Ponder Enterprises Shift Leader Graduation

Ponder Enterprises has completed the latest series of Shift Leader Classes on June 19th. Ponder Enterprises has made the commitment to hold these series of classes twice a year. The classes that were held consisted of:

January 9^th – Crew Today, Leader Tomorrow Class

April 4^th – Coaching Class

May 22^nd – Person in Charge Class

June 19^th – Ponder Enterprises Financial Class

The final class introduces the participants to the P&L and how to read and critique their restaurant’s performance. This included a session that defined key concepts on the P&L such as amortization, depreciation, and EBITDAR. Participants learned how food cost is calculated on their P&L and what Ideal Food Cost means, as well as, GAP. IMS was introduced to the Shift Leaders and how they could use the software to better monitor and make improvements as needed in inventory control. Their final test was to take a P&L and critique the restaurant’s financial performance, both good & bad. If there were areas of improvement that was needed, their group had to decide on possible solutions to use to improve the restaurant’s performance.

The participants were treated to the traditional “Steak Dinner” cooked for them by Ernest Ponder, Vice-President of Operations. After a quick review of the day’s class, participants that completed all four classes were awarded certificates of completion of the required course work. Their final task is to complete the “In-Restaurant Exercise” that was given to each participant at the Person in Charge Class.

Shift Leader Classes begin again at Ponder Enterprises on July 10^th.

 

List of participants (based on picture):

First Row: Dean Blackburn, Director of Operations; Jolisa Blackshear, Hardee’s of Leesburg; Jacqueline Davis, Hardee’s of Tallahassee 8; Nicole Roberts, Hardee’s of Colquitt; Ashley Garrett, Hardee’s of Crawfordville; Sarah Gray, Hardee’s of Dothan 5; Sabrina Lindsey, Hardee’s of Dothan 2.

Second Row: Wanda Peterson, Hardee’s of Enterprise; Kimberllin Dillard, Hardee’s of Dawson; Mike Rogerson, Director of Training; Stephanie Reeves-Brooks, Hardee’s of Dothan 2

Back Row: David Morris, Hardee’s of Cairo; Zane May, Hardee’s of Hartford; Patty Mobiglia, Hardee’s of Hartford.