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Time for some spring cleaning?The new season brings new food to the menu and will likely inject some new energy into your restaurant as tourism season begins in many parts of the country. As Ashish Alfred, chef and owner of the Alfred Restaurant Group, told Modern Restaurant Management recently, it’s a good time to do some spring cleaning to make sure the back of your house is ready – and to give it a refresh if not. That includes taking a careful look at your menu to ensure you’re focusing on quality over quantity with your options, as well as making sure you’re doing so in a way that is profitable, minimizes waste and simplifies food preparation for your staff. Doing more with less extends to other areas of your business too: Enhance your efforts to cross-train staff to build skills across your team, identify opportunities to automate or simply food preparation and compliance tasks, and review supplier contracts to make sure you’re getting the most you can from your agreements. You may also be able to extend the reach of your business in low-labor ways through online ordering and delivery. Then, think about how you might provide creative, experiential, high-value experiences for your guests in the months ahead. Depending on the range of guests you serve, that could mean planning a series of onsite events that showcase your chef or specialty menu items, or finding new ways to get your food onto guests’ tables in their homes and offices.
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