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Restaurant Automation Pack
The pre-shift note, the 86 list, and the Monday page I would hand a manager.
6 prompts 4 automations
About this pack
I wrote this for owners who are still running service out of someone's head. You get the texts, the checklists, and the Monday routine. The free library still has the tool guides. This pack is the order of operations and the words.
What's included (20 items)
Tonight's specials in the dining room's voice
Rewrite the specials so a server can say them without reading a marketing paragraph.
Tomorrow's prep list from today's waste notes
Turn a messy close note into a prep list with names on it.
Group reservation reply
Answer a party inquiry with the rules, the deposit, and a yes or a no.
Coverage text when someone calls out
Write the text that actually fills the shift, not a group-chat novel.
Monday food-cost readout
Turn a week of invoices and waste into one decision for the owner.
Menu line a server can say out loud
Rewrite one dish so it sounds like your floor, not a magazine.
The pre-shift five minutes
One person reads the 86 list, the specials, and the reservations out loud before the first table sits.
The 86 and the special
A dish comes off the menu the moment the kitchen says so, and the special has a price before service.
No-show recovery
One text the night they miss the table. One offer to rebook. Then you stop.
Monday numbers, one page
Fifteen minutes on sales, voids, and waste. One change for the week, with a name.
Text when a reservation does not show
SMS, the night of the missed table
86 the dish, tell the floor
Text or printed line, before the next ticket
Opening note for whoever unlocks
Written, posted before the opener arrives
Closing note for whoever locks up
Written, on the close checklist
Vendor order for tomorrow
Text or email to the vendor, before their cutoff
Shift handoff
Written, left for the next lead
When a table says the food was slow
Spoken at the table, then a note for the kitchen
Birthday or large-party confirmation
Email or SMS, the day before
Before the first seating
Do this every service. If a line is not true, do not open the door.
Close the drawer and the night
The closer does not leave until these are done. A group chat is not a close.
This pack is for
Restaurant ownersBar managersFood truck operatorsCatering businesses