Restaurant365

JUNE 9, 2021

You can use data to improve restaurant operations, both in your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH). Optimizing your BOH and FOH metrics boosts the efficiency of your labor and food spending. Tracking BOH and FOH data can help you root out issues and discover potential solutions.

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The Restaurant Group

APRIL 15, 2020

Control methods are placed in a variety of areas and ways, and typically this all starts with an accurate inventory and ordering system. Track usage throughout the week each day via end-of-day inventory. After inventory all values are entered and the software calculates your weekly operating cost, labor cost, food cost and liquor cost.

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Clover - Restaurants

MAY 7, 2024

While your customers may never meet BOH team members, these restaurant jobs are essential to delivering a fantastic hospitality experience. Here are a few sample back-of-house job descriptions you can use to jumpstart your own job descriptions to help attract top notch BOH staff.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 30, 2021

Consistent, accurate recipe costing relies on a few key elements: standardized recipes, accurate restaurant inventory management , and up-to-date vendor prices. If you don’t have recipe costing software, try our free recipe cost calculator by clicking on the banner above or scrolling down to the bottom of this blog post.).

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Sling

MAY 9, 2023

For more suggestions on how to build strong relationships at work, check out these articles from the Sling blog: How to Have a Strong Employee/Employer Relationship 12 Leadership Theories And Styles For Managers 2) Improve restaurant security A strong RO program will also include some form of security.

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Operations Loyalty Program Food Safety Front of House 78

Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

Or, in another example, if inventory is stored improperly or mislabeled in the walk-in, you may need to dispose of food that has been contaminated. Much of a restaurant’s inventory is highly perishable, so to optimize shelf life for perishable goods, make sure your staff is well-trained on proper storage techniques.

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Compost Food Waste Front of House 88

Restaurant365

MAY 3, 2022

Similarly, by training new FOH employees in all FOH roles and all new BOH employees in all BOH roles when they first join the company helps them develop an understanding of how the restaurant functions. This too can help employee morale as performing at an optimal level can build self-esteem. Cross-train your staff.

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QSR Automations

APRIL 4, 2025

Enter the kitchen display system (KDS), a digital display that replaces traditional paper tickets, offering real-time order management and communication between front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH). Improved FOH and BOH Communication Miscommunication between servers and kitchen staff isnt just common, its basically a rite of passage.

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The Restaurant Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Portion control is a responsibility of both FOH and BOH. A good start is to track returned food, waste from spoilage, comped or replaced food and inventory turns. FOH employees need to charge the correct price for changes in menu items, they also need to verify orders are correct.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Applying tools like smart employee scheduling based on SPLH percentage goals to your management, FOH, and BOH teams individually helps you optimize each part of your labor cost. This may cover everything from streamlining your menu so your BOH can be more efficient to changing the service well so servers can take care of tables faster.

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Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

Whether you are looking for effective inventory management software or just a POS system for your business, restaurant management software is something you cannot afford to miss. They come with tools used to track inventory, restaurant orders, payroll, and analytics. Back-of-house (BOH) management. Employee scheduling.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 19, 2022

Tracking FOH and BOH labor percentage individually helps you optimize each part of your labor cost. Comparing productivity across locations indicates which stores require more training or other attention and can contribute to restaurant labor cost control. Back of House vs. Front of House Labor Percentage.

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Point of Sale FOH Front of House Employee Relations 78

Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

By regularly tracking his inventory and procurement metrics, Fabio was able to reduce his kitchens’ food costs by 18%. This blog provides an organised overview of the key metrics multi-site restaurant brands should track. Get a 360-view of your sales & inventory data Adopt restaurant analytics software.

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Restaurant365

JULY 8, 2021

If you are successful at attracting customers back to your dining room, you need to have the right FOH and BOH team to support increased sales levels. As you scale up sales and demand from the customer side, you also need to simultaneously address your operations and labor. You may have had to lay off or furlough some of your team in 2020.

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