Thursday PM 11.10.16

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Dinner Sales: $4645
Projected Sales : $5145
TY Dinner Sales: $5192
+/- : +12% LY and +$47 PS
Dinner Covers: 187
Avg PPA: $27.76

Weather: Sunny and pleasant. In the 70s. Got into the 60s at night, nice and cool

Special events?: day before veterans day. Oh! FYI, someone called and asked if we did a discount for Veterans day. I think last year we did 10% off, so I said yes, 10% off. So....I'm a double tomorrow so the only person that should really be aware is myself and the staff working that day.  I'll be sure to communicate that. But also just letting everyone here know.

Who worked: Kelly called out, and with Gabe on medical leave, we were stretched thin tonight.
Ran with 4 servers on: Ruthy, Mandy, Grace & Dusten CL. Had newbies at the host stand because Chelsea also called out for being sick, so Maegan & Melisa hosted. And we had Alex SA'ing and then Renee FR. It was weird, but it worked. Lindsey was also feeling ill so we bargained with her to pull her off the floor and CT.

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Solid start to Happy Hour and a continuous build to 6pm. Consistent flow until 7:30 and we went on a wait. The wait lasted until about 9pm. We came off the wait, briefly, around 8:30, at that point Lindsey was pretty worn down and ready to go. She rang almost $300 in sales in only about an hour and a half, so that was pretty good. After she left I got about 5 other drink orders but just transferred the tabs to the servers. Everyone put on a good hustle tonight with the bigger sections. Didn't make any cuts, considering. We stayed full until the very end.

Specials:
OToro 4
Whole Aji: 0
Tempura IC:  2

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Dusten handled the sushi bar and party room very well, delegating when he needed to. Had some run ins with the soft serve machine. Seems that tube on the top gets clogged up and prohibits the mix going into the machine. I think it only happens with this one, because we use a juice and sometimes it gets a bit thicker than usual. So when that happens we just have to pour some more mix into the machine and it clears up the issue. But Dusten ran into that snag twice tonight.
-Grace had the Back B's, a considerably larger section that she is use to at night, but she seemed to handle it really well. Positive attitude and never seemed to let anything fluster her.
-Alex was a hero tonight helping to SA. Not the best SA, but definitely a help to us tonight. Kinda funny.
-Melisa and Maegan took a little while to find their notch with each other, but once they got into a good flow, they had nice momentum

Any VIP's in?
Ben
David & Ransom
Victor and Wife
Casey & his wife

Comps& Void Detail:
Did some FNF discounts for the VIPs since it's been a while since I've seen some.
Kome Bucks Card from 2 tables.
I bought Alex dinner for his volunteer efforts last night. Compd it to Emp Kome Bucks.

R&M needs:
Keep and eye on the softserve machine I suppose.

86'd items/ need more: