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7 Kitchen Management Tips to Guarantee Back of House Serenity

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Yes, the back of house (BOH) is where food is prepped, cooked, and plated, but it’s also where chaos can quickly ensue if roles, responsibilities, and tasks aren’t communicated well. Simply put, if things aren’t running well in the kitchen, restaurant staff and diners alike often suffer.

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Our Wage Models are Broken

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The Tip Pooling Model After the FLSA updated its guidance in 2018, it became legal to share tips across hourly employees, as long as they’re all paid the state’s full minimum wage. This isn’t an easy conversation to have. Rethinking Wages: Where to Start? Rethinking Wages: Where to Start? That’s where RAISE comes in. But they are important.

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10 Top Restaurant Technologies To Evolve Your Business

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After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (52%, up from 31% in 2018) and payroll software (50%, up from 28% in 2018), according to a study from Toast. Your POS system reduces ordering errors, increases front-of-house and back-of-house efficiency, and helps you control inventory.

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Surprising Ways that Tech Can Help Evolve Your Restaurant

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After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (52%, up from 31% in 2018) and payroll software (50%, up from 28% in 2018), according to a study from Toast. The first technologies that restaurants often invest in are the cloud-based point of sale (POS) systems and payroll processing.

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‘Bring the Dining Room Experience to the Windows’

Modern Restaurant Management

Joining Mood in 2018, he currently oversees the QSR team, focused on North America Account Management efforts. The personalization of drive-thrus began internally across many brands a few years back. How is QSR ownership changing? Every minute! We continue to see mass transfer of ownerships across many big brands. Great question.

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What’s it like to be a specialty coffee barista in the Middle East?

Perfect Daily Grind

A history of coffee & the Middle East Before we explore the burgeoning coffee market in the Middle East, it’s important to take a look back at the rich history of coffee in the region. Coffee houses quickly became important meeting spaces for local people, who would gather to discuss a number of social, political, and economic issues.

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[Updated for 2023] The State-by-State Guide To Tip Pooling Laws

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One of those ways is tip pooling, where all tips are collected into one “pool” and re-distributed back to employees. One of the most significant changes occurred in 2018 when the Department of Labor ruled that back-of-house employees like cooks and dishwashers are eligible to be included in the tip pool. Tip Pooling Laws.