Make sure that you thank all of your wait staff today and wish them all a happy National Waiter and Waitress Day. According to the Web site Holiday Insights, today is a day to acknowledge “the value and importance of a good waiter or waitress.”

While servers are thanked daily with tips from customers, it is a nice idea to step back today and think about all of the important things your servers do for your business. Without servers it would be incredibly difficult and confusing to run a restaurant. Servers make sure food and drinks are served, customers are happy, and the restaurant looks good. As this blog says, “a waiter [or waitress] represents the restaurant and can be the difference between a good and a bad experience.”

A great way to thank your hardworking waiters and waitresses is to make sure they have all the items they need to make the front of the house, and themselves, look good. Make sure that all of their trays, menus, registers, and everything else they need daily works well and is in good shape. Your Serv-U representative can help you find the right products to help your wait staff work as best they can.

Waiters and waitresses who have everything they need will be able to run a restaurant to its fullest extent and will be able to be productive employees. Let them know how much you appreciate what they do, today and everyday. And trust me, as a former waitress, it’s nice to be appreciated.