The Food Maniac @a_food_maniac
Seasoned restaurant consultant. I help restaurants improve operations, and improve profits. restaurantmaniac.com USA Joined December 2022-
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Yesterday ended up being a record in sales since we opened. The event we were at was one of the best run events we’ve ever been apart of. They had 2 sessions and the demographics were completely different at both. The first session was an older demographic, they came to spend…
Update: Best event we’ve done to date. Most amount of people we’ve seen. How can we do these every weekend?
Update: Best event we’ve done to date. Most amount of people we’ve seen. How can we do these every weekend?
Another festival this weekend for the kitchen store. Should be one of the best attended events we’ve done to date. Hopefully that translates into a lot of sales.
The one thing that still amazes me about joining the corporate world is the amount of meetings we have, and specifically meetings on Friday. Today I have 5 hours of straight back to back meetings. At my previous company Fridays were typically a day to “fix” anything or run…
Big day today. 20 week anatomy scan. I think this one’s a boy. Everything about this pregnancy has been different than the first one. Could also be that we’re 39 this time around.
The goal from 6/1/24 to 6/1/25 for our kitchen business is $140,000 in sales. That will effectively replace my wife’s income from her current job. If we can get to $600,000 in sales I’d consider leaving my job. That is a long ways away. We’ve talked about adding revenue…
The amount of restaurants that do not portion and/or have no systems in place astounds me. They are letting dollars walk out the door.
It’s not often that I have to do a 200 item price quote but by God I just survived one. Want to torture your sales rep? Ask for a complete order guide bid.
On Friday we had a company meeting and they showed us a clip from Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson motivating her team. It resonated with me and I’d like to share it with you (if you haven’t already seen it.) youtu.be/oDzfZOfNki4?si…
I have a customer who doesn’t speak English and I struggle to connect with them. I took their menu and asked ai to analyze it and create a complete order guide of what they’re buying. I’m mad at myself for not using ai before because it uncovered some products I never thought…
If you had a magic wand… What’s the first thing you’d change in your restaurant?
Our kitchen store had its first scammer. Online order came in, purchaser was a different name and address than the recipient. That didn’t alarm us because we’ve had people buy gifts before. The purchaser disputed the charge and when we went to contact them the number was dead…
If I’m not on an FBI list somewhere I’d be shocked. I just emailed nearly every elected official excluding the President to invite them to our upcoming heritage event we throw biannually. It’s generally well attended, this year I have 12 food trucks coming. I’m an equal…
Another indicator of impending failure is ghosting appointments not once, but twice.
Another indicator of impending failure is ghosting appointments not once, but twice.
I have an appointment with a prospect this afternoon that is very young and ambitiously opened a new restaurant this month. He's already saying he's paying too much from a competitor. While that may be true (I haven't seen his costs yet) I typically see this in new…
I’ve been forwarded this a couple times. I’m not familiar with the restaurants in that region but I agree with the article. Servers shouldn’t call a table “guys” or at least read the room, if it’s mixed company or a table of women…they’re not “guys.” Likewise when a guest says…
As someone who lived in the path of totality (with millions of others) the months long rhetoric that hundreds of thousands of people were coming to our area seemed overhyped. Sure I saw some pictures of beachfronts and parks that were packed but nothing to the extent we were…
As an elected official in my state within the path of totality I’m proposing that the April 8th eclipse be moved to April 7th in light of tomorrow’s cloudy predictions.
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I really had no clue what to expect. My only frame of reference was measuring it against farmers markets. Was it going to be same? Better? Worse? than an average market day. We handedly beat our best day at our busiest market. That's despite it being cold and rainy yesterday
The farm store grand opening today was a raging success. Exceeded my wildest expectations
Sales is definitely harder than I thought! But it’s been fun learning a new skill. I am surpassing my team leads expectations though for my first full month. He raised my sales goal 4 times for this month $2,400 -> $7,800 I attribute my success to handling chick-fil-a guests
The farm store grand opening today was a raging success. Exceeded my wildest expectations
@a_food_maniac It’s key. The only way to give labor wiggle room is to keep food costs 100% I’m control
We met at church where a bishop said “hey, she plays drums too. You’d love her” Turns out she is much more musically talented than I am 😂 She made new arrangements of songs on piano and had them professionally recorded for my birthday. 5 years next Saturday!
The comments on this are great 🙂 If y'all wouldn't mind dropping a comment/quote tweet of where you met your spouse & a pic - people seem interested 🤷🏻♂️ We met on hinge 🙏
There's way too many messaging apps at this point. Our staff uses Snap Chat. One of my fantasy teams uses Group Me. The other uses Discord. My softball team uses What's App. My cocaine dealer uses Telegram. At what point is enough enough?
@a_food_maniac Fire half the staff Pay the other staff more Lower menu prices
First time I’ve ever seen fried bologna on a menu. Can’t say I expected to be at an upper middle dining establishment. They make their own bologna in house. Tagging @ChefGruel because I thought he may appreciate.
A gas station employee just wanted $5 to use their bathroom. I didn’t know I’d entered the Roller Coaster Tycoon part of the simulator, but here we are.
Is there an industry filled with more owners that never should have gotten into the business than restaurants?
@wrowclif Whoever your dealer is, I'd like to get his or her number. It's obviously top grade shit.
@SMB_Attorney In Detroit, the carry/on Xray machines are from a company called “Analogic” and they present their names on them big and bold. Totally didn’t give off “rectal exam” vibes at all. 🙄
@a_food_maniac Lol whoever wrote the article needs to chill. Stopped reading after the “no problem” comment🤦🏽♂️🤣
@a_food_maniac And always always always hit the elderly ladies with a “yes ma’am”.
@a_food_maniac I personally think this is a bit much. The author needs to chill a bit, not everyone will speak the language the way she wants. She should stick to having dinner at home or the few restaurants where the waiters will stick to her respective grammatical preference.
@a_food_maniac I say guys at every single table I'm at 🤣
@a_food_maniac For this reason I always addressed the guests as “folks”. In Florida and Georgia it was a common enough term, although I didn’t use it outside of that. It was generic enough to include men and women, old or young. We had focused training on not use “guys” at the tables
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