Owning a Restaurant 2014-2015 Independent Study: Day 9: Working and Ordering

In the morning, I did the same thing that I usually do with Mr. Rukieh. We did all of the catering orders, restocked all of the materials to make food, wiped down the tables, cleaned the floors, and set up the cash registers. Everyone showed up around 10:45 a.m. like usual and we served them. I got my break at around 11:45 a.m. and went back to work at 12:15 p.m. We worked again until 1:30 p.m. until Mr. Rukieh pulled me aside. We were going to do the ordering of all the materials, but he wanted to show me what to do and the issue that was going on. There was not much for me to do but watch, because I am not the owner and I do not know the number of items that needed to be ordered, but I did understand how Mr. Rukieh does the ordering. Not to mention, when we did the ordering today it was a bit more than usual because Schlotzsky's is in the process of changing their supplier from Gordon Food Service to another food and material supplier based out of Cincinnati. The main reason for this, is they have a different system that makes it much easier to order supplies. When we ordered the food, we went off of a mandatory list supplied by Gordon Food Service and had to go find how much of each item we have left. The issue with the system is it is not in any order in the restaurant, and can not be organized in any specific order. The list makes you go into the walk-in fridge, the walk-in freezer, the back, the bakery, and the front of the store. What the company that he will be ordering from in the future does is allows you to make your own list of what you need and when you set up the list (if you are smart) you can set it up in the order you have your food arranged in the restaurant. For example, you can do everything in the freezer, then the fridge, then the back, then up front. This will make it so you don't have to go to each place five times, but once because it will be in the order that you want it in. Due to the changing of suppliers, Schlotzsky's will not get another order in for two weeks, instead of one week like they usually do. We had to double up on all of the ordering so we would definitely have enough.