Daruma Manager Meeting

Mgr Mtg Agenda : Operations : grilling the pineapple to get more smokey and sweet flavor from it, and also doing only 8# of sweet potatoes, and caramelizing 1# of shallots. Andrew will update the recipe spreadsheet Guests have been asking for chopstick holders- we can make them for guests that ask Cutting early: make sure we give the person that is cut early a cleaning project to do before they leave.  Start doing mini-preshifts before the shift starts to get the staff up to date on things Going forward, meetings will be at 3:30 at Brew and Brew Segovia coming late- Andrew to call Rigo about our delivery driver dilemma. Revel waiting for printers and Chase CC processing- Will do a demo and training before going live. Handling drunk guests: giving them a warning regarding being disruptive to other guests before being asked to leave. (in warning, mentioning something about another infraction will cause them being asked to leave, etc) Smoking policy enforcement TITLES ...

Mgr Mtg Agenda : Operations : Title the Blogs with DAY-Shift-Date Put a little sign on the fridge so Veggies aren't put on the top shelf (they freeze) Ramen special should be testing out tomorrow- ready to run by Monday.  Repair Cambros, if that doesn't work we can purchase new ones.  Thursday night we will install Revel-  Repair and Maintenance : Ice Machine was not repaired today- call King Daddy Ice for ice delivery- Fox Services for repair over the weekend.  Faucet running - the seal had worn out- since it's over the stove it got worn over the years from the heat- It's an easy fix for us to do, we just need to know where the water shut off is and then repair it ourselves.  Cleaning projects: extra people scheduled next week to work on a few more projects Staffing : Nick is doing well and is full time now- picked up fast and works well with the other staff members Christine and Annie are doing great- their numbers are always on. Va...

Mgr Mtg Agenda : Operations : Katsu special is selling well.  Kimchi onigiri selling well also Kimchi through Minamoto- no longer vegan but better flavor Two servers for Pecan Street Fest- splittings sections for ease of service: Front bar and B's, back bar and A's Bone in thighs not working out as anticipated Communication: if Kayo reaches out please respond- additionally if we are running out of something we need to communicate to one another to pick it up, or stock accordingly.  Repair and Maintenance : Graffiti has finally been removed Signs should be in today for windows  Staffing : Trejo is out until Tuesday and then will be gone a few weeks later. October Dylan and Julian will be gone most of the month. Annie will be available full time, and we shouldn't be short staffed.  Nick will be starting full time next week Events & Upcoming specials : next weekend is Pecan Street Festival- schedule two servers

Mgr Mtg Agenda : Operations : Closing down at the end of the night- cleanliness and cleaning projects during the week. Corn starch was left open overnight, as well as crumbs in the fryer. Giving out cleaning projects before making cuts to ensure things get cleaned Working on the dipping noodles- should be done by next week Ginger Caramel soft serve selling well-make sure we have enough for the weekend Chicken Katsu special also selling well Chicken Thighs: start ordering thighs with bones in and de-bone ourselves.  Thanksgiving Ramen to run for November Switching to cooling the broths in a stock pot-Kayo will bring large stock pot tomorrow.  Repair and Maintenance : Diego is coming to fix the splash gaurd When the splash guard is fixed let's be sure we post on the repair and maintenance blog.  Take is working on installing the shelving units this coming week. By next weekend we can organize better Staffing : Losing Ben down to 10 hours (2 shif...

Mgr Mtg Agenda : Operations : Ipad issues- asked to update POS randomly- Christine approved it and then tried to hard reset the ipad and then the ipad failed. Borrowing ipad mini until the ipad gets fixed.  Going forward, with issues like this or something else, please contact Elizabeth- Naoto is no longer working for Daruma-- if you have questions about something that she can not answer and only Naoto can answer, then that's fine, but 99.9% of the time if there is a big problem or issue, you need to contact Elizabeth. Otherwise, management should all work together to solve the problem.  Mike created the new softserve flavor: ginger caramel Katsu appetizer will run starting today Tsukumen will start tomorrow or the day after Meeting next week Repair and Maintenance : Big Fish finished installing the line from the noodle cooker but apparently the maintenance man was aggressively fixing it and dented a few posts that hold up shelves.  Splash guard on mop...