The Restaurant Manager's Handbook
The Restaurant Manager's Handbook

Author: Douglas Robert Brown

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 1133

ISBN-13: 0910627975

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Book & CD. This comprehensive book will show you step-by-step how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful food service operation. This Restaurant Manager's Handbook covers everything that many consultants charge thousands of dollars to provide. The extensive resource guide details more than 7,000 suppliers to the industry -- virtually a separate book on its own. This reference book is essential for professionals in the hospitality field as well as newcomers who may be looking for answers to cost-containment and training issues. Demonstrated are literally hundreds of innovative ways to streamline your restaurant business. Learn new ways to make the kitchen, bars, dining room, and front office run smoother and increase performance. You will be able to shut down waste, reduce costs, and increase profits. In addition, operators will appreciate this valuable resource and reference in their daily activities and as a source of ready-to-use forms, Web sites, operating and cost cutting ideas, and mathematical formulas that can be easily applied to their operations. Highly recommended!

The Next Frontier of Restaurant Management
The Next Frontier of Restaurant Management

Author: Alex M. Susskind

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-06-15

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1501736523

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The Next Frontier of Restaurant Management brings together the latest research in hospitality studies to offer students, hospitality executives, and restaurant managers the best practices for restaurant success. Alex M. Susskind and Mark Maynard draw on their experiences as a hospitality educator and a restaurant industry leader, respectively, to guide readers through innovative articles that address specific aspects of restaurant management: * Creating and preserving a healthy company culture * Developing and upholding standards of service * Successfully navigating guest complaints to promote loyalty * Creating a desirable (and profitable) ambiance * Harnessing technology to improve guest and employee experiences * Mentoring employees Maynard and Susskind detail the implementation of effective customer management and staff training, design elements such as seating and lighting, the innovative use of data to improve the guest experience, and both consumer-oriented and operation-based technologies. They conclude with a discussion of the human factor that is the foundation of the hospitality industry and the importance of a healthy workplace culture. As Susskind and Maynard show, successful restaurants don't happen by accident.

The Complete Restaurant Management Guide
The Complete Restaurant Management Guide

Author: Robert T. Gordon

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-08

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1134898614

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Two highly successful veterans in the restaurant industry offer surefire tips to lower the risks of failure, avoid the common pitfalls, and make day-to-day operations smooth and profitable. Highlights of this practical handbook ---- menus: samples, special promotions, and charts and instructions to determine price for profit; -- food production: techniques for controlling food production, charts, sample records, and avoiding production problems; -- controlling costs: sound purchasing policies an good storage and handling practices; -- health and environmental issues: keeping up with governmental guidelines on environmental regulations and on dealing with food borne illnesses.The authors cover every detail of running a restaurant. Franchising, catering, changes in meat grading, labor management, cocktail lounge operations, computerized techniques in accounting, bookkeeping, and seating and much more are all covered at length. Restaurant owners and managers will surely find The Complete Restaurant Management Guide invaluable.

The Restaurant Manager's Handbook
The Restaurant Manager's Handbook

Author: Douglas Robert Brown

Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 0910627096

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Accompanying CD-ROM contains copies of all forms contained within the text.

Restaurant Planning Guide
Restaurant Planning Guide

Author: Peter Rainsford

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing

Published: 1996-04-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781574100266

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This book gives authoritative advice on how to parley a strong business plan into a food service success story. The Restaurant Planning Guide helps you with the business side of the house. Its clear, direct style and many useful checklists, question sets, and forms will make financing, managing and controlling your restaurant much easier. Topics covered include description of business, product/service, the market, location of business, the competition, and management.

Setting the Table
Setting the Table

Author: Danny Meyer

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0061868248

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The bestselling business book from award-winning restauranteur Danny Meyer, of Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, and Shake Shack Seventy-five percent of all new restaurant ventures fail, and of those that do stick around, only a few become icons. Danny Meyer started Union Square Cafe when he was 27, with a good idea and hopeful investors. He is now the co-owner of a restaurant empire. How did he do it? How did he beat the odds in one of the toughest trades around? In this landmark book, Danny shares the lessons he learned developing the dynamic philosophy he calls Enlightened Hospitality. The tenets of that philosophy, which emphasize strong in-house relationships as well as customer satisfaction, are applicable to anyone who works in any business. Whether you are a manager, an executive, or a waiter, Danny’s story and philosophy will help you become more effective and productive, while deepening your understanding and appreciation of a job well done. Setting the Table is landmark a motivational work from one of our era’s most gifted and insightful business leaders.

The Upstart Guide to Owning and Managing a Restaurant
The Upstart Guide to Owning and Managing a Restaurant

Author: Roy Alonzo

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing

Published: 2007-04-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781419583322

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This updated and revised edition of the restaurant industry bestseller, The Upstart Guide to Owning and Managing a Restaurant is filled with step-by-step strategies and action plans explained and outlined by veteran restaurateur and educator Roy S. Alonzo. The ultimate guide to entering the food service industry, The Upstart Guide to Owning and Managing a Restaurant provides industry insights and all the practical nuts-and-bolts information readers need to get started, including: Smart start-up basicsWriting a winning restaurant business planDeveloping the perfect menu for your target audienceCreating front-of-house ambience and back-of-house efficiencyOperating profitablyMarketing opportunities to grow your businessAnd an all new chapter on new and emerging technologies in the restaurant business!

The Restaurant Managers Handbook
The Restaurant Managers Handbook

Author: Douglas Robert Brown

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13:

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This comprehensive manual will show you step-by-step how to set up, operate, and manage a financially successful foodservice operation. Charts. Forms. Extensive Resource Guide. Six entirely new chapters, 480 pages, New companion CD-ROM containing all the forms & checklists form the book in ready to use format. 118 Charts, Forms, Diagrams, and Checklists

Streetwise Restaurant Management
Streetwise Restaurant Management

Author: John James

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2003-07-01

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1440519226

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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.