The Northern Stories of Chef Lao Tan

Chapter 310
Sunday, March [-]th, Jingzhe.

Aqiao's Beijing Liulin store officially opened.

Like the previous stores, there is no fanfare and publicity. Like the restaurants on the street, they open at the same time. The difference is that there is a water sign one meter away from the door, which says "Aqiao is open, welcome "Eight words.

A pair of golden boys and girls stood at the door. The girl was wearing a maroon brocade double-breasted jacket, a blue floral apron tied around her waist, black trousers and black round-toe lace-up shoes. She was full of smiles. She looked like a girl from Northeast China. .

The boy wears a blue double-breasted cloth jacket, a light gray apron, and the same black trousers and cloth shoes as the girl.The guy is handsome, full of sunshine, and he is the prettiest guy on the street.

The newly renovated store, the red paper water sign at the door, and the smiling girls and boys, don't need any publicity. Anyone who passes by will know that the store has opened.

In fact, opening a restaurant is quite simple. You have done enough homework, have excellent products and an excellent team, coupled with advanced management and operation models, choose a good location, decorate and open normally. There is no need to make it look like the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. , It will be fine gradually in a steady stream.

Too hot openings often have no success, this thing is the same as life, it will grow, you have to take your time.

On the first day of opening, the two restaurants were all full, with a table turnover rate of 60.00%, and a turnover of [-].

In the following week, the base point was [-], and it reached [-] on Sunday, exceeding the estimate.

There are 38 restaurants in the whole street, Aqiao is the most popular.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Shulan struck while the iron was hot and began to look for a place to set up a central kitchen shop.Lao Tan and Zhou Xiaomei also left Beijing and arrived in Hohhot.

After arriving in Hohhot, the two inspected various stores, and then went to Baotou, Ordos, Jining, Xilinhot was too far away, so they didn't go.

The good news is that every store is doing well and is making a profit.

Lao Tan held a management meeting and made arrangements for this year's work.During the meeting, Mulan and Huang Lijuan made a report, planning to open two more stores in Baotou this year.

After the meeting, Huang Lijuan and Mulan stayed and told Lao Tan and Zhou Xiaomei about their plans for Ordos and Xilinhot stores.

Huang Lijuan said: "Mr. Tan, Ordos and Xilinhot are far away, and it is inconvenient to manage. See if this works. Let the four stores in these two places be franchised."

These four stores are indeed scattered and difficult to manage. Lao Tan has considered it, but there has been no good solution.I also thought about franchising, worrying that if I operate independently, I will cut corners and materials, which will have a bad impact on the brand.

"Have you discussed this matter with Mr. Wang?" Old Tan asked.

Huang Lijuan said: "We met a few years ago, and she also had the same opinion—mainly because she was afraid that the dumplings would be ruined if she joined the team."

Mulan said: "I don't think it's impossible for anyone to let money go without making money."

Lao Tan looked at Zhou Xiaomei, wanting to hear her opinion.

Zhou Xiaomei thought for a while and said: "Sister Wang and I studied this matter last year, and at that time we wanted to withdraw funds to focus on the Beijing market. Later, we saw that these stores were very profitable, but we were reluctant.

Now Sister Wang and Sister Huang are cooperating, Sister Wang is in charge of the Beijing market, Sister Huang is in charge of Inner Mongolia, and Sister Huang is mainly in charge.My personal opinion is that it is possible to join, but the object of joining should be our internal personnel first. "

"That's what I mean too." Mulan said.

Lao Tan nodded and asked, "Do you have any goals?"

Huang Lijuan said: "The manager of the Ordos store wants to do it, and the store manager in Xilinhot also wants to do it."

"Did I talk to you?" Old Tan asked.

"That's not true." Huang Lijuan said: "I was chatting with them and knew that they wanted to run a store. The store manager Wang of the Ordos store is a local, and he has been working in our house. His pasture has been occupied by others. There is less compensation, and I asked if our family can cooperate, and I want to invest money in it.

Manager Zhang of Xilinhot has long been interested in investing, and he has chosen our dumpling restaurant. "

"If the two of them are alright—this way, Xiaomei will take care of the specific matters for you." Lao Tan said to Huang Lijuan again: "You and Mr. Wang have thought it over. The two only charge a transfer fee, the franchise fee belongs to the headquarters and has nothing to do with you."

"I know, I'll talk to Mr. Wang again to get her opinion. By the way, Mr. Tan, if it is transferred, how much is the store worth?" Huang Lijuan asked.

"No store can lose 1 million." Old Tan said.

After explaining the work in Hohhot, Lao Tan left Zhou Xiaomei in charge of the franchise store, and left for Suzhou by himself.

After Lao Tan left, Zhou Xiaomei first communicated with Wang Shulan, then got up and went to Ordos to discuss with store manager Wang in detail. Finally, the two stores were transferred to him at a price of [-] million and started to operate independently.

The two stores in Xilinhot were also transferred to store manager Zhang in the same way.

Of course, the two bosses Zhang and Wang have to pay 100,000 yuan a franchise fee to the headquarters every year.

Lao Tan is unwilling to let him join, but considering the actual situation, he can only do so. Instead of being too late, it is better to return to the horse and raise the whip. Sometimes it is not a bad idea to give up and leave.

The ancients said that the fireworks will go down in Yangzhou in March, which is the time when the peach blossoms and willows are green.

At this time, Jiangnan is in spring, neither hot nor cold, the best season of the year.If there is just a breath of spring in the Northeast, the winter snow has not yet melted, and people are still living in winter.

After Lao Tan arrived in Suzhou, he went through the same process as he did in Hohhot. He first inspected each store, then held a management meeting, talked about the problems he found, and solved them on the spot. Afterwards, he arranged work and conducted training by the way.

"Tell everyone, you are all store managers, chefs, stall bosses, and department heads. In the words of ordinary people, you are officials. Do you know what ordinary people say about officials?

When an official does not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.Cooking in the kitchen, serving at the front desk, the ultimate goal is to serve the guests well.Our responsibility is not management, but service.Employees serve customers well, and we serve employees well.

Under what circumstances are people most comfortable working?Satisfactory salary, generous benefits, comfortable working environment and smooth working procedures.We are the ones who create these conditions for our employees, not those who are high on the ground.

You are the reliance and backing of the employees, and you need to be trusted by the employees, not afraid of them.I am your reliance and backing, and I need your trust, not fear of me.

Where does the trust come from?
Trust comes from strong self-confidence in yourself, making others feel that you have the ability to be trusted, rather than pretending to be majestic.Trust comes from the other party's recognition of you, and recognition is made.

So when someone asks what is the best management, my answer is to lead by example.
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Listening to Lao Tan's training, no one can tell that he is a person who has only passed high school for one and a half years, and those who don't know think he is a professional lecturer.In fact, there is no way to do this. People have to be forced. If you are forced, you can learn anything, and you can master everything.

We have all studied and went to school, and every time we take an exam, we are trembling and cautious, fearing that we will fail the exam and go home to be punished.Now that I think about it, my grades at that time were just a score, but I realized that this is the real examination room when I entered the workplace to work. The grades here are no longer grades, but real survival capital.

It's not that going to school is bad, on the contrary, I like going to school.Everyone knows the importance of knowledge, it can change destiny.

But in the workplace, to be honest, a diploma does not equal a level, and education does not equal ability.Knowledge is not power, the use of knowledge is power.

From New Year's Eve to Beijing, from Beijing to Hohhot and then to Suzhou, Lao Tan has been busy for more than a month, with little rest.

After the meeting, Gu Yi and Qiao Shan sat down and got together, lively and lively.

The business of the two of them is booming, they are making money every day, and they are managed by special personnel, so they don't worry about it, and everyone is happy.As the saying goes, you don’t forget the well digger when you drink water, so it’s normal to invite Lao Tan to dinner.

It's just that Lao Tan was tired, and the temperature difference from the Mongolian plateau with the north wind to the sunny Jiangnan was too big, and he felt like catching a cold, so he had to tell the two of them to rest first and sleep for a night. Let's get together again.

(End of this chapter)