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The actual, real-world structure of the restaurant industry. Two strands. One centered on the Customer, running on [The Service Contract]. One centered on the Guest, running on [The Hospitality Contract]. Two contract forms. One physics operating under every format, every price point, every concept. Posts filed here teach the physics itself — the container-tier reads that make every other piece on this site legible.

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QFO Social Media

  • byJeffrey Summers
Q: Shouldn’t you use social platforms like TripAdvisor to market your business? A: No. You shouldn’t use a…
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QFO How true is this statement Employee Engagement is something all organizations need but it is tricky to tactically execute

  • byJeffrey Summers
Employee Engagement Is Not A Program The statement that employee engagement is “tricky to tactically execute” contains two…
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QFO Frustration

  • byJeffrey Summers
Q: “I get so frustrated with myself on a weekly if not daily basis . Like how can…
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The Duality of Hospitality Employees

  • byJeffrey Summers
Spend time in any industry forum or blog where front-line cast members talk to each other and you…
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9 Reasons Your Guest Experience Is Built To Fail

  • byJeffrey Summers
Most operators would answer yes if you asked whether they are working to improve their Guest Experience. The…
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What Is The Guest Experience

  • byJeffrey Summers
First and most important: you do not define it. The Guest does. The Guest Experience is how a…
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QFO What Else Can I Do But Discount

  • byJeffrey Summers
QFO: “Since most loyalty programs involve some sort of comp (discount) what do you propose instead as the…
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QFO Making People Care

  • byJeffrey Summers
You do not. That is the entire answer. And it is the answer most operators have never accepted…
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Restaurant Marketing Mistakes The McDonalds Trap Killing Independents

  • byJeffrey Summers
Most restaurant marketing mistakes are not the ones you think. The worst one is invisible to the operator…
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No Growth

  • byJeffrey Summers
No Growth Two words. That’s the whole diagnosis. Every operator I talk to has a list. Difficult managers.…

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[Restaurant Physics] — The actual, real-world structure of the restaurant industry. Two strands. One centered on the Customer, running on [The Service Contract]. One centered on the Guest, running on [The Hospitality Contract]. Two contract forms. One physics operating under every format, every price point, every concept. Named so the operator can read it.

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