The Rail

JULY 14, 2023

By Indiana Lee, Contributor Though your restaurant should have good food and a unique atmosphere, if your front-of-house (FoH) staff is not functioning and they’re unhappy at work, your patronage could suffer. However, it can be a game-changer for your front-of-house staff.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 13, 2023

The back-of-house (BOH) at a restaurant is the behind-the-scenes area of the restaurant — it works like an engine and keeps the restaurant going. While it is not visible to the customers, the restaurant’s services get hampered without back-of-house. Why is Back of House Important?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2024

Operators must weigh guest acceptance while making strategic decisions about integrating automation at many restaurant touch points, according to Software Advice’s 2024 Automated Customer Experience Survey. Automated technology can help businesses cut costs and give customers the experiences they want.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 5, 2020

Even as many restaurants around North America reopen for on-premise dining, many customers will continue to opt for off-premise dining options. Determine who will be responsible for delivering orders to customers. If your area has a heatwave, customers may not come for dine-in service, but may still order at home.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 9, 2021

You can use data to improve restaurant operations, both in your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH). Tracking key FOH metrics can help provide a path to healthy revenue levels. Optimizing your BOH and FOH metrics boosts the efficiency of your labor and food spending.

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7 Shifts

MAY 25, 2020

There’s nothing better than a tidy workstation and clean range hood before service hour; and the post-shift scrub down of the kitchen can be a form of meditation for stressed out chefs. Create (or update) your cleaning task list for both FOH and BOH staff to double down on sanitization in your restaurant.

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Black Box Intelligence

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In many restaurants the front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH) can seem like two completely different worlds. Data can help you navigate through the complexities of FOH vs. BOH operations. For full service restaurants, we also track employees per unit (FOH). compared to 39 in 2019.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Customer service training. Customize this overview to fit your restaurant’s onboarding timeline. What to include in your restaurant onboarding process. What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. What is employee onboarding? Employee onboarding is the process of welcoming a new employee to your team.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

When employee engagement and wellbeing wane, job performance, customer happiness, and the bottom line suffer. We’re taking a deep dive into waitmares to explain why they’re bad, what the restaurant industry can learn from them, and how you can reduce your front-of-house (FOH) team’s work anxiety to boost engagement—and sweet dreams.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2022

With this expected influx on the horizon, it’s important that your restaurant takes stock of proper cleaning and hygiene measures for key front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) areas. Don't Put Restrooms on the Back Burner. Toilet clogs at your restaurant are a major deterrent for customers.

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QSR Automations

AUGUST 8, 2024

In the hospitality sector service is paramount, therefore, maximizing efficiency and enhancing the guest experience is a key part of business. Seamless Coordination with the Back of House The power of ConnectSmart® Host extends beyond the front of house. Ready to step into the future of smarter seating?

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

A tip out ensures other employees working in the front of the house share in gratuities, such as: Barbacks. It could also incentivize other FOH employees like bartenders and bussers to work faster and alongside highly-tipped servers in hopes of earning a portion of their gratuities. Table of Contents. What is a Tip Out?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2021

Despite the difficulties we faced in 2020, new restaurants continue to open and existing restaurants have eyed coming back after facing bankruptcy. Despite the difficulties we faced in 2020, new restaurants continue to open and existing restaurants have eyed coming back after facing bankruptcy. About a Restaurant Management Platform.

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Food Business

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Gather two or three speakers—on steps of service, on cleanliness, on timing…it really does not matter, because, in my experience, staff want to give an exemplary experience. workshops and trainings—on steps of service, or educating guests—are great for your customers, and improve retention for your staff.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2020

An engaged staff is crucial for smooth operations, satisfied customers, a strong workplace culture, and high profits. They believe in what they do and therefore bring in higher profits by treating customers better and upselling. The people you hire to run your restaurant can make or break the business. First things first: what is it?

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. The pandemic effectively accelerated trends in how restaurants interact with customers. In the near future, we’ll look at printed menus the way we look back at newspapers today.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

But we kept the back-of-house revenue share program for our kitchen teams, where regardless of what position you work in the kitchen, you get a certain percentage of revenue earned. They want to be here, they don't want to give bad service. They want to give good service. Table of Contents. 5 Tips on Tipping.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 19, 2022

Calculating your restaurant labor cost and sales for a specific period indicates how your employee labor hours are matching with customer demand. If your labor cost as a percentage of sales is currently at an impressive 27%, see if you can reduce that by 3% in the next year without diluting the customer experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

Despite the difficulties we faced in 2020, new restaurants continue to open and existing restaurants have eyed coming back after facing bankruptcy. Despite the difficulties we faced in 2020, new restaurants continue to open and existing restaurants have eyed coming back after facing bankruptcy. About a Restaurant Management Platform.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 25, 2020

Adjusting how you get your menu items in front of customers could help curb the drop in your sales numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As many restaurant operators transition from dine-in service to delivery and takeout service only, there are many operational decisions to make. Update your website’s home page.

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Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

This permits your restaurant—both front and back of the house—to work at the fast pace of consumer spending. The type of diners you receive expect to wait for less, carry less cash, and demand faster service. Streamline BOH and FOH Communications. Or could it be the systems in place?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 16, 2021

environments and are now seen everywhere from fine dining to counter service and everywhere in between. What issues have affected the industry over the last five years in the topics of marketing, design, operations, law, finance, technology and equipment? Mark Hoefer, General Manager, Le Bilboquet Atlanta. Think paper straws versus plastic.

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Lavu

JUNE 4, 2019

As a restaurateur, you want to provide your customers with the best dining experience you can. A kitchen display screen shows the pending orders that are being prepared and streamlines communication between the front-of-the-house (FOH) and back-of-the-house (BOH) sections of a restaurant. Let’s get started!

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Future Food

APRIL 20, 2022

Food and hospitality services provide an opportunity to support relatable or ‘normal’ daily interactions, offering 3-5 critical daily touchpoints that elevate the standard of the workplace village experience through modern design and the provision of food and hospitality that supports wellness. Source: Future Food.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 15, 2021

With the help of actionable data and reporting, store managers can help control labor costs, without negatively impacting the customer experience or employee retention rates. Your labor cost is one of the highest expenses for your restaurant, typically taking up to 25-35% of revenue. Salaried Employees. Burdened vs. Unburdened Labor.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 2, 2019

This is a great step up in your restaurant career, and one that 25% of all restaurant staff want to make. But with this new opportunity comes a new set of challenges, not the least of which is figuring out how to manage restaurant staff. Let’s lay the groundwork by exploring what it means to transition to management.

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Xtra Chef

MAY 13, 2020

However, we already know that the rise of take-out and delivery will limit front of house labor costs and other overhead expenses, placing an even greater emphasis on squeezing every last ounce of profit from your production. Implementing AP automation is easy and contact-free. The old-fashioned way is no longer workable.

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Sling

MAY 9, 2023

ADD_THIS_TEXT Restaurant operations (or RO for short) is the collective term for all the activities that go into managing a food-service business — everything from the daily responsibilities that need to be done to the long-term planning that keeps the business on track. They take purposeful planning and work to build and maintain.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 14, 2022

As such, the ability to manage conflict is also an essential requirement for a restaurant manager to ensure that staff members cooperate with each other and create the best possible customer experience. . Typically, a restaurant’s operation can be categorized into two parts – front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH).

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The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

In turn, it leaves more time and energy to focus on delighting guests with delicious food and new memorable dining experiences, be they in-house or off-premise. In addition, the marketplace also provides developers to easily build apps for restaurants to manage front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH) operations.

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EATER

JUNE 26, 2020

While the city of Miami has allowed restaurants to operate their dining rooms at half capacity since May 27, this particular spot is remaining closed for dine-in service until its owners can offer their customers a more “on-brand” dining experience — meaning fun and easygoing — rather than a modified, cautious night out.

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Sling

MAY 9, 2021

One of the best ways to keep customers coming back to sample your fare is to implement restaurant loyalty programs into your workflow. What Is Customer Loyalty? What Is Customer Loyalty? In this case, we’re talking about customer loyalty. Willing to pay a premium for a familiar product or service.

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Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For our clients, we offer granular data on financials, consumers, customers and workforce, as well as competitive intelligence that they use to benchmark against the competition. Broadly, the restaurant industry is divided into two umbrella categories based on the type of service provided. Limited-service restaurants.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

Efficient food usage involves everything from strategic menu planning to coordinating back of house and front of house teams. As a restaurant owner or operator, keeping your food costs low is a continual challenge. However, while you can adjust your food cost, optimizing your food cost isn’t a one-time event.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2021

Whether you’re a chef, restaurateur, or server, you need to be familiar with a vast vocabulary of culinary terms to communicate with teammates and customers. 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. Culinary Terms.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Looking at the cost of labor as a percentage of sales shows how your employee labor hours are matching with customer demand (sales). Looking at the cost of labor as a percentage of sales shows how your employee labor hours are matching with customer demand (sales). per hour, with Seattle close behind at $16.69.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Food Service Skills For Your Resume. 5 Restaurant & Food Service Skills for Your Resume. Food Service, Kitchen, & Hospitality Tech. Cooks and back-of-house employees tend to work with inventory management software and kitchen display technology. Table of Contents. Skills for Your Resume. Undercooking.

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