Get to Work losing profit.
My Sim self's eldest son Tommy has had his café for the past two sim years. Since the cafe's been in his ownership he's failed to make a profit. I have all the recommended perks in place from the perk...
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Mine make a pretty nice profit. About 7k per shift
Unless it's a large place, one chef and wait staff is plenty.
I also have nothing on the menu that's less than 4/5 or 5/5 difficulty and my chefs are all able to cook at that level. The recommended dish is always the most expensive two items for adults and most expensive item for a child.
I don't promote anyone but my chef or chefs past 3. My chefs get paid the most and I fire anyone who's unsatisfied at the pay rate of 3. Wait and host staff are easier to fire but food quality is what keeps me at 5 stars. I don't pay for training beyond level 3 for anyone but my chefs.
I also don't train my staff. I hire a townie and manually increase the skills needed to about 6 for wait and host and 10s for my chefs. I promote the chefs to 5 steadily and only to 3 on wait and host. When they're not satisfied I fire them and manually set the skills for a new employee who is happy enough to be a level 2 or 3 pay grade.
The wages were killing me.
I also set to 300% mark up at 5 stars and the sims keep coming and leave 5 star reviews even if it says "consider lowering your cost" I don't.
Those are my tips
Never pay to train just manually set the skills
Fire unhappy wait and hosts at pay 3
Repeat step one after rehire
300% mark up
Staffing only the amount needed
Get all perk points. Use surplus harvest with leftover perk points
Have nothing on the menu (but water) that's below difficulty 4
Recommend the most expensive items when able.
Unless it's a large place, one chef and wait staff is plenty.
I also have nothing on the menu that's less than 4/5 or 5/5 difficulty and my chefs are all able to cook at that level. The recommended dish is always the most expensive two items for adults and most expensive item for a child.
I don't promote anyone but my chef or chefs past 3. My chefs get paid the most and I fire anyone who's unsatisfied at the pay rate of 3. Wait and host staff are easier to fire but food quality is what keeps me at 5 stars. I don't pay for training beyond level 3 for anyone but my chefs.
I also don't train my staff. I hire a townie and manually increase the skills needed to about 6 for wait and host and 10s for my chefs. I promote the chefs to 5 steadily and only to 3 on wait and host. When they're not satisfied I fire them and manually set the skills for a new employee who is happy enough to be a level 2 or 3 pay grade.
The wages were killing me.
I also set to 300% mark up at 5 stars and the sims keep coming and leave 5 star reviews even if it says "consider lowering your cost" I don't.
Those are my tips
Never pay to train just manually set the skills
Fire unhappy wait and hosts at pay 3
Repeat step one after rehire
300% mark up
Staffing only the amount needed
Get all perk points. Use surplus harvest with leftover perk points
Have nothing on the menu (but water) that's below difficulty 4
Recommend the most expensive items when able.
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