Wednesday Recap 1/21/14

Written By: Leary

LY Lunch Sales:$1232
Projected Sales: $1404 (+$103.20)
TY Lunch Sales: $1507.20
+/- :  +$275.20, +22%
Lunch Covers: 94
Avg PPA: $16.03

LY Dinner Sales: $4123
Projected Sales: $4271 (-379.15)
TY Dinner Sales: $3891.85
+/- : -$231.15, -6%
Dinner Covers: 134
Avg PPA: $29.04

Previous Days Labor %: 22%

Previous Days Comps %:  4.23%
Controllable: 13%
Uncontrollable: 87%

Weather: Chilly, Cloudy, and light scattered showers throughout the day

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?:
Lunch: Krystin, Kate, Johnny, Lynn CL, Junko H, Sigele FR
Dinner: Krystin, Sayo, Naoto, Lindsey, Sophia CL, Dena H, Hiroe FR, Kaori SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch: Pretty easy lunch. Never had a big pop. It was just a steady flow of tables. Filled up around 1230, but emptied out again by 1. Went 2 on at 1. Had a steady flow of tables to keep Lynn and Johnny until 2. Ticket times were great.

Dinner:
The chilly drizzly weather definitely seem to folks indoors tonight. Slow start and end to the evening. We had a very small pop between 730-830 with a steady flow of 3-4 tables on a wait, but it empty out a lot by 845. Went 2 on at 835. 1 on at 930. Cut the host at 9. Ticket times were great. 

Ran a perfect ticket contest tonight. It's kind of weird one here since it's more of a small plate dining experience here, but I want to get servers more in the habit of pushing those little extras in the beginning and end of the meal to help drive sales up. Some servers are great about planting the seed for dessert and offering starters, such as Dusten, but others could probably be a little more proactive about suggesting it.
  
Specials?
Smoking Sashimi- 5
Poison Cru- 2
Tako-Wasa Nigiri- 2

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):

Any VIP's in?
Neil

Comps& Void Detail:
-Comped a Natto Nigiri piece for B2. This is a tough one because there wasn't anything wrong with it. They wanted try it, pulled a little bit out, tasted it, and immediately sent it back. They ordered a lot of other items, and it's hard to want to punish someone for trying new things. I think maybe in the future it might be nice to bring somebody a tiny amount to try rather having a $7 comp.

-Comped a Bday Parfait. Noticed the computer rings it up as $7 and the dessert menu says $7.50. Should I change the price in the computer, or is it a typo on the menu?

-Comped a drink for Krystin for getting the closest to winning the contest without hitting the minimum  to win.   

R&M needs?:
I was worried about the roof in the party room with the rain earlier in the evening, but it held out. 

86'd items/ need more?