Jillian’s is FUN! Community Blog

Fun at Jakes

We found this from www.yelp.com . This was posted about our club from one of our guests. 

Fantastic fries - a must-have at the restaurant! The burgers are great too. Good place to grab a quick bite. Friendly service.

The billiard club is fun! The entrance is in the alley and you walk down the stairs to a big space filled with pool tables. The atmosphere is dark and causal. There’s usually a wait for pool tables, so get your name on the list right away and then you can hang out in the bar area where there are big TVs and decent number of seating. The bartenders are always friendly and the prices are not outrageous. I also like to play Golden T while I’m here. It’s a great place to chill with friends.

bowling frame issues

Having issues with the frame of the distributor on your bowling lane breaking right behind where the pin chutes bolt on? Brunswick has a repair kit to fix it! part # 4725730009 -repiar kit-distributor feed 1+4 $47.60 and it comes with all the parts to do both sides of the pinsetter

Also they have a repair kite to bolt on the table to hold the second and third row of pin holders, it hasn’t become an issue here but just an fyi

Pep Rally Kudos

Indy hosted a pep rally for East Chicago Central High School last Saturday afternoon.  This was a first for the school to travel to Indianapolis to play in the Indiana High School Men’s Basketball Championships at Conseco Fieldhouse.  The pep rally host estimated 800-1000 guests attended the event.  East Chicago topped off their evening by beating local North Central HS in the championship game! Pep Rallies have been a fantastic way to drive business into our club and introduce our facility to out of town guests.  Big kudos go out to our management team, kitchen and floor staff for giving a top notch experience to these families and students! 

You can see our host’s comments below:

 Thank you for allowing us to use Jillians for our East Chicago Central pep rally.  The facility was perfect and the staff was tremendous.  This allowed many activities, food and beverage options all in one location for all ages.  I’ve recieved many compliments from those who attended, and I’m sure the will revisit whenever they return to Indy. Thanks again, Steve Perry East Chicago Central High School

401 (k) is on its WAY!

Hi folks! Well, it’s taken me longer than I wanted, but we finally have a 401 (k) plan. For those of you that are not aware what this is, it is a retirement plan. You can use PRE-TAX dollars (basically this lowers the amount of tax you have to pay to the government) to invest and your investment returns are TAX-FREE until you retire.

This plan will be open to all employees, and I strongly encourage everyone to find a way to put a little something into it. Even if you are in your teens or early 20’s you should find a way to put something in this plan. (for example, if you put only $500 per year ($10 per week) into the plan, you could have over $7,000 waiting for you years later.) This adds up really quick, and if you are diligent about it, you could have a lot of money available to you in your later years. 

Any time that the governement lets you use pre-tax dollars for stuff like this, you should take advantage of it. (I think of it this way, do I want to give it to the government, or do I want to use it for myself…I give the government more than enough, so I jump on opportunities like this)

 The plan will be managed for us by Merrill Lynch, and I’ve been working with them to select the investment options. They’ve come up with some really good mutual funds for us.

 Stay tuned for further details. I anticipate a formal rollout in May, with enrollment date of June 1.

In Need of Can Lights

If anyone has any extra can lights lying around I am in need of 12 of them. Please check your inventory levels and if you have extras I would greatly appreciate it if you could send them to the Manchester store. Thank you very much for taking the time to read this and to check for me.-Dustin Hopper, AGM Manchester

Large Party “Walk Ins”

Does anyone out there have any great ideas on how to better handle Large party “Walk Ins”.  These are parties who do not want to book an event, want to order off the menu and all have seperate checks.  They usually occur on our busiest shifts.  It is a real struggle to provide great food and service to not only the large party but to other guests around them.  Anyone doing One Check on parties above a certain number of guests?

Railing Lights for Outside Patio Area

Does anyone have the name and contact number for a company that produces a bright and reliable “light cord” to wrap our patio railings.  I want to draw people’s eyes to the patio area of Norfolk Jillian’s this summer.  Thanks for your help!

Linds bowling pins-light or heavy?

When you order Linds bowling pins do you guys order light or heavy pins?

Cookie Reception(ists)

I have found that when delivering cookies to offices with a front receptionist (or Gate Keeper), that giving an extra box to that employee who manages how far you can “get in the door”, goes a long way as to getting in to actually see your target.  Also, then, you don’t have to watch them sniffing the wonderful cookie scent, wishing they could have one! 

Good luck!

Kimba

Great Performance from our Akron club

From our conversations over the last several weeks, speaking to the “purple cow” in our markets, I would like to recognize great performance from our Akron club on one of the two buyouts that we recently had. This event was definitely a WOW factor in our client’s eyes and team Akron and especially Mindy’s vision blew them out of the water.
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