Friday AM 12.23.16

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales: $0 Christmas LY.  LY same date is $2089
Projected Sales : $2850
TY Lunch Sales: $2587
+/- : -$263 PS
Lunch Covers: 154
Avg PPA: $16.80

Previous Days Labor:22%

Previous Days Comps: 3%
Controllable Comps: 16.33% FNF mainly.

Weather: Overcast, low 60s

Special events?: Christmas Eve Eve

Who worked: Renee, Sophia, Alex, Johnny CL. John Host, Taylor FR, Brennan SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Slow start, though we did get 5 tables right at 11am. Steady towards noon. Leary was here to help in case we got a crazy push, but by 1pm it was still mellow and steady, so I let him go. We remained steady throughout 1pm and sat our last table right at 2 on the nose. Had a small wait here and there for parties of 3, but that was about it. Consistent and steady was the name of the game today.

The kitchen got hit pretty hard and had some struggles today. Right from the start, the prep table collapsed from the weight of tempura bags and sent tempura dust everywhere. Matt helped to clean it up but that left Hector to get bogged down with ramen. Some ramen took 20 minutes to get to tables, and had one table get their Ramen only to find that the noodles were all short, looking like they had been cut or something. He was understanding, a regular of ours who always get the Tonkotsu (he said it's actually be a year since he's been in, though I feel like I've seen him sooner than that) He also said that there was too much spinach in it. I took care of his meal since it wasn't that great. Which got me thinking about the toppings in the ramen. Wouldn't it be more consistent if we had scoops in most of the ingredients? Like a tablespoon of corn, tablespoon wakame, etc. I think that would solve the consistency problems. When I was at Alamo they had specs on even the pizzas, like 13 pieces of pepperoni on each pizza, and I would have to count out the pieces as I assembled each pizza. But it was consistent.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Brennan got a little coaching from Leary- I've noticed this too- he leaves his towel on the table while setting it. Leary had him put it on the tray.
-Everyone was moving today. No one was too challanged except for the kitchen. Spirits were high and feet were moving!

Any VIP's in?
Karen
Rob

Comps& Void Detail:
$21 for Kitchen error with the Ramen. I bought his side kara age and hot tea too, since he hardly ate any of his ramen.


R&M needs:
Bugs in the soft serve machine...
86'd items/ need more: