Monday 12/28/15

Written By: Samara

LY Lunch Sales: $2541
Projected Sales : $1843
TY Lunch Sales: $2385
+/- : -6% of LY and +542 over PS
Lunch Covers: 136
Avg PPA: $17.54


LY Dinner Sales: $5082
Projected Sales : $5220
TY Dinner Sales: $5739
+/- :  +13% over LY and $519 over PS
Dinner Covers: 204
Avg PPA: $28.13


Previous Days Labor: 16%

Previous Days Comps: 6.36%
Controllable Comps: 0.83% WHOA!

Weather: 30's and 40's CHILLY!! BRRR!

Special events?:


Who worked: (LUNCH) Kate, Krystin, Ruthy, Johnny CL, Hiroe FR, Taylor SA, Junko Host
(DINNER) Kate, Krystin, Leary, Grace, Camacho CL, Hiroe FR, Taylor SA, Miriam & Ruthy Host

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Lunch was steady throughout. Went two on around 2:15 even though Johnny protested.  The restaurant was full at that point and it worked out just fine. Last table was seated at 2:05pm. On a consistent wait of 15-20 mins by noon and stayed that way until close. No excessive ticket times other than a 25 minute Sunomono but that particular table ordered a lot of food and sushi bar was pretty busy at the time. A gentlemen dining with his wife at A1 ordered a Kayaku Udon and said it tasted "too fishy". Wasn't his thing...not even sure why he ordered it in the first place. Anyway, I offered him a replacement dish but he seemed content. His wife was even nagging him to order something else. I comped it under DNL.

Dinner was much busier that lunch. Had two large pops. One at 6:30pm and another at 8pm.  Had an issue with a bottle of Argus Cider. Kate brought this to my attention. The customer said the cider tasted "salty". I tasted it and opened a second bottle. The one bottle had gone bad and had a strong taste of vinegar. No long ticket times or customer issues. A lot of regulars tonight!

Cut Kate and Krystin (both doubles) at 8:30. Cut Ruthy at 9:10 and Leary at 9:45. Had a 7 top walk in at 9:20 and were sat in Grace's section. She "gave" her table away to Camacho without consulting me because she "is working a double tomorrow and doesn't want to be here until 11:30". This is unacceptable. I'm going to let this action slide for now but let's mention this in pre-shift notes about assuming when one is cut and giving tables away without asking management. A little reminder goes a long way...

Specials:
Tsubu-gai 11
King Salmon Aburi Sashimi 13
Tako Kara Age 7
Kaki Fry 7

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Noticed that Kate does this weird thing where it seems like she intentionally doesn't run her food. I caught her glancing over multiple times at the sushi bar, when food was up, and then walk away. During the first two hours of lunch, the majority of her food was run by myself, the food runner, or all of the other servers. There was a Sunomono that took about 25 minutes to make and after I ran it to A5 and told Kate, she looked at me like she had no idea what I was talking about. We spoke after her shift about how she's great at pre busing (I wanted to soften the blow) but she could work on running more of her food, or at least be vocal when needing help. She was fairly defensive but said she'd work on it. She did a much better job at dinner with one exception: there was a roll sitting on the sushi bar for the party room. 10 minutes passed. I finally ran and they were already on dessert. So there's that. Keep an eye on this other managers, please.

-Taylor is great as an SA. Could use a little work on efficiency and speed but very happy with him as the newest addition.

-Miriam needs to work on her hustle with seating tables when we're on a wait. Lots of tables open for a long period of time for no real reason. Other than that, I think she's doing a great job as a new host.

Any VIP's in? Clair's boyfriend Michael, Cole from Cheer Up Charlie's, Rachel from Hotel Vegas, SushiBar Andrew's boyfriend Tyler & friends, Some friends of Camacho (didn't catch their names). John who owns Switched On, Dasha, Lindsey from Perla's

Comps& Void Detail:
-5 SIN discounts
-30% Recovery on Salmon Katsu. Portion was smaller than usual.
-Void Salmon Katsu. 86'd
-$10 Kome bucks
-DNL Kayaku Udon
-Void Tempura Special One and Void Iidako. Both misrings. Several servers were ringing in the Tako Kara Age special differently
 and then the prices didn't match up. Going forward, right Tako Kara Age under Iidako.
-100% Recovery 2 pieces of avocado nigiri. Server error. Leary didn't realize the sushi card was previously filled in.
-DNL Argus Cider.
-FNF for Tyler and friends
-FNF for Michael, Clair's boyfriend


R&M needs: Clark Kent came by today to check on the sink and the toilet seal in the men's restroom. They will be by tomorrow morning (8/8:30ish) to make repairs. There is a signed check from Elizabeth on the base of the computer monitor in the office.

Can we decide where the trailer keys live? It's confusing when it keeps changing.

86'd items/ need more: low on Mexi Coke, Shishamo, Uni