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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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Here’s an example of an onboarding overview: Day One Orientation: Learning about the restaurant’s culture and history, meeting coworkers, and receiving a uniform. It’s important to train all newcomers on your service standards to make sure they’re giving guests a uniform experience.

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Breaking Down New York State Tips Laws for Restaurant Owners

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The Proposed Regulations also address, amongst other things, changes to meal credits, uniform allowances, and other payments and allowances required or permitted under New York law, also as a result of the impending minimum wage increase.” So tip pooling arrangements are a way to ensure both categories are compensated fairly.

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Breaking Down New York State Tips Laws for Restaurant Owners

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The Proposed Regulations also address, amongst other things, changes to meal credits, uniform allowances, and other payments and allowances required or permitted under New York law, also as a result of the impending minimum wage increase.” So tip pooling arrangements are a way to ensure both categories are compensated fairly.

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Employee Engagement Best Practices for Restaurants

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Alternatively, you can have separate competitions for front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) staff to make the competition more equitable. For example, FOH staff can compete on revenue generated while BOH staff can compete on ticket speed. How can you afford bonuses?

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Restaurants Beat Labor Crisis with Daring New Wage Structure

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Increasing wages, gradually introducing automatic gratuity, sharing the tip pool with back-of-the-house (BOH) employees, improving the working conditions, investing in cross-training, and reducing staff are all good solutions. There are two ways: Sharing the tip pool with BOH Auto gratuity Before you blow a gasket, consider the following.

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Restaurant Automation: The Key to Back of House Efficiency 

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Back of house (BOH) operations are complex and have many moving parts. Let’s examine how centralising your restaurant data using BOH management software saves time, reduces costs, and improves restaurant profit margins. The link between the POS system and BOH technology is a vital part of successful restaurant automation.

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Halloween Costumes for Working in a Restaurant ??

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Vintage or retro waitress uniforms usually consist of a collared and pocketed dress, an apron, and a sleek updo. Outfit pieces: Scrubs Allergy mask (optional) Stethoscope Lab coat Chef Flip FOH with BOH and put on your best chef’s hat, coat, or apron!

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