Navigating High Labor Costs: Three Tips to Get More for $20 Wages
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Eating at California restaurants can be a real pleasure. Working at California restaurants can also be a pleasure, especially in the quick service restaurant (QSR) sector, where minimum wage just went from $16/hour to a staggering $20. My teenage daughter used to turn up her nose to flipping burgers. Now, with wages that rival some […]
Restaurant & Hospitality Speaker Scott Greenberg
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How to Make Core Values Actually Mean Something in Your Restaurant “Next in line!” “Hi, I’d like a No. 4 with a bottle of water to go.” “Will that be for here or to go?” “Uh, to go.” “That’ll be $17.75. Thank you, your order number is 43. Next in line!” Five minutes after I […]
How to Boost Restaurant Performance Using Constructive Comparison
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I’m a food and hospitality speaker. But when I attended my first convention as a franchise business owner, I felt like a freshman on the first day of high school. Many people knew each other and warmly offered handshakes and hugs. I knew almost no one. I also noticed how many of these people had […]
Attracting and Retaining Customers and Employees Comes Down to These Two Skills
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Attracting and Retaining Customers and Employees Comes Down to These Two Skills Ever heard a business owner say they’re in “the people business?” As a hiring and retention keynote speaker, I hear it all the time. I make a living giving presentations to franchise systems, associations and corporations. I like to ask audience members to […]
How to Retain Your Team by Boosting Your Culture: What Pro Football Can Teach Us
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As a hiring and retention keynote speaker, I work with a large number of franchises and restaurants. And I draw lessons from anywhere I can. Last year I attended the Los Angeles Chargers home opener against the Dallas Cowboys. You’d never know the game was in Los Angeles, as the stadium was overrun by the […]
A Critical Mistake to Avoid When Hiring
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As an employee retention & hiring speaker speaker and former owner of an Edible Arrangements franchise, I understand the frustrations and pitfalls of interviewing candidates who seem perfect for the job, only to find them gone within a few months of hiring them I really wanted to like Nina. We had an open position […]