How to Run a Restaurant Shift Meeting

A good shift meeting answers four questions: what is different tonight, what must not break (allergens, temps, steps of service), who needs help, and what does success look like by close.

Keep it standing, time-boxed, and led by the expeditor or manager on duty. Log follow-ups as tasks so line cooks and servers do not rely on memory.

Restaurant Codex lets you attach shift priorities to one-off Operations tasks and track completion through the shift, aligned with how Codex documents real-time activity in dashboard analytics.