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title: "Restaurant Hospitality: Keep Your Staff Happy This Holiday Season with These 11 Tips"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f009e6ff-836b-49b7-a7d2-1615fa2c2cab
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-hospitality-keep-your-staff-happy-this-holiday-season-with-these-11-tips-8326
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2016-12-07T18:13:49.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:12:04.946Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/64942638a791ee2ee4779c7dd651c84a1157.jpg
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# Restaurant Hospitality: Keep Your Staff Happy This Holiday Season with These 11 Tips

**TL;DR:** Restaurant operators share tips on keeping staff motivated and stress levels low during the holiday season. Michael Mabry, COO of MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes, shares how his company celebrates the holidays with team members by offering flex days.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-12-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-hospitality-keep-your-staff-happy-this-holiday-season-with-these-11-tips-8326).*

## Story

The holidays are a time of gathering with loved ones and celebrating the season - but they can also mean a very busy time for franchise restaurants. Restaurant Hospitality recently provided insight in ways that restaurant operators can keep their teams motivated and stress levels low during the holiday season.

"We celebrate the holidays with our team members by offering flex days,” Michael Mabry, COO of MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes told Restaurant Hospitality. “For instance, we closed the office the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Monday afterward, and we have additional flex days in December so that team members can recharge and spend time with their friends and families.”

Additional tips for motivating staff during the holidays includes scheduling with team members' friends and family in mind, having fun with uniforms, and getting involved in the community as a team.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- MOOYAH (company)
- restaurant management (topic)
- Michael Mabry (person)
- holiday season (topic)
- staff motivation (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/restaurant-hospitality-keep-your-staff-happy-this-holiday-season-with-these-11-tips-8326). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f009e6ff-836b-49b7-a7d2-1615fa2c2cab).