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The Restaurant Manager’s Handbook

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The Restaurant Manager's Handbook

The Restaurant Manager's Handbook

Running a successful business is not the easiest thing to do and when it comes to running a restaurant it is even harder than most businesses.  There is quite a bit that goes into a restaurant and The Restaurant Manager’s Handbook can help you to get the full picture of what will be involved in your journey to a successful operation.

The Restaurant Manager’s Handbook will help to show you the best layouts for the restaurant, what new equipment you might need, how to create a safe work environment and many new techniques to help you with the hiring process.  This book is aimed directly at helping you to improve you bottom line, which is what running a business is all about.

This book also includes sections on budgeting and accounting, along with many other legal things you will be dealing with on a regular basis.  There are a full 800 pages jam packed with information to help you find, own, and run a successful restaurant.

The best part is that the The Restaurant Manager’s Handbook also has a section on how you can get your restaurant ready for sale when you are ready to get out of the business or move on.  This book is perfect for anybody considering a career as a restaurant manager or owner. 

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Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to Success

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Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to Success

Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to Success

If you want to make sure you have the proper skills to lead in the best way possible, then the book Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to Success is for you.  Although not a restaurant focused book, it is a guide meant to shorten the amount of time it takes to develop your skills to become a leader.  This is a book that can get you to the leadership role you want and deserve much faster than you might think possible.  It’s also a great resource to use in your restaurant’s management meetings.

Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to Success breaks down leadership into 17 basic attributes that will help you become the person you want to be when you are leading your staff.  It is also full of strategies that will help you to develop as a leader and develop others to help you lead them better. 

Secrets of Effective Leadership: A Practical Guide to Success contains many ideas for discovering your full leadership potential and building upon your strengths.  It will teach you how to manage stress better and enhance your personal life because of your leadership skills.  It also contains the ten commandments of leadership, which can help you to become a better leader right away.

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Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice

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Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice

Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice

The book Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice has become a favorite resource for many restaurant owners and managers.  This book will lead you all the way from the decor that can influence the experience of your guest to setting up the restaurant in a way that is safe and complies with the regulations that have to do with health and safety.

Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice will also guide you through choosing the right equipment for your restaurant and making sure it will fit correctly where it needs to go so that your staff can use it properly.  It also includes sections on the newer and more popular green designs that you can use for operating your restaurant. This includes things like using healthier cooking oils, sanitation practices, and other things that can help you run your establishment in a much more environmentally friendly way.

Design and Equipment for Restaurants and Foodservice includes sections on mobile food service, multi chain operations, branding, designs for smaller spaces, and quality control methods for cooking and chilling foods.  This book will help you to purchase, finance, lease, and even insure your equipment so that you have what you need and it is protected.

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HACCP & Sanitation in Restaurants and Food Service Operations

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HACCP & Sanitation in Restaurants and Food Service Operations

HACCP & Sanitation in Restaurants and Food Service Operations

When you decide you want to open a restaurant and you know you can cook, then it is time to make sure you cover all your bases.  It might be your food that attracts people into the restaurant you open, but if you are not preparing it properly and you are not up to date on all the different sanitation laws and regulations, then you could make a mistake that causes your restaurant to fail.

HACCP & Sanitation in Restaurants and Food Service Operations will help to guide you through how to properly store food, how to avoid cross contamination, how to make sure that your food goes out to the tables safely, and how to keep your patrons safe from food borne illnesses and many other things that could happen if you do not know the proper safety procedures.

HACCP & Sanitation in Restaurants and Food Service Operations is perfect for anybody wanting to make sure their restaurant is safe.  It is a practical guide that is easy to follow and read.  You will learn all the things you need to know about the different FDA standards and the standards that you should be holding your food to.

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ServSafe Essentials

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ServSafe Essentials

ServSafe Essentials

Some states now require that your entire staff have the ServSafe training, and why not?  This training is perfect for restaurant owners and managers simply because it will provide them with the essentials they need to make sure the restaurant is properly cleaned, they are properly clean, and the food is going out at the right temperatures as well.  This is essential in any restaurant and without knowing the proper ways to serve safe food you could end up with food poisoning coming from your business.

ServSafe Essentials is the first step in getting you and your staff trained properly.  It is designed to help you understand the FDA food code and prepare for the food safety certification test. 

ServSafe Essentials is exactly what you should start off with when providing food safety training in your restaurant.  It will help you avoid many things that could be disastrous to your business.

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The Food Service Professional Guide Series

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The Food Service Professional Guide Series

The Food Service Professional Guide Series

Known as one of the most comprehensive series of books out there for food service operations, The Food Service Professional Guide To Series is perfect for those that want to own or manage a restaurant.

The Food Service Professional Guide To Series covers everything from how to buy an existing restaurant to how to sell a successful restaurant.  It also covers all the ins and outs of training your staff, picking a location, putting together a menu, and making your restaurant profitable faster and easier. 

These are not thick books that are wordy and hard to read.  They are very condensed and only contain the information you really need.  All the content in each of the books is fun to read and packed with useful ideas to help you will all aspects of the restaurant.  When you get The Food Service Professional Guide To Series you will have all the information you need at your fingertips.

Running a successful restaurant is very difficult and this is why so many managers and owners turn to others that have been successful in the past.  It is also why this book series was written.  If you want to run your restaurant in a way that will increase the bottom line, then you need to get this library.

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Lessons in Service from Charlie Trotter

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Lessons in Service from Charlie Trotter

Lessons in Service from Charlie Trotter

If you want your restaurant to be incredibly profitable and if you want to run your restaurant in a way that will keep people coming back over and over, then you need to have the perfect relationship between food, drink, atmosphere, and the service that is provided.  Charlie Trotter has made this happen in Chicago with his service staff and talks about it in the book Lessons in Service from Charlie Trotter.

Trotter has figured out how to perfect the hiring of a passionate staff  willing to be held to his incredibly high standards.  In Lessons in Service from Charlie Trotter, the secrets to the success in service that Trotter uses are revealed for you to use.  You will discover how you can improve the standard of service in your restaurant and this is one of the major keys to the success of your restaurant.

Lessons in Service from Charlie Trotter is perfect if you are going to be managing or owning a restaurant.  It is necessary for your staff to feel empowered, motivated, and have the proper mentoring to make sure they are able to give the best possible service.  This will put more money in their pockets and in the restaurant’s pockets as well.

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Marketing by Menu

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Marketing by Menu

Marketing by Menu

When you decide to open a restaurant you have to understand that the key to your entire marketing plan will be the menu.  This is why there is a book called Marketing by Menu that can help you put together the right menu for your restaurant and it’s marketing purposes.  A well-developed menu is one of the first steps in the success of any restaurant and you can get the tips from a successful menu marketer in this book.

Marketing by Menu is a very powerful tool for both your menu and the marketing of your restaurant.  Your menu has to be tailored to your clientele and the area you are in along with your actual business.  It has to be set up to help you make a profit and meet the expectations of those that come through your doors. 

If you want to make sure you set your menu up properly so that you can make a profit and provide a great value for your customers, then you need to make sure you get the proper menu to make a difference in your business.  Marketing by Menu will also show you how to make seasonal items, a healthy menu, and other specialty items that can lead to more diversity and profits.

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The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation

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The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation

The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation

When you have dreamed of opening a restaurant all your life, then you need to be able to realize this dream and share your talents with the world. You need to be able to provide guests with the most amazing experience and have a staff that loves to work for you.  This is the dream, but many times when restaurant open they forget the dream and just open their doors in a way that is clearly set up to fail.  This does not need to be you.

The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation is a great book to help you realize your dream.  It will help you with business plans for the restaurant industry, profiles of newly opened restaurants to help with yours, new concepts and strategies for success, and an expanded section to help you with the back of the house part of the business along with many legal things like sanitation, leasing, insurance, and even franchising.

The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation is a very comprehensive book that is not hard to read and is great for reference.  It is something that you can put on the shelf after you read it and go back to over and over again.  There will be times where this book might just be the answer you need when you have a question.  It belongs on the shelf of every restaurant owner.

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Restaurant Start-Up Guide

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Restaurant Start-Up Guide

Restaurant Start-Up Guide

Starting a restaurant is not the easiest thing to do and many startups fail each year.  Scary, but you need to know that if you do things properly you will have a greater chance of success.  The Restaurant Start-Up Guide is one of those books that can help you get going with your restaurant.

The restaurant industry is a hard industry to master, but if you can do so you can make a huge profit while you make many people happy with the food you prepare and the atmosphere you provide.  The book contains a full 12 month plan for success with your restaurant and this is a great way to get started for you. 

The Restaurant Start-Up Guide will give you timelines, financial samples, checklists for the actual building, and so much more.  You will have all the resources you need in order to go ahead with your plans to open your business.  Your restaurant needs to have a chance to become successful and it all starts with the first year of business.  You can make or break your entire business in that first year, especially in the restaurant business.

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