If you built this week’s schedule by copying last week and moving a couple names around, your labor cost isn’t a number. It’s a vibe. In this episode: why the schedule is the second biggest financial decision you make every week, and the forecast-first method that puts you back in control of it.

Your Google Business Profile is your real front door, and most owners haven't touched it in years. Al covers the three fixes that cost nothing and pay off immediately: hours that are actually right (especially holidays), photos taken this week instead of 2021, and how to reply to reviews. Plus the secret about answering bad reviews: you're not writing to the angry customer, you're writing to the hundred strangers reading your reply. Twenty minutes of work, the highest-return marketing you'll do all month.

Free download: the Silver Spoon Restaurant Health Check.

The best restaurants in the world share one habit. It costs nothing, takes ten minutes, and most independents skip it every day: the pre-shift meeting. In this episode, Al breaks down what happens when you skip it (servers finding out about 86'd items from angry tables, specials nobody sells, the same mistake repeating all week) and gives you the exact ten-minute agenda: the numbers, the menu, one service focus, and a taste of one dish. Run it tonight.

Free download: the Silver Spoon Restaurant Health Check, 20 questions that show you where your restaurant is leaking money.