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Session I
Introduction/
MODS
‫الصالل‬ ‫مشاريع‬ ‫شركة‬
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45 Years of Restaurant industry
sales (1971-2022)
+6.85%
Compound
annual Growth
Rate (CAGR)
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CHALLENGES OF RESTAURANT OPERATION
 Long hours
 Excessive fatigue can lead
to health problems
 Little security for
managers who work for
others
 Family life can suffer
 For owner, possibility of
losing investment and
investors
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REASONS FOR RESTAURANT FAILURE
 Lack of
management
traits/skills
 Lack of sufficient
capital
 The expansion &
competition from
other restaurants
 Family problems
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THE RESTAURANT FAILURE RATE
 Results of Dr. Parsa’s study:
◦ First year: Highest failure 26%
◦ Second year: 19%
◦ Third year: 14%
◦ Failure rate for the first three years:
59%
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Ways to be part of this industry:
There are several career & investment
options in the restaurant business:
◦ Manage for someone else.
◦ Purchase & operate a franchise. (QSR,
CASUAL & ABOVE)
◦ Buy an existing restaurant & operate as is
or change its concept.
◦ Build & operate a new restaurant.
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What is a concept?
 The matrix of ideas that constitute
what will be perceived as the
restaurant’s image.
 It provides the framework on which to
hang the image.
 Applies to any foodservice operation.
 Should fit a definite target market.
 Distinguishes the establishment as
D&B, different & better, than the
competition.
 May be necessary to modify as
competition arises.
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Concept include…
 Quality
 Price
 Location
 Atmosphere /décor
 Service
 Food style
 Management
 Menu
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Market/Restaurant Relationship
.
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Symbols
 Aspects of the
concept seen in the:
◦ Sign
◦ Logo
◦ Colors
◦ Upholstery
◦ Food
◦ Food presentation
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BE A COPYCAT!
 Analyze existing
restaurants that are
successful.
 Borrow good points &
practices.
 Modify & improve
borrowed points &
practices if possible.
 The successful mix = one
that is better than the
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Types and Categories of
restaurants
Types of Restaurants:
• sandwich shops
•Quick-Service
• Fast Casual
• Family Restaurants
• Casual
•Fine-Casual
• Fine-Dining
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Types and Categories of Restaurants:
Categories of Restaurants:
• Hotel Restaurants
• Steak House
• Seafood
• Ethnic
• Theme
• Coffee-shops
• Chef-Owned
• Celebrity Chefs
• Centralized Home Delivery
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Who is a manager
 A manager is:
Man of Age.
Man of age is a person who can and
willing to be responsible.
Responsibility: is the ability to respond
to certain situation.
To respond: meaning to take a decision.
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Decision Maker:
Implications
Experience
Knowledge
 The manager is a real
decision maker, so to
be a successful
decision maker, he
needs to have:
1. Appropriate
Knowledge
2. Adequate experience
3. Forecasting its
implications.
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Decision Maker:
Implications
Experience
Knowledge
 To be a successful decision
maker, any restaurant
operations manager should
work and combine different
disciplines. Fusion and
Synergy of these disciplines
is called:
Disciplines Balance
for Restaurant
Managers.
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Disciplines Balance for
Restaurant Managers
Restaurant
Industry
Human
Dimension
Business
Dimension
Quality
Marketing
Dimension
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Group Work Session I:
IYADWUAD, YAGWUAG
Each one defines in one
Sentence his concept in Life,
In other words his objectives.
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Session II
Human Dimension
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Operations
Functions
Team
Building/
Scheduling
Basic
Managerial
Skills
Leadership
& Meetings
Human
Dimension
Business
Facts
Marketing
Dimension
Quality
Leadership is a Behavior
Leading by Example.
•Leader’s job is to help people accomplish
their goals by Supporting them and removing
obstacles, take accountability to cover their
back, and to give them credit when things are
done correctly.
•They have to be Efficient and Effective.
Ken Blanchard
Efficiency: Meaning maximum productivity:
quality of work + quantity of work in Min
Timing.
Effectiveness: Capabilities + Productivity
Operations
Functions
Team
Building/
Scheduling
Basic
Managerial
Skills
Leadership
& Planning
Time is Money.
Maximizing the use of time= Maximize profits
Planning :
Restaurant journey is a sequence of
projects, and every project has five phases:
• Initiation
• Planning
• Execution
• Monitor and control
• Closing of the event
Planning is the hardest one:
Starts from putting ideas in sequence,
Setting objectives, activities, and tasks.
Put for each: time, cost, procurement,
risk, Communication, resources,
Operations
Functions
Team
Building/
Scheduling
Basic
Managerial
Skills
Leadership
& Planning
We are managers, our plan is
executed by others, for them to be
able to execute they need:
Continuous Briefings
Necessary De
briefings
Adequate Training
Operations
Functions
Team
Building/
Scheduling
Basic
Managerial
Skills
Time
Management
and Effective
Meetings
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Briefing Introduction
A pre-shift meeting, is the guideline
for every working shift.
“plan your work then work your
plan.”
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Elements of a Briefing
Part 2
Demonstrative
30 % of time
Part 3
Interrogative
50% of time
Part 1
Dictating
20% of time
 it is done before
the shift
 It takes 10 to 15
minute
 It is divided in 3
parts
(Dictating, Demonstrative
and Interrogative)
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20% of the
time
3 minutes
 Be positive
 Relaxed
 Smiling
Dictating Demonstrative Interrogative
• special company policies,
• branch targets, new mall rules,
etc…
• Sect Dist., reservations, etc….
Announcement
• Unavailable items Bar/kitchen
• Limited Items Bar/kitchen
86 Items
• We focus on one suggestive selling
per week.
Suggestive
Selling
• one element to focus on, Ashtrays,
welcoming, farewell, service of
drinks, debarras etc…….
SOP
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 30% of the time.
 4 to 5 minutes.
N.B.
Maintain positivity
during demo, and
should never point to
any person.
Dictating Demonstrative Interrogative
SOP review:
Demo for Wrong example
and Right Example
Suggestive selling:
Demo / Examples
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50% of the time.
7 to 8 minutes.
 Ask all the team
 Motivate the team,
with recognition
 If no answer, ask
another
 Return to get
answer
 Positive Closure
Dictating Demonstrative Interrogative
L
A
Q
A
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Timing of a
Briefing
 before every shift,
 30 minutes to
prepare one
briefing
 start on time,
Finish on time
 Board Note
 Liability of the
whole Team
Date:
1 4 7
2 5 8
3 6 9
Pre-Shift Meeting (Briefing)
Section Distribution
SOP Review Subject
Annoucements (Goal of the month, Budget to achieve)
86 Items Suggestive Selling
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De-Briefing
 Done after work.
 States problems
faced during work,
 Q&A for Solutions
 Solution Proposed
and adopted
 Maximum 6 points
 Maximum time: 30
minutes.
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Adequate
Training
 Only wise people
learns in repetition
 When we teach, we
learn twice
 we are as strong as
our weakest link
 Spare at least one
third of your time to
teach your
subordinate
something new every
day.
T = Together
E= Everybody
A= Achieves
M= More
1+ 1 = 2 in arithmetic calculations.
In team work calculations, it is
exponential, it might reach 20 or 121
So Teams are group of persons working in
synergy towards:
1. One goal
2. Common Approach
3. Individual conviction
4. I give before I take.
Every one is important and incomplete.
Operations
Functions
Team
Building/
Scheduling
Basic
Managerial
Skills
Time
Management
and Effective
Meetings
Efficient scheduling:
• Expected Traffic: each shift
should be considered as a
market niche that has its own
guests.
• Shift structure by position
• Manning
• Knowing strength and
weaknesses of every team
member
• Labor output per $ produced
• Manning adjustment on daily
basis
Operations
Functions
Team
Building/
Scheduling
Basic
Managerial
Skills
Time
Management
and Effective
Meetings
Respect:
two universal words to be used:
Please & Thank you.
Operations
Functions
Team
Building/
Scheduling
Basic
Managerial
Skills
Time
Management
and Effective
Meetings
Please
Thank
you
Respect
As Manager, general rules are to be respected:
• Praise in public
• Reprimand in Private
• Respecting Hierarchy and Unity of Command
•Time line, and due dates
•Focus on developing teams based on three
levels:
Training, Coaching, monitoring and
delegating.
•Ability to plan
•Forecasting
•Evaluation: the ultimate is self evaluation.
Operations
Functions
Team
Building/
Scheduling
Basic
Managerial
Skills
Time
Management
and Effective
Meetings
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Session III
Business Facts
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Occupancy
Theory
Reducing
Waste/ 1$
Theory
Cost
Control/
Inventory
Financial
Analysis &
Budgeting
Human
Dimension
Business
Facts
Marketing
Dimension
Quality
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 Start up Cost
 Depreciation
 Revenue
forecasting
 Average Ticket
 Nb of persons/ nb
of transactions
 Partial vacancy
Occupancy
Theory
Reducing
Waste/ 1$
Theory
Cost
Control/
Inventory
Financial
Analysis &
Budgeting
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Occupancy
Theory
Reducing
Waste/ 1$
Theory
Cost
Control/
Inventory
Financial
Analysis &
Budgeting
Breakdown of revenues in a
restaurant:
Revenue 100%
Food cost: 20-24 %
Labor cost: 28-35%
Rent: 12-22%
Marketing: 4-6%
Ops cost: 9-11%
EBITDA: 27-2%
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Occupancy
Theory
Reducing
Waste/ 1$
Theory
Cost
Control/
Inventory
Financial
Analysis &
Budgeting
 If we sell Mixed grill
for 6.75 KD, on
average we should
do: 15%, so 1.012 KD
 If the plate is broken,
its cost is 3 KD, so we
should sell 3 Mixed
grill without any profit
only to earn the cost
of the broken plate.
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 Standard Recipe Card
 Ideal Cost/ theoretical
cost
 Real Cost
 Inventory Turnover
 Par levels
 Menu Analysis.
 Pricing Strategy
Occupancy
Theory
Reducing
Waste/ 1$
Theory
Cost
Control/
Inventory
Financial
Analysis &
Budgeting
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 Budgeting:
◦ Capital Budgeting
◦ Operations Budget
Occupancy
Theory
Reducing
Waste/ 1$
Theory
Cost
Control/
Inventory
Financial
Analysis &
Budgeting
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Group Work Session III:
Solve Exercises
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Session IV
Marketing Dimension
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Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
Human
Dimension
Business
Facts
Marketing
Dimension
Quality
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Cost of losing one guest:
1 guest who had
A bad experience
Will tell to:
10 to 12 persons
Those in their turn
Will tell to
6 others, who
In turn will tell
To
3 people each.
1*12*6*3= 216 guests.
If for a frequency of 1 time/week
with an average of 8KD per
person,
It will total: 1728KD/week.
It will total: 90,000 KD of loss in
potential gross sales.
So we have an impact loss in
sales for 90,000 KD just by
losing one guest per location.
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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Cost of losing one guest in
2022:
A bad experience can reach 1 million
guests in one click:
Social Media, Bloggers etc…….
In 2025????????
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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Guest driven strategy:
The message is clear and simple:
Guest-Driven Strategy
Products
Policies
Guest
Voice
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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Guest driven strategy: Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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Guest-Driven
strategy:
Quality Excellence:
Ability
Consistent
Behavior
Quality-
Consistency
Curve
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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Marketing:
Bring new
guests
• External Marketing plan
Retain new
guests
• Internal Marketing plan
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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Service Excellence:
Service
Excellence
Internal
Marketing
Plan
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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Guest-Driven strategy:
Service Excellence/Internal Marketing
Plan
Guest
Entranc
e
Welcome
Table
Captain
Waiter
Waiter
Mgr/
Ass Mgr
Atmospher
e
Kitchen/
Bar
WC
Bill
Farewell
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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The theatre story:
Theater
Audience
Actors
Key actors
Stage Responsible
Back Stage/technician
Restaurant
Guests
Front Liners
Floor Managers
Managers
Kitchen/Bar
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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The theatre story:
 Every time you unlock the front door
of your restaurant it’s opening
night.
 May be your theater will entertain
only a half-full house.
 So it doesn’t depend on ticket
sales, it depends on the audience
buying tickets.
 This is show biz. Whether full or
not, you should do the act and
perfectly well.
 At the end you may have the best
show in town, but if you can’t sell it,
you still got it.
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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End Result for
Customer Service:
• Moments of
Truth
Restaurant
• Guest Complaints
• Positive
Experience
• Loyalty
• Ambassador
Guest
Guest
Driven
Strategy
Developing
internal
Marketing plan/
external Plan
Cost of
Losing one
Guest
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Group Work Session IV:
Take a Real comment from Trip
Advisor
Put a plan on how to solve it, internally by
strengthening our internal marketing.
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Session V
Quality
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Identifying
Competitive
Advantage
System
Thinking
Technology
Across the
Value
Chain
Value
Chain
Example
Human
Dimension
Business
Facts
Marketing
Dimension
Quality
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Identifying
Competitive
Advantage
System
Thinking
Technology
Across the
Value Chain
Value Chain
Example
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Identifying
Competitive
Advantage
System
Thinking
Technology
Across the
Value Chain
Value Chain
Example
Operations management
is a source of
Competitive Advantage.
It can be done
bydelivering products
and services
better,
faster and or cheaper
than competition:
Creating Value Matrix
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Identifying
Competitive
Advantage
System
Thinking
Technology
Across the
Value Chain
Value Chain
Example
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Example applied on Restaurant
Identifying
Competitive
Advantage
System
Thinking
Technology
Across the
Value Chain
Value Chain
Example
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Conclusion:
 It is simple: our
industry needs
Managers that are
decision makers.
 They have to rely
on this balance to
perform those
decision.
Implications
Experience
Knowledge
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10 Commandments for
Restaurant Managers:
 Managers are rewarded not for what they do, but for what
their people do.
 Plan ahead and carry out those plans: “Plan your work than
work your plan
 Don’t get stuck in any one area too long.
 Work the room, don’t manage it, and market the restaurant.
 The primary goal of a manager is to Teach employees
something new every day. When we teach, we learn twice.
 Welcome your employees with a smile and a kind word .
 Never loose your showbiz face at work.
 Manage your income.
 Manage your health, stay away from too many CATS (
Caffeine, Tobacco, Alcohol, Salt/sugar).
 Remember that good enough never is.
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Session VI
Food service 2025
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Food Service 2025
 What will successful foodservice
companies be doing right in three to five
years?
 What will unsuccessful ones be doing
wrong?
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Food Service 2025
The 5 Persistent Challenges
1. External/Internal Marketing
– Acquiring & Maintaining Customers
– Menus: Food & Beverage
– Same Store Sales/COGS/Profitability
2. Process & Procedure
3. People
– Recruiting/Hiring/Retention
– Training & Development/Bench Strength
4. Real Estate
5. Technology
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Food Service 2025
Key Trends Next 1‐5 Years
• Higher Wages
• Shallower Labor Pool (non Lasting ones)
• Digital Servers
• Mandatory Customization
• Decline of Tipping
• Evolution of On Boarding Stages
• The End of Cash Registers?
• Technology applied to Training
• The End of The Casual Customer
• Competition no longer linear in segments
• Design: Color/Texture/Atmosphere/Plating
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Food Service 2025
Technology
• Sharing Economy (Offices space, car usage, etc…)
• BYOT even more BYOD
Bring your own technology/ bring your own device
• POS Disappears as mobile ordering Increases
• Omnidirectional Communication (Social Media/website/POS)
all directions
• Smart Restaurants
• Frictionless Payment
• Digital Watches for Mgrs (Labor/Food/Utility Costs)
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Food Service 2025
Process/Procedure
 Reduce Complexity
 Minimize Staff
 Get Brilliant at the Basics
 Make the Experience Ridiculously Amazing
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Food Service 2025
What would the ideal foodservice
company culture look like?
 Re-Examine: Every Process &
Procedure
 How you Train/Onboard/Career Path
 Caring Culture
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Food Service 2025
All Goals are dependent on Shift
Execution
Do this at
managers
meetings
Continuous
Improvement
14 shifts/wk 56 /mo,
168/qtr., 672/year
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Food Service 2025
Make every detail perfect
and limit the number of
details to perfect.
Your primary job is to
eliminate the things that
cause conflict with your
customers.
1. Focus
2. Build Strong Teams
3. Serve Better
4.Sell More
5.Control Costs
6. Relentless Marketing
7.Out-Teach/ Out-Learn
8.Lead Smart
9. Execute
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Food Service 2025
 No one can go back and start a new
beginning, but anyone can start today
& make a new ending.
 If Not Now, Then When? If Not You,
Then Who?
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Food Service 2025
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  • 1.
  • 2.
    M. Daou 45 Yearsof Restaurant industry sales (1971-2022) +6.85% Compound annual Growth Rate (CAGR)
  • 3.
    M. Daou CHALLENGES OFRESTAURANT OPERATION  Long hours  Excessive fatigue can lead to health problems  Little security for managers who work for others  Family life can suffer  For owner, possibility of losing investment and investors
  • 4.
    M. Daou REASONS FORRESTAURANT FAILURE  Lack of management traits/skills  Lack of sufficient capital  The expansion & competition from other restaurants  Family problems
  • 5.
    M. Daou THE RESTAURANTFAILURE RATE  Results of Dr. Parsa’s study: ◦ First year: Highest failure 26% ◦ Second year: 19% ◦ Third year: 14% ◦ Failure rate for the first three years: 59%
  • 6.
    M. Daou Ways tobe part of this industry: There are several career & investment options in the restaurant business: ◦ Manage for someone else. ◦ Purchase & operate a franchise. (QSR, CASUAL & ABOVE) ◦ Buy an existing restaurant & operate as is or change its concept. ◦ Build & operate a new restaurant.
  • 7.
    M. Daou What isa concept?  The matrix of ideas that constitute what will be perceived as the restaurant’s image.  It provides the framework on which to hang the image.  Applies to any foodservice operation.  Should fit a definite target market.  Distinguishes the establishment as D&B, different & better, than the competition.  May be necessary to modify as competition arises.
  • 8.
    M. Daou Concept include… Quality  Price  Location  Atmosphere /décor  Service  Food style  Management  Menu
  • 9.
  • 10.
    M. Daou Symbols  Aspectsof the concept seen in the: ◦ Sign ◦ Logo ◦ Colors ◦ Upholstery ◦ Food ◦ Food presentation
  • 11.
    M. Daou BE ACOPYCAT!  Analyze existing restaurants that are successful.  Borrow good points & practices.  Modify & improve borrowed points & practices if possible.  The successful mix = one that is better than the
  • 12.
    M. Daou Types andCategories of restaurants Types of Restaurants: • sandwich shops •Quick-Service • Fast Casual • Family Restaurants • Casual •Fine-Casual • Fine-Dining
  • 13.
    M. Daou Types andCategories of Restaurants: Categories of Restaurants: • Hotel Restaurants • Steak House • Seafood • Ethnic • Theme • Coffee-shops • Chef-Owned • Celebrity Chefs • Centralized Home Delivery
  • 14.
    M. Daou Who isa manager  A manager is: Man of Age. Man of age is a person who can and willing to be responsible. Responsibility: is the ability to respond to certain situation. To respond: meaning to take a decision.
  • 15.
    M. Daou Decision Maker: Implications Experience Knowledge The manager is a real decision maker, so to be a successful decision maker, he needs to have: 1. Appropriate Knowledge 2. Adequate experience 3. Forecasting its implications.
  • 16.
    M. Daou Decision Maker: Implications Experience Knowledge To be a successful decision maker, any restaurant operations manager should work and combine different disciplines. Fusion and Synergy of these disciplines is called: Disciplines Balance for Restaurant Managers.
  • 17.
    M. Daou Disciplines Balancefor Restaurant Managers Restaurant Industry Human Dimension Business Dimension Quality Marketing Dimension
  • 18.
    M. Daou Group WorkSession I: IYADWUAD, YAGWUAG Each one defines in one Sentence his concept in Life, In other words his objectives.
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    Leadership is aBehavior Leading by Example. •Leader’s job is to help people accomplish their goals by Supporting them and removing obstacles, take accountability to cover their back, and to give them credit when things are done correctly. •They have to be Efficient and Effective. Ken Blanchard Efficiency: Meaning maximum productivity: quality of work + quantity of work in Min Timing. Effectiveness: Capabilities + Productivity Operations Functions Team Building/ Scheduling Basic Managerial Skills Leadership & Planning
  • 22.
    Time is Money. Maximizingthe use of time= Maximize profits Planning : Restaurant journey is a sequence of projects, and every project has five phases: • Initiation • Planning • Execution • Monitor and control • Closing of the event Planning is the hardest one: Starts from putting ideas in sequence, Setting objectives, activities, and tasks. Put for each: time, cost, procurement, risk, Communication, resources, Operations Functions Team Building/ Scheduling Basic Managerial Skills Leadership & Planning
  • 23.
    We are managers,our plan is executed by others, for them to be able to execute they need: Continuous Briefings Necessary De briefings Adequate Training Operations Functions Team Building/ Scheduling Basic Managerial Skills Time Management and Effective Meetings
  • 24.
    M. Daou Briefing Introduction Apre-shift meeting, is the guideline for every working shift. “plan your work then work your plan.”
  • 25.
    M. Daou Elements ofa Briefing Part 2 Demonstrative 30 % of time Part 3 Interrogative 50% of time Part 1 Dictating 20% of time  it is done before the shift  It takes 10 to 15 minute  It is divided in 3 parts (Dictating, Demonstrative and Interrogative)
  • 26.
    M. Daou 20% ofthe time 3 minutes  Be positive  Relaxed  Smiling Dictating Demonstrative Interrogative • special company policies, • branch targets, new mall rules, etc… • Sect Dist., reservations, etc…. Announcement • Unavailable items Bar/kitchen • Limited Items Bar/kitchen 86 Items • We focus on one suggestive selling per week. Suggestive Selling • one element to focus on, Ashtrays, welcoming, farewell, service of drinks, debarras etc……. SOP
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    M. Daou  30%of the time.  4 to 5 minutes. N.B. Maintain positivity during demo, and should never point to any person. Dictating Demonstrative Interrogative SOP review: Demo for Wrong example and Right Example Suggestive selling: Demo / Examples
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    M. Daou 50% ofthe time. 7 to 8 minutes.  Ask all the team  Motivate the team, with recognition  If no answer, ask another  Return to get answer  Positive Closure Dictating Demonstrative Interrogative L A Q A
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    M. Daou Timing ofa Briefing  before every shift,  30 minutes to prepare one briefing  start on time, Finish on time  Board Note  Liability of the whole Team Date: 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 Pre-Shift Meeting (Briefing) Section Distribution SOP Review Subject Annoucements (Goal of the month, Budget to achieve) 86 Items Suggestive Selling
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    M. Daou De-Briefing  Doneafter work.  States problems faced during work,  Q&A for Solutions  Solution Proposed and adopted  Maximum 6 points  Maximum time: 30 minutes.
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    M. Daou Adequate Training  Onlywise people learns in repetition  When we teach, we learn twice  we are as strong as our weakest link  Spare at least one third of your time to teach your subordinate something new every day.
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    T = Together E=Everybody A= Achieves M= More 1+ 1 = 2 in arithmetic calculations. In team work calculations, it is exponential, it might reach 20 or 121 So Teams are group of persons working in synergy towards: 1. One goal 2. Common Approach 3. Individual conviction 4. I give before I take. Every one is important and incomplete. Operations Functions Team Building/ Scheduling Basic Managerial Skills Time Management and Effective Meetings
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    Efficient scheduling: • ExpectedTraffic: each shift should be considered as a market niche that has its own guests. • Shift structure by position • Manning • Knowing strength and weaknesses of every team member • Labor output per $ produced • Manning adjustment on daily basis Operations Functions Team Building/ Scheduling Basic Managerial Skills Time Management and Effective Meetings
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    Respect: two universal wordsto be used: Please & Thank you. Operations Functions Team Building/ Scheduling Basic Managerial Skills Time Management and Effective Meetings Please Thank you Respect
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    As Manager, generalrules are to be respected: • Praise in public • Reprimand in Private • Respecting Hierarchy and Unity of Command •Time line, and due dates •Focus on developing teams based on three levels: Training, Coaching, monitoring and delegating. •Ability to plan •Forecasting •Evaluation: the ultimate is self evaluation. Operations Functions Team Building/ Scheduling Basic Managerial Skills Time Management and Effective Meetings
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    M. Daou Occupancy Theory Reducing Waste/ 1$ Theory Cost Control/ Inventory Financial Analysis& Budgeting Human Dimension Business Facts Marketing Dimension Quality
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    M. Daou  Startup Cost  Depreciation  Revenue forecasting  Average Ticket  Nb of persons/ nb of transactions  Partial vacancy Occupancy Theory Reducing Waste/ 1$ Theory Cost Control/ Inventory Financial Analysis & Budgeting
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    M. Daou Occupancy Theory Reducing Waste/ 1$ Theory Cost Control/ Inventory Financial Analysis& Budgeting Breakdown of revenues in a restaurant: Revenue 100% Food cost: 20-24 % Labor cost: 28-35% Rent: 12-22% Marketing: 4-6% Ops cost: 9-11% EBITDA: 27-2%
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    M. Daou Occupancy Theory Reducing Waste/ 1$ Theory Cost Control/ Inventory Financial Analysis& Budgeting  If we sell Mixed grill for 6.75 KD, on average we should do: 15%, so 1.012 KD  If the plate is broken, its cost is 3 KD, so we should sell 3 Mixed grill without any profit only to earn the cost of the broken plate.
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    M. Daou  StandardRecipe Card  Ideal Cost/ theoretical cost  Real Cost  Inventory Turnover  Par levels  Menu Analysis.  Pricing Strategy Occupancy Theory Reducing Waste/ 1$ Theory Cost Control/ Inventory Financial Analysis & Budgeting
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    M. Daou  Budgeting: ◦Capital Budgeting ◦ Operations Budget Occupancy Theory Reducing Waste/ 1$ Theory Cost Control/ Inventory Financial Analysis & Budgeting
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    M. Daou Group WorkSession III: Solve Exercises
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    M. Daou Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ externalPlan Cost of Losing one Guest Human Dimension Business Facts Marketing Dimension Quality
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    M. Daou Cost oflosing one guest: 1 guest who had A bad experience Will tell to: 10 to 12 persons Those in their turn Will tell to 6 others, who In turn will tell To 3 people each. 1*12*6*3= 216 guests. If for a frequency of 1 time/week with an average of 8KD per person, It will total: 1728KD/week. It will total: 90,000 KD of loss in potential gross sales. So we have an impact loss in sales for 90,000 KD just by losing one guest per location. Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou Cost oflosing one guest in 2022: A bad experience can reach 1 million guests in one click: Social Media, Bloggers etc……. In 2025???????? Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou Guest drivenstrategy: The message is clear and simple: Guest-Driven Strategy Products Policies Guest Voice Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou 49 Guest drivenstrategy: Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou Marketing: Bring new guests •External Marketing plan Retain new guests • Internal Marketing plan Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou Guest-Driven strategy: ServiceExcellence/Internal Marketing Plan Guest Entranc e Welcome Table Captain Waiter Waiter Mgr/ Ass Mgr Atmospher e Kitchen/ Bar WC Bill Farewell Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou The theatrestory: Theater Audience Actors Key actors Stage Responsible Back Stage/technician Restaurant Guests Front Liners Floor Managers Managers Kitchen/Bar Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou The theatrestory:  Every time you unlock the front door of your restaurant it’s opening night.  May be your theater will entertain only a half-full house.  So it doesn’t depend on ticket sales, it depends on the audience buying tickets.  This is show biz. Whether full or not, you should do the act and perfectly well.  At the end you may have the best show in town, but if you can’t sell it, you still got it. Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou End Resultfor Customer Service: • Moments of Truth Restaurant • Guest Complaints • Positive Experience • Loyalty • Ambassador Guest Guest Driven Strategy Developing internal Marketing plan/ external Plan Cost of Losing one Guest
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    M. Daou Group WorkSession IV: Take a Real comment from Trip Advisor Put a plan on how to solve it, internally by strengthening our internal marketing.
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    M. Daou Identifying Competitive Advantage System Thinking Technology Across the ValueChain Value Chain Example Operations management is a source of Competitive Advantage. It can be done bydelivering products and services better, faster and or cheaper than competition: Creating Value Matrix
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    M. Daou Example appliedon Restaurant Identifying Competitive Advantage System Thinking Technology Across the Value Chain Value Chain Example
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    M. Daou Conclusion:  Itis simple: our industry needs Managers that are decision makers.  They have to rely on this balance to perform those decision. Implications Experience Knowledge
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    M. Daou 10 Commandmentsfor Restaurant Managers:  Managers are rewarded not for what they do, but for what their people do.  Plan ahead and carry out those plans: “Plan your work than work your plan  Don’t get stuck in any one area too long.  Work the room, don’t manage it, and market the restaurant.  The primary goal of a manager is to Teach employees something new every day. When we teach, we learn twice.  Welcome your employees with a smile and a kind word .  Never loose your showbiz face at work.  Manage your income.  Manage your health, stay away from too many CATS ( Caffeine, Tobacco, Alcohol, Salt/sugar).  Remember that good enough never is.
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    M. Daou Food Service2025  What will successful foodservice companies be doing right in three to five years?  What will unsuccessful ones be doing wrong?
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    M. Daou Food Service2025 The 5 Persistent Challenges 1. External/Internal Marketing – Acquiring & Maintaining Customers – Menus: Food & Beverage – Same Store Sales/COGS/Profitability 2. Process & Procedure 3. People – Recruiting/Hiring/Retention – Training & Development/Bench Strength 4. Real Estate 5. Technology
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    M. Daou Food Service2025 Key Trends Next 1‐5 Years • Higher Wages • Shallower Labor Pool (non Lasting ones) • Digital Servers • Mandatory Customization • Decline of Tipping • Evolution of On Boarding Stages • The End of Cash Registers? • Technology applied to Training • The End of The Casual Customer • Competition no longer linear in segments • Design: Color/Texture/Atmosphere/Plating
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    M. Daou Food Service2025 Technology • Sharing Economy (Offices space, car usage, etc…) • BYOT even more BYOD Bring your own technology/ bring your own device • POS Disappears as mobile ordering Increases • Omnidirectional Communication (Social Media/website/POS) all directions • Smart Restaurants • Frictionless Payment • Digital Watches for Mgrs (Labor/Food/Utility Costs)
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    M. Daou Food Service2025 Process/Procedure  Reduce Complexity  Minimize Staff  Get Brilliant at the Basics  Make the Experience Ridiculously Amazing
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    M. Daou Food Service2025 What would the ideal foodservice company culture look like?  Re-Examine: Every Process & Procedure  How you Train/Onboard/Career Path  Caring Culture
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    M. Daou Food Service2025 All Goals are dependent on Shift Execution Do this at managers meetings Continuous Improvement 14 shifts/wk 56 /mo, 168/qtr., 672/year
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    M. Daou Food Service2025 Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect. Your primary job is to eliminate the things that cause conflict with your customers. 1. Focus 2. Build Strong Teams 3. Serve Better 4.Sell More 5.Control Costs 6. Relentless Marketing 7.Out-Teach/ Out-Learn 8.Lead Smart 9. Execute
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    M. Daou Food Service2025  No one can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today & make a new ending.  If Not Now, Then When? If Not You, Then Who?
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