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2. The Problem
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“How Tech Companies Disrupted
Silicon Valley’s Restaurant Scene”
- NYT September 18
3. Expensive to Operate
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• 70,000 square feet of Palo Alto retail and restaurant
space were lost to office space from 2008-2015
• Palo Alto lease costs are $7.33 /square foot (up 60%
from four years ago)
6. What We’re Seeing
• Compensation increases
• High turnover
• 90-120% for BOH
• 50-80% for FOH
• Why people are moving
• Location/closer job
• Money
• Schedule flexibility
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7. Hardest Areas
• Geos
• Peninsula
• North Bay & Napa/Sonoma
• South Bay/East Bay
• SF
• Positions
• Line Cook
• Prep Cook/Dishwasher
• Host/Hostess/Reservationist
• Sous Chef
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8. Solutions
• Growing the labor pool
• Cross-training roles
• Creative compensation structures (compete with tech
companies!)
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