Whether you want to open a burger joint or a fine dining restaurant, this advice-filled resource will help you cover all the details that make a difference. You’ll be better prepared before, during, and after your restaurant launch! Set your establishment up for rave reviews with Food and Beverage Magazine’s Guide to Restaurant Success.

This authoritative work shows how to: - Decide on the best structure - Establish proper accounting methods - Handle taxes - Protect personal assets