The Restaurant Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

If you’re happy with your menu, you can still reduce food cost by finding the vendors that will offer you the best quality product you need, at the lowest price per unit. Portion control is a responsibility of both FOH and BOH. That is waste; known and unknown.

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Management Management FOH Fast Casual 68

Sling

MAY 9, 2023

4) Minimize food waste Minimizing waste is essential because food costs are one of the largest expenses that most restaurants have to contend with. Doing so can help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of both your back-of-house ( BOH ) and front-of-house (FOH) teams.

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Operations Loyalty Program Food Safety Front of House 78

Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Why combining FoH and BoH data makes analytics more powerful Final thoughts. It’s your first line of defence against erratic food costs — if you have a tight grip on your stock, avoiding waste due to overstocking, poor plating, or theft becomes much easier. The Importance of Both FoH & BoH Data in Restaurant Analytics.

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POS Operations Back of House FOH 52

Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Platform – Build a Reliable Tech Ecosystem Your restaurant kitchen software should be part of your overall ecosystem linking seamlessly with front-of-house (FOH) systems – reservations, ePOS, loyalty, and ordering tech – as well as accounting, payroll, and HR tech. Improve accuracy and save a bunch of time on stock counts.

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Management Management Point of Sale Kitchen Safety 52

Touch Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2021

If, for example, you ask a colleague to broil something, when you actually want it braised, you could end up with costly food waste and unhappy customers. If you’re a chef trying to communicate with fellow back of house (BOH) team members but are using culinary terms you’ve made up, you’re creating a recipe for disaster.

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BOH Front of House Back of House Point of Sale 52

Apicbase

MARCH 3, 2023

Some technologies integrate with the restaurant’s POS, allowing data to be easily shared between front-of-house (FoH) and back-of-house (BoH) systems. TL;DR – The Apic Touch Apicbase extracts sales information from your POS system and compares it to your recipes (ingredients, portion size, real-time supplier pricing).

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Point of Sale POS Management Management 52

Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

COGS help you determine if you’re pricing your menu items correctly based on the purchase price of the ingredients. It tells you if you’re pricing an item correctly and whether it will be profitable or not. This will also improve supply chain efficiency, reducing waste and improving stock management.

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Point of Sale Inventory Waste Employee Relations 52

Apicbase

MARCH 25, 2022

It’s essential for everything you do, from menu pricing to closing the gap between theoretical and actual food costs i.e. detecting the causes of food cost variance. It’s a theoretical number — how much do your menu and recipes cost in an ideal world where everything is done right, and there are no variations in costs or waste.

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Menu Point of Sale Pricing Take-out 52

Apicbase

APRIL 20, 2022

That’s where an extensive operations manual comes in, including your processes, recipes, portion sizes, suppliers, safety and hygiene guidelines, equipment, pricing, appropriate furnishings, etc. Also, monitor no-so-obvious KPIs such as food cost variance , inventory turnover and food waste. 3 Franchisees don’t hold the reins.

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Franchise Franchising Cash Management Kitchen Safety 52

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Operators will need to be creative in finding ways to counter the increased restaurant costs and the waste being produced. I see flat-fee QSR, hybrid or fast casual restaurants with fixed-price approachable menus of typically unattainable offerings, such as Burger Lobster (lobster) and Sugarfish (sushi, omakase) becoming more popular.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Restaurant design footprint will fundamentally change with more BOH kitchen size needed and less FOH seats as more people gravitate toward digital and delivery. GPOs will continue to exert influence on purchasing and pricing with more manufacturer partnership and expanding memberships. The sleeping giant is virtual kitchens.

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