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How to Drastically Cut Expenses in Your Restaurant (and Stay Profitable During COVID-19)

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Download all the data from your restaurant POS or back-office management platform to get a sense of how your restaurant is operating today. During the COVID-19 situation, evaluate how many BOH staff you need to keep up with delivery and takeout demand. However, it is often overlooked by restaurateurs as a source of optimization.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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In order for new hires to perform well and stay happy in their roles, hiring managers need to pay more attention to the restaurant onboarding process. Admin: Filling out employment paperwork and receiving access to tools like the employee timekeeping portal, employee email, POS, and security system. Be thorough in your communication.

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Maximise Your Restaurant’s Efficiency with POS Integration: 7 Benefits of Combining Point of Sales with F&B Management Software

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POS integration is essential. Although the point-of-sale system (POS) remains the technological heart of restaurants, numerous technologies run behind the scenes these days. Some technologies integrate with the restaurant’s POS, allowing data to be easily shared between front-of-house (FoH) and back-of-house (BoH) systems.

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2 Simple Ways to Boost Productivity

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Update to Mobile POS System. The benefit of a mobile POS system is the freedom of mobility it gives your serving staff. The type of diners you receive expect to wait for less, carry less cash, and demand faster service. For all restaurants, having a mobile POS takes the pressure off your staff.

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Restaurant Tip Outs Guide: Methods, Tip Splitting, Pooling, and More

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Tip Pooling by FOH & BOH. Sharing tips with kitchen employees is an effective way to bridge the wage gap between FOH and BOH workers. Recommended Reading: Tip Pooling Tools to Manage Tips at a Restaurant. As a result, managers' time spent calculating tip payouts will be reduced by eight hours each week on average.

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Accounting 101: The Most Popular Restaurant Accounting Software Used by the Best Restaurant Operators

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Every quality accounting system will manage your accounting methods, tips, cash flow, and P&L statements. For restaurants, the magic happens when you combine your existing "best-of-breed" accounting software with your "best of breed" POS system and your "best-of-breed" BOH food and labor operations platform.

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Restaurant Accounting Concepts Every Manager Should Know About

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As the owner or manager of a restaurant, when you’re aiming to grow profitability, accounting is an area where you need to be comfortable. It might be considered the most dreaded part of running your business, but to be profitable and to manage the money, there’s no way it can be avoided. 5 Concepts of Restaurant Accounting.