Proofs for restaurant signs and badges
A proof is a drawing of each sign and badge with your real numbers, names and codes in place. Table Number Co sends it before production, so a wrong role, a doubled table number or a dead menu link is found while it is still a quick fix.
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What should a restaurant manager check on a sign proof?
Check three lists. Read the table sequence against the floor plan, including skipped numbers and area prefixes. Read each staff name and role with the person it belongs to. Then scan every menu code and confirm it opens the right page. Send Table Number Co one message with all corrections, naming the proof version.
What goes wrong when badge names are not checked?
A restaurant orders a Staff Nameplate & Badge for each of twelve front-of-house staff. The manager copies names from the payroll list and approves the proof the same afternoon. Payroll has legal names. On the floor, Alexandra goes by Alex, and one server uses a middle name. Two roles are also out of date, since a host was promoted to floor lead last month. None of that is a spelling error, so nothing looks wrong on screen. The fix is simple. Before approving, each person initials their own line on a printout. Roles that change often can go on a separate strip, with the name engraved alone.
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Staff Nameplate & Badge
Confirm preferred display names and choose whether roles need to be replaceable. For wearable badges, specify the attachment and uniform use; a counter nameplate requires a different format from a badge worn during service.
The details to personalize: name, role, restaurant. The product page lets you enter them and carry the design into your quote request.
How should a sign proof be checked before service?
01
Pin the staff list in the back office
Print the staff section of the proof and have each person confirm their display name. A name on a badge is personal, and the wearer is the one who knows it.
02
Scan menu codes on more than one phone
Open each menu code with an older phone and a newer one, at the distance a seated guest would hold it. Confirm the page loads on the guest wifi and on mobile data.
03
Walk the table sequence on the floor
Take the proof into the dining room and tick each table against its number. Gaps and doubles show up quickly when you stand in the room, less so in a spreadsheet.
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Questions about proofs for restaurant signs and badges
What should a restaurant manager check on a sign proof?
Check three lists. Read the table sequence against the floor plan, including skipped numbers and area prefixes. Read each staff name and role with the person it belongs to. Then scan every menu code and confirm it opens the right page. Send Table Number Co one message with all corrections, naming the proof version.
How many rounds of changes does a restaurant proof include?
The written quote from Table Number Co states the proof format and the rounds of changes it covers. Gather comments from the owner, the chef and the floor manager first, then send them together. A single complete list keeps the order inside those rounds and stops one fix undoing another.
Can a screen proof show whether the QR code will scan?
Partly. Scanning the proof on screen confirms the code points to the right address. It cannot confirm how the engraved or printed code behaves at final size, on that material, in your lighting. Ask what size the code will be, print it at that size and test it at the table.
What if a staff member leaves after we approve the badges?
Tell us at once, with the order reference and the name. Whether the badge can still be changed depends on how far production has gone, and any effect on cost is confirmed first. For roles with high turnover, consider a few blank badges or a design with a replaceable name strip.