Author name: Jamie Griffin

Jamie Griffin is Founder and Principal of Consult to Grow®, a restaurant strategy firm that advises restaurant owners on scaling systems, processes and people to grow sales, profits and geography.

Re Restaurant 2020: The Restaurant Operators Path to the Next Normal

Coronavirus & Restaurants: The Path to the Next Normal

Relaunch or Reopen Your Restaurant(s) in the midst of the Coronavirus Outbreak Download the File:Re-Restaurant Toolkit (A Path to the Next Normal) Our industry (and the good people who work in it) went into a tailspin three weeks ago at the time of this writing as state and local governments began closing dining rooms and […]

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Operating in a New Normal

Coronavirus & Restaurants: Operating in a Crisis

As you are establishing your new normal, consider the following from this throwback post. Layoffs & Reductions in Pay Prepare yourself to make tough financial and personal decisions. For many clients, that has meant temporary layoffs and pay reductions. Conduct these conversations by phone one-on-one, if possible. Sample Letters for Download:Sample Layoff Notice [MS Word]Sample

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Coronavirus & Restaurants: Surviving the Crisis

Coronavirus & Restaurants: Surviving the Crisis

Stay Up-to-Date | Decide Using Facts Kudos to Restaurant Business Online for reporting on the unprecedented impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on the restaurant industry. Making it Through the Crisis | Daily Habits Communicate. Communicate. Communicate. Customers. Crew. Community. Clean up and catch up: keep people proactive and occupied. Cash. Cash. Cash. Focus on maintaining

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Coronavirus: Tools and Tips for Restaurants

If you’re operating one or a few restaurant units, you probably don’t have the resources that come with a full-scale Human Resources and Risk Management team guiding your business’ response to COVID-19 Coronavirus. Consult to Grow wants to make sure you have the essential game plan elements to prepare your managers and team members. Here

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Powerful, Yet Simple, Strategic Planning Secrets

Powerful, Yet Simple, Strategic Planning Secrets

Have you ever felt like you’re working hard yet not making any progress toward your goals? It’s common to meet business owners and teams who work hard but don’t deliver critical results for the organization. Members of the team become exhausted… disappointed they are not seeing positive changes from their efforts and frustrated by the

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Restaurant HR Calendar

Restaurant HR Calendar

Download my 2020 Restaurant HR Calendar in Word Format Here:https://www.consulttogrow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-Annual-HR-Calendar-Final.docx Consult to Grow® provides various tools and services to help you develop people strategies to grow your team.  We can expertly assess your HR infrastructure, develop custom Employer of Choice strategies, facilitate leadership meetings and retreats, help you design bonus and incentive programs, and design

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Is a Restaurant Partner Program Right for Your Chain?

Is a Restaurant Partner Program Right for Your Chain?

Managing partner, operating partner, restaurant partner, and, sometimes, franchise partner, are all variations of the same concept: a program for elite restaurant general managers who have completed extensive training and consistently deliver exceptional financial and operational results. These elite operators (partners from here on out) are richly rewarded with greater pay and operational autonomy.  In

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Forecasting the Future of Restaurant Industry HR & Tech

Forecasting the Future of Restaurant Industry HR & Tech

  Corporate foresight is a mix of processes, tools and methods to understand the drivers of change and make predictions about the future of business.  In this article, Jamie uses the STEEP to imagine the future of restaurant, retail & hospitality.  Read the article here.  Consult to Grow® provides various tools and services to help you

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Order Up! Talking #WorkplaceNow and the Restaurant Industry

Order Up! Talking #WorkplaceNow and the Restaurant Industry

  Jamie joined the DriveThru HR podcast with Robin Schooling and Mike VanDervort to chat about the restaurant industry, scaling founder-led businesses and much more. Check out this quick 30 minute episode here.  Consult to Grow® provides various tools and services to help you develop people strategies to grow your team.  We can expertly assess your

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