Episode Details

Show Notes (Survive Version)

Episode Title: Waste Not, Want Not: Verifying the Trash (Episode 80) 

Episode Description: You must visually inspect the trash cans and compare the contents to the written log. In this episode of Survive, Mike Hernandez explains how Assistant Managers must enforce the documentation process by physically auditing the waste and coaching employees who skip the log. 

What You Will Learn:

• The Trash Audit: How to compare the physical garbage to the daily written log to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Enforcing the Standard: The exact protocol for making employees document their waste retroactively when they fail to do it.
• The Back Room Tray: A systematic, physical method for holding discarded food until a manager signs off on the disposal.
• Business Management: Mike shares his early experiences analyzing the graveyard shift trash to understand profitability. Resources & Links:
• Download the Spoilage Verification Checklist: Text the code word TRASH to 9 5 6 - 8 9 7 - 9 1 9 2.
• Recommended Listen: Thrive: Episode 89.