Your first location runs on you
That's not a criticism. It's just what happens. You know which supplier to call, which prep list is out of date, and which fridge needs a shove. None of that is written down because it never needed to be.
1. Write the procedures before you need them
Opening checklists, closing checklists, temperature logs, prep lists by day. If a new manager can't run a shift from the documentation alone, it isn't documentation yet.
2. Lock your recipes
Costed, portioned, with a photo. The second site will drift from the first within a fortnight if the recipe lives in someone's head.
3. Get ordering out of the group chat
One place to raise orders, one place invoices land, one view of what each site is spending. You'll want to compare the two sites by week three. Make that possible from day one.
"The second site isn't harder. It's just honest about what the first one was hiding."
