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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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Why 4 Restaurants Opt for a Service Charge Instead of Tips

7 Shifts

Turnover is almost zero and staff are focused on training each other and making each other better. They also receive most of the service charge from beverage sales. Getting buy-in from FOH staff is crucial, especially servers. How has it impacted the team and restaurant over time? 20% What prompted the change?

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Why 4 Restaurants Opt for a Service Charge Instead of Tips

7 Shifts

Turnover is almost zero and staff are focused on training each other and making each other better. They also receive most of the service charge from beverage sales. Getting buy-in from FOH staff is crucial, especially servers. How has it impacted the team and restaurant over time? 20% What prompted the change?

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How to Effectively Sanitize & Clean Your Restaurant

7 Shifts

Create (or update) your cleaning task list for both FOH and BOH staff to double down on sanitization in your restaurant. Your cleaning checklist should cover the entire restaurant—from FOH to BOH. Create task items for each high-traffic surface (doors, chairs, etc.), Understand cleaning vs sanitizing ?? Guest and employee restrooms.

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Restaurant Labor Cost Control: 11 Reports to Optimize Labor

Restaurant365

Your FOH team is essential to maximum sales levels and a great customer experience, so it’s important to track FOH performance over time. If there is room for improvement, consider store-level training, such as a refresher course on upselling. Training servers on how to suggest food and drink pairings can help maximize sales.

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Menu Engineering: Innovating Menus for Profitability and Simplicity

Aaron Allen & Associates

Coffee and Snack chains are among the most frequent innovators, with Krispy Kreme, Dutch Bros, Dunkin’, Starbucks, and Tim Hortons leading the pack — especially with a focus on LTOs for beverages. This requires updated and accurate training for baristas and FOH staff that needs to be considered in the investment for developing the new item.

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Topics to Cover in a Restaurant Employee Handbook

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As you develop the restaurant employee handbook, view it as an ongoing training resource instead of just a categorical list of rules, and separate the information into categories: Performance and Appearance Policies . There are several job functions in both the FOH and BOH and all need detailed appearance standards.

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