Wednesday 5/25/16

Written By: Dusten

LY Lunch Sales: 2046
Projected Sales : 2074
TY Lunch Sales: 1921
+/- : -6% less from PS and -$153 under PS
Lunch Covers: 120
Avg PPA: 16.01


LY Dinner Sales: 4925
Projected Sales : 5670
TY Dinner Sales: 5089
+/- : 3% over LY but -$581 short of PS
Dinner Covers: 206
Avg PPA: 24.70


Previous Days Labor: 16%

Previous Days Comps: 4.86
Controllable Comps: 3.56

Weather: warm and muggy.

Special events?:


Who worked: Lunch: Naoto, Mandy, Kelly, Johnny CL, John Hosting, Will SA and Taylor FR.
Dinner: Naoto, Mandy, Sayo, Camacho, Sophia CL, Hiroe FR, Kaori SA, John and Chelsea Hosting.

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Lunch was fairly slow. Filled up almost and things died off by 12:45pm. Heard "sushi takes time" from the bar but no customer issues. I cut Naoto at 12:45, Mandy at 1:15pm and let Kelly go at 1:45pm. Had a few tables walk in towards the end, but Johnny was fine.
Dinner was slow to start and gradually picked up pace. Went on a brief wait at 6:30pm and was off soon after- people didn't seem to want to wait for a table. We filled up again at 7:30 and went on a longer wait- with times approaching 30 minutes. John underquoted one table by about 10 minutes. Sent them some edamame and they were pleased. I made the first cuts at 8:45pm letting Naoto and Mandy go. Sayo went at 9:15pm. Steady trickle of tables until close.

Specials: 3 smoking sashimi,  4 japanese uni 13 snow crab.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how): William seems to be doing well. Between empiricism and skepticism I wait for him to start slacking off, or screwing up but it hasn't happened so far. He seems observant, detail oriented, his pace is increasing in speed and he takes coaching and suggestion easily.
-Maverick called in during the end of lunch to say he didn't feel well enough to work. He actually called and asked for me specifically. He looked on the schedule and figured out exactly who to report to. I told him he needed to call around to get his shift covered. In the meantime John offered to cover and I let Maverick know. Bought John dinner for his gesture.
-superstar crew tonight. I think there was a single misring- other than that a seamless night. I saw lots over helping and overlapping of attention to the sections.

Any VIP's in? Kenny and his brother, Aaron Franklin. My friend Jeremy from Bullfight. A few regulars I do not know.

Comps& Void Detail: Hamachi and Sake-toro sashimi- guest changed mind. Naoto got it out to the table and they decided they didn't want it.
$15 kome bucks, a couple of bday desserts and a yakitori misring.

R&M needs:

86'd items/ need more: chocolate sauce for elderberry soft serve?