Restaurant Operations Playbook

Find the answer before asking the question.

StaffReady.ops turns how your restaurant runs into one playbook your team can search in the middle of service. We build it for you, so it is ready for your team from the day it goes live.

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SOPs · Checklists · Role Guides · Onboarding · Allergen & Crisis Reference

A paper opening checklist on a clipboard hangs beside a walk-in cooler
Why It Matters

The way most kitchens store knowledge breaks under pressure.

Not because the team is not good. Because the answers are never where the work is. They are on a clipboard in the office, or in one person's head, or nowhere at all.

01

It lives in one head

When the person who knows is off, the line slows down and small mistakes start showing up on the pass.

02

You train it twice

Every new hire relearns what the last one already knew. Standards drift a little more with each turn.

03

Some answers cannot wait

A guest flags an allergy. A cooler drifts warm mid service. Nobody has time to dig through a binder.

What's Inside

One playbook for the whole operation.

Everything your team reaches for during a shift, written for your restaurant and searchable in one place.

Standards

SOPs

Hygiene, food safety, equipment, prep, and storage. The right way to do it, every time.

 Daily

Opening & Closing Checklists

Setup, shutdown, cleaning, logs, and a clean handoff between shifts.

 Front & Back

Role Guides

Line cook, prep, dish, server, host, and bartender. What each role owns, start to finish.

 First Week

Onboarding Paths

Day by day guides per role, so new hires ramp without shadowing someone all week.

 Critical

Allergen & Crisis Reference

Big 9 matrix, guest allergy protocol, and what to do for fire, injury, or equipment failure.

 Find It Fast

Search

One box. Type the question, get the guide. No menus to memorize and no app to install.
How It Works

Done for you, ready on day one.

You run the restaurant. We turn how you run it into a playbook your team will actually use, living on the same phones already in their aprons.

A staff member logs the daily temperature on a phone form beside a walk-in freezer
Step 01

We configure your playbook

Remote intake captures your menu, allergen matrix, role list, and kitchen flow. We deliver a ready-to-use, branded playbook with a handoff walkthrough.

Step 02

It lives on a phone

A private, fast site that loads on any phone on the line. Nothing to install, nothing to log into mid rush.

Step 03

Your team uses it

They search the answer instead of asking for it. New hires get up to speed faster and standards hold.

Pricing

Simple enough to approve.

Three clear levels: launch fast, document deeper, or keep the playbook actively maintained.

Most restaurants start here

StaffReady Standard

$1,000 one-time setup

then $200 / month for hosting, updates, and support

A branded, mobile-ready playbook configured from a proven base.

Includes

  • Remote intake and branded setup
  • Department of Health key SOP library
  • Menu, allergen matrix, and Big 9 mapping
  • Opening, closing, and role checklists
  • Up to 5 house-specific playbook items, such as SOPs, checklists, recipe cards, or role guides
  • Hosting, support, and 2 light updates/month

Turnaround: about one week after intake.

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For complex operations

StaffReady Custom

$3,000 starting price

Quoted by scope, starting at $3,000, then $500 / month for hosting, updates, and support

Onsite capture and bespoke documentation for more complex operations.

INCLUDES

  • Onsite interviews with key staff
  • Workflow photos and short process videos for selected procedures
  • Up to 12 house-specific playbook items, including SOPs, checklists, recipe cards, role guides, and multi-station or multi-role documentation
  • Bespoke role-by-role SOPs
  • Hands-on handoff support
  • 4 light updates/month

Pricing depends on number of roles, stations, playbook items, and onsite needs.

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Premium documentation partner

StaffReady Premium

$6,000+ starting price

then $750 / month for ongoing documentation support

A higher-touch documentation partnership with ongoing refreshes.

Includes

  • Deep workflow photos and short process videos for priority procedures
  • Up to 25 house-specific playbook items, including SOPs, checklists, recipe cards, role guides, onboarding pages, and food-safety references
  • Bilingual core training support
  • Quarterly refresh to keep the playbook current
  • Priority updates for menu, process, or staffing changes
  • 6 updates/month

Best for teams that want StaffReady to stay actively maintained throughout the year.

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Security first: client data, workflows, and private playbook links are handled with controlled access and conservative sharing.

Kitchen help request

What does your kitchen need documented?

Tell us the gap in your line, and we’ll follow up with the documentation support your restaurant needs.

We reply within 1 business day. No spam. No pressure.

See It On Your Own Restaurant

Let's walk it through together.

We show StaffReady.ops live, in person or on Zoom, built around your menu and your roles, so you can see exactly how it fits before you commit.

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