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How To Sell The “Add On”

This is a topic that I have been debating writing about the “add on”  for a long time.  It is an incredibly important topic that can improve both the satisfaction of your guests and increase your income.  It is also one of the least popular topics amongst servers.  Managers often preach the benefits of selling the […]

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Bringing It All Together

In the time that I have been writing this blog, I have provided a large number of tips on sales and describing food.  Each of the individual posts provides tools and guidelines to help you sell the food most likely to create happy and returning guests.  Used individually these techniques can help you increase the […]

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The Rules of Serving: Rule Five

Rule Five: Always recommend what is in the guest’s best interest, not yours.     (Note: There are many hyperlinks today that will send you to posts were I have previously addressed specifically issues that I address in this post.) This is the second time in two days I have sat down to write this […]

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In Defense of Selling as a Server (Part Three)

Selling is a complex topic.  In the first part of this series, I discussed how most managers and corporations fail to encourage servers to sell in the right way. The second part dealt with the fact that we are all salespeople and in fact selling is part of hospitality.  If you haven’t read part two […]

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In Defense of Selling as a Server (Part Two)

You are a salesperson.  I have never met you, but I am confident in that statement.  By way of explanation let me say that Sunday night I had one of the greatest nights of my life.  I saw Michael Franti and Spearhead perform and it was the greatest concert I have ever attended.  I have […]

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