Arnold Hospitality Press
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Restaurant Operations Series
Restaurant Operations Series
Everybody Was Busy. Nothing Was Getting Done.
A Practical System for Restaurant Productivity, Priorities and Shift Control
Turn activity into results with clearer priorities, ownership, and shift control.
Kindle and paperback
Restaurant Operations Series
The Restaurant Food Cost Rescue Plan
A 30-Day Operating System to Control Purchasing, Inventory, Waste, Portions and Profit
Find the leaks in purchasing, inventory, portions, and waste.
Kindle, Paperback
Restaurant Operations Series
Stop Bleeding Payroll
How to Control Restaurant Labor Through Smarter Scheduling and Better Productivity—Without Cutting Service, Quality, or Your Best People
Control labor through smarter scheduling and better productivity.
Kindle, Paperback
Restaurant Operations Series
Run the Restaurant. Let AI Help
Exactly What to Say, What to Ask, and How to Put AI to Work in Your Restaurant
Put AI to work on planning, communication, and everyday restaurant tasks.
Kindle, Paperback
Restaurant Operations Series
The First 90 Days as a Restaurant Manager
A Practical Guide to Leading People, Controlling Shifts, and Building a Stronger Operation
A practical start to leading people, controlling shifts, and building routines.
Kindle, Paperback
Professional Restaurant Library
Professional Restaurant Library
The Restaurant Project Development System
From Idea and Feasibility to Design, Preopening and Opening Day
From concept and feasibility through design, preopening, and Opening Day.
Kindle, Paperback
Professional Restaurant Library
You Can’t Make This Stuff Up
True Stories, Bad Decisions, Great Meals, and 40 Years Behind the Kitchen Door
Forty years behind the kitchen door, told through true stories, great meals, and unexpected lessons.
Kindle, paperback, and hardcover
Professional Restaurant Library
The Foodservice Operations System
How to Build Standards, Controls, Training, and Accountability for Consistent, Profitable Performance
Build standards, controls, training, and accountability into one dependable operating system.
Kindle, Paperback
Professional Restaurant Library
The Restaurant Turnaround Playbook
A 90-Day Operating System to Fix Food Cost, Labor, Quality, Service, Food Safety, and Accountability
A practical path to restoring standards, stopping losses, and regaining control.
Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover
Professional Restaurant Library
Every Shift Sells
How Hospitality Teams Grow Revenue, Build Loyalty, and Protect Trust—Without Giving Away the House
Build sales through thoughtful service, guest engagement, and a stronger hospitality culture.
Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover
Insights
Insights
Food Cost Is Not How Much You Spent
A Practical Guide to Understanding Food Cost, Waste, Yield and Profit
Understand the difference between purchases and actual food cost, and investigate what your operation really consumed.
Kindle short read
Insights
Stop Counting Inventory and Start Using It
Why Knowing What You Have Is Not the Same as Controlling Food Cost
Turn inventory counts into better purchasing, prep, rotation, and cash-control decisions.
Kindle short read
Insights
The Bag Is Part of the Meal
Why Packaging, Carryout Standards, and the Final Handoff Shape the Guest Experience
Protect the guest experience through packaging, carryout standards, and the final handoff.
Kindle short read
Insights
The Guest Does Not Care Who Called In Sick
Why Staffing Problems Still Become Guest Service Problems
Respond to staffing gaps while protecting service and the people who showed up.
Kindle short read
Insights
The Portion Is the Profit
Control portion drift through clear weights, yields, serving tools, and verification to protect the margin on every plate.
Kindle short read
Insights
The Restaurant Was Full—and Still Losing Money
Follow the Money
Follow the small operating losses that can hide behind strong sales.
Kindle short read
Insights
What I Learned From My Worst Shift
Mistakes, Humility, and the Lessons That Made Me a Better Chef
Look at what difficult services reveal about preparation, systems, and leadership.
Kindle short read
Insights
The Owner Who Gave Up Too Soon
What I’ve Seen, What I’ve Learned, and Why It’s Not Over Until It Really Is
Separate owner exhaustion from the operating problems that need a clear decision.
Kindle short read
Insights
Why a Busy Restaurant Can Still Lose Money
The Giveaway Trap Behind a Full Dining Room
Identify how discounts, giveaways, oversized portions, delivery costs, and inefficient labor erode the profit behind a full dining room.
Kindle short read
Insights
From Chef to Kitchen Leader
The Skills Culinary School Didn’t Teach You
Develop the people skills, delegation habits, and management routines needed to move from skilled cook to effective kitchen leader.
Kindle short read
Insights
Food Safety Without the Paper Theater
Who Would Have Thought SQMS Was Harder Than BRC?
Connect food-safety documentation with training, daily execution, verification, and corrective action during real production.
Kindle short read
Insights
The Five-Minute Pre-Shift Meeting
How Five Minutes Before Service Can Save the Next Five Hours
Use a focused conversation before service to align priorities, staffing, shortages, reservations, and guest expectations.
Kindle short read
Insights
How to Train Restaurant Employees Who Don’t Read Manuals
Build practical training through demonstration, supervised practice, clear standards, and checks of employee competence.
Kindle short read
Insights
Restaurant SOPs That Employees Will Actually Follow
Write usable procedures and checklists that employees understand, managers reinforce, and teams follow during the shift.
Kindle short read
Insights
What Happens When Tony Is Off?
Reduce dependence on one indispensable employee by capturing knowledge, training backups, and making responsibilities clear.
Kindle short read
Insights
I’m So Happy to See You
Follow a memorable guest experience to understand how handoffs, communication, and service recovery can undo a perfect welcome.
Kindle short read
Insights
Your Best Employee Is Probably Tired of You
Recognize how uneven workloads and repeated exceptions exhaust dependable employees, and build fairer standards and accountability.
Kindle short read
Insights
Nobody Told the New Manager
Prepare newly promoted managers with clear expectations, practical training, coaching, and support instead of leaving them to learn alone.
Kindle short read
Insights
The Employee You Can’t Afford to Keep
Examine the operational and cultural cost of making repeated exceptions for an experienced employee who undermines standards.
Kindle short read
Insights
Stop Calling Your Employees “Family”
Why Great Teams Need Trust, Standards, and Accountability
Build professional teams through trust, clear expectations, fair standards, and accountability instead of relying on family language.
Kindle short read
Water Treatment & Technical Reference
Water Treatment & Technical Reference
Modern Water Treatment Systems
A Practical Handbook for Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and High-Purity Applications
A practical technical reference for understanding modern treatment systems.
Kindle and paperback
Water Treatment & Technical Reference
Modern Water Treatment Systems Workbook
Practical Exercises, Field Worksheets, Calculations, and Troubleshooting for Water-Treatment Technicians
A companion workbook for applied learning and technician training.
Paperback
Culinary Puzzle Collection
Culinary Puzzle Collection
The Professional Chef’s Word Search
Culinary vocabulary and professional kitchen knowledge in puzzle form.
Paperback
Culinary Puzzle Collection
Around the World in 100 Food Puzzles
Explore ingredients, dishes, and food traditions from around the world.
Paperback
Culinary Puzzle Collection
Christmas in the Kitchen
A festive collection for the holiday kitchen.
Paperback
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