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. Toilet clogs at your restaurant are a major deterrent for customers. BOH Processes Gain Visibility in FOH Areas.

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BOH FOH Kitchen Safety Front of House 187

7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Located in a market with a focus on Latin American businesses, what sets Destino apart (aside from inventive cocktails) is the note under the dessert menu: “In lieu of tipping, we add a 20% service charge to each order to support a professional wage for our entire team. Table of Contents What is a service charge?

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FOH Front of House Customer Service Back of House 221

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

How to Serve in a Fine Dining Restaurant : Fine dining restaurants tend to offer elaborate food at higher price points, with attentive, often formal service. BOH Resources. Restaurant Lingo: FOH, BOH & General Terms : The restaurant industry is loaded with slang. Instagram Tips for Chefs & Cooks ????

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FOH BOH Social Media Fine Dining 195

7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

Located in a market with a focus on Latin American businesses, what sets Destino apart (aside from inventive cocktails) is the note under the dessert menu: “In lieu of tipping, we add a 20% service charge to each order to support a professional wage for our entire team. Table of Contents What is a service charge?

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FOH Front of House Customer Service Back of House 195

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. Who can blame them?

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FOH BOH Kitchen Safety Cash Management 338

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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Delivery Food Email Marketing Front of House 341

7 Shifts

AUGUST 7, 2020

What would you do to ensure a smooth day of service when you’re understaffed? or making rounds on the floor to apologize to guests for slow service. How would you handle a customer who won’t cooperate with the restaurant’s COVID-19 safety procedures? Why it’s important to ask: Hospitality is about putting customers first.

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2020 Kitchen Safety FOH BOH 312

7 Shifts

JULY 14, 2020

Consider specialty sanitization services In addition to hourly sanitization of all high-contact surfaces (FOH and BOH), ensuring you have access to professional specialty sanitization will provide more confidence and peace of mind to your staff and guests. Recommended Reading: How to Effectively Sanitize & Clean Your Restaurant.

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Management Management Kitchen Safety Equipment 370

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 7, 2023

In the food services industry, safety is paramount to protect customers, brand reputation, and, ultimately, profits. In food services, digitizing processes like temperature monitoring and logging of on-site food storage via IoT-enabled automation delivers many benefits. trillion U.S.

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Food Safety Kitchen Safety Food Customer Service 167

7 Shifts

APRIL 3, 2020

Oftentimes, restaurants make changes in how they operate but may not consider the long-term impact on customers until it shows up in an unflattering Yelp! During the COVID-19 situation, evaluate how many BOH staff you need to keep up with delivery and takeout demand. Which, let’s be honest, if an eventuality in the current climate.

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BOH POS Influencer Point of Sale 368

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2021

In the past, kitchens worked by a paper ticket system, which was handwritten by the waitstaff and passed to the back-of-house (BOH) staff. A KDS is a digital screen that relays information to your BOH, minimizing pain points by digitizing tickets. Order Views – This is how your BOH staff actually sees the information.

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Management Management BOH Front of House 190

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2022

Restaurants who are already using drive thru have begun looking at adding more lanes, and even table service brands who would never have previously considered it are looking at drive thrus as a smart investment. And robots are being seen in more places, both for delivery and in the BOH, while kiosks augment FOH.

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2022 FOH BOH Recruiting 212

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

They want to be here, they don't want to give bad service. They want to give good service. The restaurant initially opened with no tipping or service charge. To Ji Hye, who came from another industry, it didn't make sense that staff should rely on customers to pay their bills. Take care of your BOH.

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BOH Restaurant Law Back of House Front of House 195

Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2023

To attract customers while accommodating tightened budgets, restaurants should consider employing marketing strategies that leverage data-driven insights to tailor messaging according to consumer needs. However, to best promote potential discounts, they’ll need high-quality insights into what customers want.

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Marketing Loyalty Program Email Marketing Coupons 198

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. For example, FOH staff can compete on revenue generated while BOH staff can compete on ticket speed.

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Employee Relations FOH BOH Certification 349

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 6, 2023

But they must notify customers in writing if they do so. What about service charges and credit card processing fees? Mandatory service charges (like what many restaurants add to the bills of large parties) aren’t considered tips under federal law. They are the property of the restaurant.

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Tip Distribution Restaurant Law Employee Relations 2024 221

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 6, 2023

But they must notify customers in writing if they do so. What about service charges and credit card processing fees? Mandatory service charges (like what many restaurants add to the bills of large parties) aren’t considered tips under federal law. They are the property of the restaurant.

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Tip Distribution Restaurant Law Employee Relations 2024 195

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. It can also help reduce labor costs and increase the speed of food preparation.

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Back of House BOH Front of House FOH 52

Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 27, 2022

As you may know, Mother’s day is one of the busiest days for full-service restaurants, often resulting in huge crowds, long wait times, and an overwhelmed staff. If you aren’t prepared for the huge rush, customers may grow impatient, leave bad reviews, and be reluctant to return in the future. Accept Orders in Advance.

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Management Management Customer Experience Reservations 213

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2021

Day-to-day demands – coupled with all of the FOH and BOH duties – can be simply too overwhelming for many small restaurant owners. However, having a strategic and effective digital marketing plan in place allows local restaurants to attract new customers and retain the ones they already have. Can customers find you?

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Marketing Social Media Mobile Ordering Website Management 204

Lavu

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Poor employee relations go unnoticed and slip-ups in communications can be handled without disturbing the customer experience. Customers love to hear about the food they’re ordering , and your FOH team can use every detail to sell, sell, sell. . FOH can relay customer requests fast and in real time, giving the BOH time to adjust. .

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FOH BOH Employee Relations Communication 80

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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Workshop FOH Front of House BOH 130

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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Fast Casual Fine Dining BOH FOH 89

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. Lavu, the restaurant technology services company, estimates 42 percent of food purchases are made online.

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Technology Loyalty Program Front of House Online Ordering 204

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. Source: Future Food.

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Hospitality Food Safety Front of House BOH 78

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. This helps reduce human error. Efficiency.

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BOH FOH Front of House Back of House 109

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. Focus on the customer experience.

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FOH BOH Front of House Back of House 78

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

In the past, kitchens worked by a paper ticket system, which was handwritten by the waitstaff and passed to the back-of-house (BOH) staff. A KDS is a digital screen that relays information to your BOH, minimizing pain points by digitizing tickets. Order Views – This is how your BOH staff actually sees the information.

Management 88

Management Management BOH Front of House 88

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

At full-service restaurants, even tip splitting is still an option. However, this option can backfire if not all team members hold themselves to the same standard of service. Tip Pooling by FOH & BOH. Sharing tips with kitchen employees is an effective way to bridge the wage gap between FOH and BOH workers.

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Tip Distribution FOH Front of House Restaurant Law 195

Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

The type of diners you receive expect to wait for less, carry less cash, and demand faster service. If customers are waiting in line for a table, you can take their drink orders as they wait, and even transfer their tab to their table once seated. Streamline BOH and FOH Communications. An item is forgotten.

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FOH Mobile Ordering BOH Front of House 78

7 Shifts

JULY 28, 2021

Poor restaurant communication equals poor service. There are many working parts between the kitchen and server, and everything needs to be working seamlessly to ensure customer satisfaction. BOH help them sweep and mop. The Dangers of Poor Restaurant Communication. Keeping your staff in the dark about upper management decisions.

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Communication Management Management Front of House 430

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The foundational strategy focuses on two pivotal elements: maintaining rigorous standards for commercial refrigeration and ensuring a robust plan to manage increased customer flow. An efficient, serviced refrigeration unit is more resilient against heat and usage spikes.

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Kitchen Safety Equipment Fine Dining Food Safety 118

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Outdoor dining is still top of mind as owners want to keep employees and customers safe and have questions about maintaining outdoor spaces in inclement weather. Make it easy for your staff to service tables and consider the flow of area traffic in your dining area. Have pest control options in place and have the area serviced often.

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Outdoor Fine Dining Dine-in FOH 204

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Restaurant cleaning checklist template It goes without saying that the cleanliness of your restaurant directly impacts customer satisfaction. Your restaurant cleaning template can be customized to add in extra tasks to ensure your restaurant meets new mandated hygiene standards. Download it for free now.

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Management Management Download Leadership 195

Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 4, 2021

Standardized Operating Procedures (SOPs) : Are your SOPs documented for training and replication, including recipes, steps of services, BOH processes, etc.? Positive Culture and People Operations : Do you have a positive and compelling workplace culture that allows you to attract, train and retain top performers?

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BOH Document Training Operations 216

Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

In our last article we explored adding auto-gratuity to the bill and sharing tips with BOH staff. This sparked a lively debate around the efficacy of mandatory service fees. Is it fair towards customers? On the other hand, tipping has always been perceived as a discretionary means to incentivize good service.

Fine Dining 148

Fine Dining Customer Experience Front of House Customer Service 148

Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

In our last article we explored adding auto-gratuity to the bill and sharing tips with BOH staff. This sparked a lively debate around the efficacy of mandatory service fees. Is it fair towards customers? On the other hand, tipping has always been perceived as a discretionary means to incentivize good service.

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Fine Dining Customer Experience Front of House Customer Service 148