Gotta love bean counters

[JS41035]

http://www.sltrib.com/home/2657754-155/olive-gardens-latest-cost-cut-clean-carpets
I've seen this before. The slow spiral to nastiness.

 

[Mark Saiger]

http://www.sltrib.com/home/2657754-155/olive-gardens-latest-cost-cut-clean-carpets
I've seen this before. The slow spiral to nastiness.

Don't have that problem around here as a lot of places, lucky if they have them done once or twice a year.

We had one restaurant chain that was quarterly....now ends up being yearly...

I don't even call them....just wait for them to call me now....

 

[John Olson]

Wow. complete idiots. Why are they always going after cleaning. Cut the CEO's pay by 1% and it pays for all the cleaning in all the resturants for the whole year.

 

[Art Kelley]

They will have to change the five second rule to less than a tenth of a second.

 

[FB19087]

How often would you guys suggest Olive Garden clean the carpets?

and 1% Gene Lee's 2 million dollar salary (projected w/ bonuses) isn't going to cover the cleaning in 800+ locations

 

[mirf]

Not sure as I do not eat in chain restaurants. However I will check them out as the managers are now looking at there budgets for cleaning.

 

[Lee Stockwell]

The above cited article:

New York • Olive Garden's corporate bosses, who are scrutinizing every expense in an effort to turn around the company, have found a new source of waste: carpet cleaning.

Darden Restaurants Inc., which owns Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse and other chains, has dispatched operations teams to the company's restaurants to pull "every single invoice" for hints at ways to keep costs down. The effort uncovered that many restaurants are washing carpets twice a month.

"There's a protocol that you clean carpets once a month," Chief Executive Gene Lee said Tuesday on a conference call to discuss quarterly earnings. "If you do it more than that, you end up actually destroying the carpet — and really not a whole lot of benefit there."

Gene Lee is a moron. I would guess he has similar insights on food costs, preparation, and waste.

After all, there's "really not a whole lot of benefit" to actually discarding stale food, or actually "destroying" linens and uniforms by wasteful washing. And turn down the hot water for dishwashing....

 

[KevinD]

"If you do it more than that, you end up actually destroying the carpet — and really not a whole lot of benefit there."

Well, if they didn't hire contractors for a nickle a s.f. they would probably get better quality work.

 

[WillS]

We just cleaned a Darden owned restaurant on the strip. They signed with us for once a year cleaning. This is a fine dining restaurant to which has high traffic since it is in the Fashion Show Mall. When we asked when they had it cleaned last, they had no idea. We did charge .23c a sq. ft. though for over 4,000 sq. ft.

It's been almost 60 days and still no payment from them. Called their AP dept. and they said they have exactly 60 days to pay us, hopefully the check is in the mail.

 

[Nate The Great]

It's been almost 60 days and still no payment from them. Called their AP dept. and they said they have exactly 60 days to pay us, hopefully the check is in the mail.

I always ask who I gotta sleep with first to get faster payment........ When you close your eyes, it's all the same........ Our receivables have been prompt........

@Desk Jockey on Nate's computer....

 

[Desk Jockey]

Well, in the name of receivables...maybe.

 

[Shane Deubell]

Whats the big deal?

They are right, only need to clean the carpets 1x month.
I'm sure they found lots of other expenses too.

 

[hogjowl]

I always ask who I gotta sleep with first to get faster payment........ When you close your eyes, it's all the same........ Our receivables have been prompt........

@Desk Jockey on Nate's computer....

Good Lord ... RA on Nates computer.

 

[Able 1]

"If you do it more than that, you end up actually destroying the carpet — and really not a whole lot of benefit there."

I actually agree with this statement for a restaurant!! Oh, boy here it comes.. For the little amount of restaurants I clean it seems to me that the grease actually "protects" the carpet..

Think about it once that grease packs in there, there is no wear or anything that can actually stain it because won't get to the fiber it just sits on top like the protector you guys sell is supposed to..

Disgusting as it may be, I think he's right! He just needs to dim the lights a bit more..

 

[Able 1]

Actually I don't clean any once a month.. Quarterly is the norm..

 

[hogjowl]

I actually agree with this statement for a restaurant!! Oh, boy here it comes.. For the little amount of restaurants I clean it seems to me that the grease actually "protects" the carpet..

Think about it once that grease packs in there, there is no wear or anything that can actually stain it because won't get to the fiber it just sits on top like the protector you guys sell is supposed to..

Disgusting as it may be, I think he's right! He just needs to dim the lights a bit more..

I don't think you've fully thought that through.
Grease laden carpet is a magnet for granular soils. We all know very well the damage it causes.

 

[Able 1]

The carpet is so packed with grease the granular soils wont scratch the carpet imo.. So really when you clean them they are more apt to wear do to the granular soil sticking to shoes because of the grease (cutting and scratching where ever they go).

I am no pro with restaurants, and I don't want to be, I HATE them... the hours, nasty carpet,and.. well that's enough for me..

I went to clean one on Monday I was to be there at 5:30, so I thought I would get a jump on it and head out at 4:45(rare half hour drive).. No one was there till 6 AND we had to move all the tables and chairs.. I have No interest cleaning any restaurant!!

 

[hogjowl]

Good Lord.

Are you a pad cleaner?

 

[Able 1]

Lol No, just better things to do with my time..

 

[Mark Saiger]

got to definitely lay some smack on them a lot of times!

 

[Shane Deubell]

You guys can keep them

 

[Nate The Great]

You guys can keep them

I'll keep all the restaurants I got @ .65 sf.......... The rest can take a long walk off a short pier........

 

[Shane Deubell]

Hey, im sure if someone offered me 20 of them i would take a good look.

But 3 or 4 why bother messing around for $150 at midnight.

 

[Nate The Great]

Hey, im sure if someone offered me 20 of them i would take a good look.

But 3 or 4 why bother messing around for $150 at midnight.

Mine is more like $3k in 2 nights....total man hours are 2people for 4 hours each night.... Very few will pay, but they have tried the rest and stick with us....