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What is a Restaurant’s Front Of House (FOH) – Everything You Need To Know

The Restaurant Times

Front-of-house (FOH) refers to all activities and settings a patron will experience while dining at a restaurant, including the lobby and dining area. The FOH staff greets and receives customers and relays their requests. The FOH manager supervises all front-of-house staff and reports to the GM. The answer to the FOH manager.

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Employee Engagement Best Practices for Restaurants

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The people you hire to run your restaurant can make or break the business. Much like profit and loss, employee engagement is a metric that every restaurateur should be tracking regularly. An engaged staff is crucial for smooth operations, satisfied customers, a strong workplace culture, and high profits.

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The restaurant industry needs to step up for women. We asked four leaders how to do it.

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At her first job as a server, she tried to show a new hire how to make a side salad. Restaurant operators] need to make sure that the behaviors they want to see within their four walls are seen, and the ones that they don't are not seen. Everyone wins when employees are comfortable bringing up issues before they get worse. “I

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How to Onboard Restaurant Staff: A New Hire Checklist for Restaurant Employees

Touch Bistro

A new hire checklist for restaurant employees can make the onboarding process easy and painless for all parties involved. Why reinvent the wheel every time a new hire joins your team when you can formalize the process? What Is Restaurant Employee Onboarding? Get Your Employee Handbook Template. Let’s get started!

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Balancing Restaurant Labor Cost with Employee Satisfaction

Restaurant365

According to the National Restaurant Association, hourly wages for restaurant employees grew by 12.1% Driven by the hiring crisis, many restaurant groups are trying to woo employees with higher wages and benefits for hourly employees – both mostly unheard of prior to the pandemic. Mix full-time & part-time employees.

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How to Handle Temporary Restaurant Closure during COVID-19

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states are forcing non-essential businesses to stop operations. However, many states that are forcing restaurants to stop their dine-in services are allowing them to operate as takeout and delivery-only establishments. Do you have delivery drivers who you could hire, or would your FOH staff take on this role for extra pay?

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Restaurants Beat Labor Crisis with Daring New Wage Structure

Cheetah

In April alone, restaurants lost 681,000 workers to attrition, and while the hotel and restaurant segments are hiring in the hundreds of thousands, the turnover rate is still at an all time high. Few establishments are now considering raising wages, offering employee benefits or improving the working conditions.

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