FRG New Manager Orientation

Part 1 of 2
Part 1 is accompanied by the HIVE course:
FRG New Manager Orientation Part 1
Complete Part 1, Pre-Activity, before meeting for Part 1:

In Part 1 we will cover:

• Locations
• Company History
• The Foundation of Our Brand
• The Farm Constitution
• 5 Daily Musts- Teams
• Intro to All Way
• HIVE Homework and FARM School Sign Up
 Module 1
Locations and Company History
Take notes in your Employee Handbook
 Activity: FRG History
• Read Pages 14-15 in the Employee and Company
Handbook Timeline

• Read the FRG Story on our company web

site.
• What do the letters in NDFU stand
for?
• What do the letters in VSAG stand
for?
• What is our Flagship location?

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 Activity: FRG Company Timeline
List the Use page 13-14 of the Employee Handbook
restaurants and • 2006- Agraria- NDFU

major company • 2008- FFDC- NDFU&VSAG

• 2009- Farmers&Fishers
events in order. • 2011- Farmers&Fishers Flood
• 2011- MOCO opens
• 2012- FFB
• 2015- FFT
• 2016- F&D Founding Spirits
• 2017- KOP
• 2018- Reston
• 2020- Market & Grocery

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 The Foundations of Our Brand

There are 4 main components of our Brand:

1. Farmer Owned
2. Sustainable practices (in operations and business)
3. Scratch cooking and drink making
4. Everything Matters, Everything is Personal (The Farm
Constitution)

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 The Foundations of Our Brand
1. Farmer Owned 2. Sustainability

Our Farmer-Owned Story - YouTube

4. Everything Matters Everything is Personal

3. Scratch Food and Drink Making
 The Farm Constitution
Everything Matters, Everything is Personal
Activity: The Farm Constitution
Materials Needed:
• Physical or Digital Copy of The Farm Constitution
• Tree Diagram (Image inside Constitution)

Introduction: Everything Matters, Everything is Personal

• What do you expect when you receive a document like this?

• Who do you think wrote The Farm Constitution?
• Open the front cover to the 1st page. What is the phrase in bold?
• How will you use this document?
• Watch this Video: Everything Matters, Everything is Personal.
(part of HIVE homework)
Constitution Objectives:

• Given, The Farm Constitution explain how it is organized

into different sections and apply them to yourself and
your team.

• Given a principle or promise in The Farm Constitution

apply it to your daily work.
Breaking down the Farm Constitution

•The Tree
•7 Guiding Principles
•4 Promises to our Guests
•5 Promises to Our Team Member
•9 Promises from a Great Team
Member
9 Promises From our
Team

5 Promises To the
Team

4 Promises To our
Guests

7 Guiding Principles
7 Guiding Principles
5 Daily Musts- Mastery through Depth of
Knowledge:
(DOK)
Why are they important?
1. Make a drink
2.Make a dish
3.Learn a Computer Skill/System.
4.Apply/Study the Constitution, PPP, or Employee Handbook.
5.Manage what you know.
Five Daily Musts- Example from Training Channel
Food - Crab And Artichoke Dip - Prepared both the crab dip and the flatbread itself.
Obviously critical for this recipe to properly handle the artichokes and crab so that the dip
isn’t watery from improperly drained artichokes. HH portion photographed here.

Drink - The Margarita 2019 - Although I’m still mildly confused about the name of this
drink, I thought the method behind it made for a very fresh and very aesthetically unique
margarita.

Constitution - Clear Direction - During this transition the team as a whole has been really
great at taking direction and not just to follow instructions but to take the direction as a
whole and follow through with larger tasks. From cleaning and organization tasks on the
cook level to administrative functions for Eric and Byron. As long as the tasks at hand and
vision overall are communicated effectively, I have no doubt that we will get the job done
as a team.

System - OneDrive - Still working on transitioning files from Box to OneDrive for the F&D
kitchen. Overall seems to work the same way possibly with a quicker sync from desktop to
cloud.

Manage What You Know - Inventory and Monday Chef Admin - Fully owned inventory and
Monday admin routine this week with great progress being made on FC and variances as
well as labor (mostly due to increased sales).
Intro to All Way

• More than just a document

• Communication
• Works best when given the
benefit of the doubt
• Alignment
• Connect to the promise of,
“Safe Environment”
HIVE homework & Farm School Sign up
 HIVE HOMEWORK

Both of these modules

should be completed
today. There is more
homework before Part 2.
 HIVE HOMEWORK

In addition, Part 2 Pre-

activity should be
completed before we
meet for Part 2.
 FRG New Manager Orientation
Part 2 of 2
Part 2 is accompanied by the HIVE course:
FRG New Manager Orientation Part 2
Complete Part 2, Pre-Activity, before meeting for Part 2:

In Part 2 we will cover:

• The Farm Constitution
• All Way
• Policies Protocols and Procedures (PPP) in the HIVE
• Where to find PATH documents
9 Promises From our
Team

5 Promises To the
Team

4 Promises To our
Guests

7 Guiding Principles
4 Promises To our Guests
5 Promises To our Team
9 Promises From our Team
The Farm Constitution

ONE PROMISE FROM OUR FARM SUPPORT TEAM

• Who is on the Farm Support Team?
• View the website to see some of the Support Team
• Who is our leader for Health Safety and Sanitation?
ONE PROMISE TO OUR VENDORS
• What is a vendor?
ONE PROMISE TO OUR INVESTORS
• What is an investor?
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All Way
Communication

• More than just a

document
• Communication
• Works best when given
the benefit of the doubt
• Alignment
• Connect to the promise
of, “Safe Environment”
 Policies, Protocols and Procedures
(PPP)
The HIVE
Navigate the Hive Resource pages to find each resource below. Write down the
resource page where you find it.
1. Employee Handbook
2. Personal/Employee Relationships document
3. Attire Guide
4. Employee Benefits resources
5. Manager Comp Card Guidelines
6. StopIt document
7. Social Media information
Stop It Download slide
FRG Foundations: STOPit! App

STOP it passwords:

• FFDC -FARM2
• MoCo – FARM3
• FFB – FARM4
• FFT- FARM5
• FD- FARM6
• Reston - FARM7
• KOP – FARM8
• CORP – FARM100
Social Media Subscribe slide

• FRG Marketing: Social Media info, subscribe to our channels on the platforms you
use.
• Please also follow: Our Last straw on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter (on the
platforms you use)

• Please subscribe to Dan’s Blog: Dan Simons Says

• TikTok
Benefits
• PTO Request
• Where can you find a PTO request form?

• Health Insurance: enrollment eligibility begins the first of the month after the first
30 days of employment. The company currently pays for 45% of the monthly
premium. You will receive an email from Ashley Wheeler to sign up.

• Colonial Life Insurance, auto enrolled in $10,000 policy paid by FRG

• 401K, eligible after one year of full-time employment

• Transportation Benefits
Free Employee Resources

• EAP (Employee Assistance Program) The EAP is free to all employees and
their families who reside with them and we encourage you to utilize this
free benefit. The EAP has bi-lingual representatives available for those who
need it. It is entirely confidential and information on who has utilized the
service is never shared with us.

• You may access it by calling this number:888-645-1772 or on the web

at https://www.coloniallife.com/ you can indicate that you work with
Farmers Restaurant Group in order to access the benefit. There will be
three free sessions with a counselor via the EAP and then a transition plan
for support moving forward.
THE PATH
• WHAT IS IT?
• WHERE CAN YOU FIND IT?
 Homework:

Hive Modules to complete if you have not already:

• ALL Modules in the FRG New Manager Orientation Course, we have been following along in Orientation Part 1 & 2
• Read “How to Break up with your Phone” and assignment
• Don’t forget, The BUZZ, every week by Thursday!
• Check your enrollments under “required content”

Once the book assignment and

ALL module in the FRG New
Manager Orientation are DONE
you will receive your day off
Manager Meal Benefit card.