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Eating out on a whim in Nijmegen: how to find an empty table midweek
Even in Nijmegen, every restaurant and café has its quiet moments, often early in the evening or midweek. That's exactly when they flash a table deal for people nearby. In this guide, you'll read which neighbourhoods are often a good bet, when it's worth checking, and how to claim a table without paying up front.
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Running a venue
Sending staff home: what do you really save?
When it's quiet, sending someone home early is the quickest way to cut costs. But on the day itself it hardly ever saves anything. If you cancel an on-call worker within the notice period (4 days by Dutch law, 24 hours under the hospitality collective agreement), you still owe wages for the scheduled hours. On-call contracts also carry a minimum of 3 hours' pay per call, and guaranteed hours are paid anyway. So your staff are there already. We work out for a bistro on a Tuesday evening what filling the empty tables earns you. This is an explanation, not legal advice: always check your own collective agreement.
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Food waste
Ten sandwiches left at three o'clock? Sell them instead of binning them
At 15:00, a lunchroom still has 10 sandwiches left, usually €7.50 each. With a takeaway deal of "2 sandwiches for €6", pickup between 16:30 and 17:00, the venue keeps €4.51 per order after VAT, the €0.79 takeaway fee and €0.20 packaging. Five orders bring in €22.55 instead of nothing. We show how to pick a time slot that doesn't pull in your own regular customers, and why allergens always need to be right up front.
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