26 Degrees in the Shade . . .

Summer Days Too Tiring for Me

Quirt Period Between Lunch and Evening Trade – Bar Restaurant

Summer Trade

Unless you Bar Restaurant is located right near a busy beach you probably will have a quite period between the end of lunch and the start of the evening trade. This means that you could be very tired come the evening shift.

What are your options?

Well you could close from say 4:30 – 7 pm and then when you re-open you’ll feel refreshed and ready for the busy evening shift.

Are there any problems involved in doing that?

Well! when you return the local will be very hot inside and you will have lost some trade whilst you were closed, but it’s an option that many bar restaurant owners go for nevertheless.

You could leave a staff member in charge to sell drinks and simple snacks.

This is quite a good system, but you’ll need to have certain security checks in place to ensure that everything is going through the till. The best idea is to train staff that each time they serve something, it MUST be written on the customers bill. The reason for this, is that some staff will invite their friends and family when they know that you’re not going to be in the restaurant. If you pop in and out at unexpected times, you can look at the customer’s bills and see easily weather you are being cheated or not.

Take regular “X” readings

This also helps you to know if your losing money, as staff who steal usually put money in the till without ringing it up and then remove the excess cash later,when they get a chance.

You will need to keep on you toes if you don’t want to get ripped-off.

I hope that I have been helpful.

A Sunny Easter on the Costa del Sol

A Sunny Easter on the Costa del Sol. You Must be Ready!

By Easter you should have everything prepared for the summer season and if on top of that when Easter arrives, it’s warm and sunny, which is usually the case, you’ll be ready for the increased volume of trade that Easter, like any school holiday brings.One of the things that’s just so nice about living and working on the Costa del Sol, is that when the sun shines, which is most of the time, people are so happy and smiling and when your customers are like that, it’s so lovely to work with them and you don’t need any reminding why you left the UK or wherever to come here.

If I may just slip back into talking about work again; here are some of the things that you should have been working on during the winter months in readiness for the increased trade level that starts at Easter:

• Repaint or replace advertising boards.
• New plastic covered menus to start the new season.
• Redecoration of the premises where required.
• New uniforms aprons etc. (With your logo on if possible.)
• Replace or repair any terrace furniture, which is looking tired.
• Replace any damaged parts of your awning.
• Replace anything in the kitchen that is looking old or is getting unreliable.
• Spring-clean every nook and cranny of your premises.

Good luck for the new season and don’t forget to start building your tan now ready for July and August when you’ll be in the pool a lot!