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Congratulations to our Fredericksburg, VA team for the Grand Opening of our new Fredericksburg location! We opened our doors to an excited crowd ready to welcome us to their community. We are proud to be serving our delicious food made with farm fresh ingredients at our 26th location!
Our National Harbor location celebrated its one year anniversary this past week. The National Harbor celebrated this milestone with a special event hosted by The Capital Wheel on the harbor. Our people enjoyed food, music, photobooth and rides on the Captial Wheel.\ Our Operating Partner, Sam Jackson, has done a tremendous job making our mark in National Harbor and took a moment to thank the many people in the community that have supported us since before we opened to make this special day possible. We are truly grateful for being a part of the National Harbor community and look forwward to reaching more milestones!
We are proud to announce that we were awarded Blackbox Intelligence's Best Practices Employer of Choice award for Family Dining at their annual awards on February 27th! Blackbox Intelligence collects and analyzes sales, guest, and workforce data from over 11,000 brands in the restaurant industry. Each year they recognize the top performers in each dining category to award them their Best Practices Awards. This award recognizes exceptional performance in areas such as sales and traffic, guest satisfaction, and workforce retention. This marks our third year winning the award and makes Silver Diner the only company to win the Best Practice award three years in a row! We are honored to be recognized for being the best in the family dining category and thankful for our People for living our mission "To Be The Best We Can Be!" in achieving this milestone! This is thanks to all of you for being the faces of our brand each and every day! Thank you and congratulations!
We are proud to be a winner of USA Today's Top Workplaces 2024! USA Today selects the Top Workplaces based on feedback from millions of employees from over 11,000 companies across the country. It is humbling to be selected as a Top Workplace 2024 based on our values, diversity, benefits and leadership. Thank you to our amazing people across all 25 locations for making us one of America's Top Workplaces in 2024!
On November 9th, We were presented with the prestigious Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Free Enterprise Award! This Award is "presented to an individual or company that is successful in business, a leader in promoting free enterprise and a competitive business climate and actively involved in making Metro-Maryland a great place to live, work and play." From CEO Bob Giaimo: "This is very much what the dream Ype & I had 35+ years ago looked like. To be recognized for our work in building leadership for the future, helping our associates reach their highest potential and strengthening our community is one of the most memorable moments for myself and Silver Diner. This night could not have happened without the experience & leadership of our wonderful associates, management and executive team and the culture you live and breathe day-to-day. Ype & I were so proud to stand up in front of our business peers, including the recognition of US Senator Ben Cardin, and accept this award on behalf of the whole SILVER Brands family in acknowledgement of our Service, Food & Culture... As we look forward to the SILVER Brands future, we see more than a growing business, we see a thriving family that is dedicated and committed to excellence and living the SILVER Brands' mission." Thank You to all of our people for making this award possible and living our mission "To Be The Best We Can Be!"
A Big congratulations to Victor Guzman and Jose Luis Hernandez from our Reston/South Riding location! Jose Luis was a finalist for Restaurant Manager of the Year and Victor Guzman won Restaurant Employee of the year at the VRLTA Annual Ordinary Awards! Both Jose and Victor are long time members of our Reston team and are part of the Grand Opening team for our South Riding location. They were nominated for exemplifying our Brand both inside and outside of the restaurant. In addition to being leaders in the restaurant, both Jose and Victor were key pieces in connecting with the local community in Reston. As the Hospitality manager, Jose lead all initiatives with the local schools. Victor took on the challenge of being our first People Ambassador, a new position we are developing to foster engagement in our restaurants and the community and develop our future leaders. As the first PA, Victor has been a big part of the development, giving his feedback on what works, what could be better, and bringing fresh ideas to the table. He also took the initiative to reach out to the local communities in Reston and Chantilly, assisting with job fairs, connecting with local businesses, and finding opportunities for our restaurants to get involved with local events. Victor took the opportunity to be a leader and went above and beyond, and we are so proud to see him recognized for it as VRLTA's Restaurant Employee of the Year!
Our Grand Opening in National Harbor is coming! We held our orientation for our new team and welcomed over 100 new faces to our Silver Diner family. Orientation is the first time we brought our entire new team together. It was an opportunity for them to learn more about our culture, what makes us and them special, and to meet their fellow teammates. These amazing people will spend two weeks training together, learning from 22 trainers from around the entire company, in preparation for our grand opening. We are excited for the next step in this journey with everyone and can't wait to open our doors to National Harbor! Congratulations to our National Harbor team and welcome to all of our new people!
We are proud to receive the 2023 Global Best Practices Employer of Choice Award from Blackbox Intelligence! This award recognizes Best In Class performance in retention for both hourly & management; GM retention; compensation as well as gender, race and ethnic diversity. We were selected over 326 brands, representing over 100,000 locations. • Best in Class hourly turnover – 68 points better than the average • Best in Class manager turnover – 85 points better than average • Total compensation in the top 10% • Gender, race and ethnic diversity greater than all our peers. More than 57 countries are represented in our company. This is the second year in a row for our win! We would like to thank our people for making this win possible. It is through each and every one of you that we are able to lead our industry where it matters most!
At Silver Diner we believe in supporting all our associates in achieving professional and personal excellence. Part of this commitment is career growth opportunities through our Hat Development Program in the kitchen. This program gives our cooks a roadmap to learning new skills and developing into trainers, supervisors, and managers. This past week we had 4 future leaders reach milestones in this program. Please join us in celebrating Ruth Flores for certifying as Red Hat in Frederick, Eva Portillo as a Red Hat in Alexandria and Nahil “Jill” Villacorta and Kevin Henson as Blue Hats in BWI! These four associates have been great leaders in their kitchens and learned skills at every station. Their certifications show our mutual dedication to their development in the kitchen and as future leaders, trainers, and managers.
We are gearing up for the busy Spring and Summer seasons and hiring all positions at all 21 locations in the DMV and New Jersey! For a limited time, we are also offering a $300 signing bonus to all new hires! We offer industry leading benefits and perks, leadership development and unprecedented career growth opportunities! Go to www.silverdiner.com/careers to apply now!
