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A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Staff Tips in Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Back-of-House (BOH) : Sharing with BOH staff is less common but increasingly considered to ensure equity. Cross-Functional Support: When BOH staff steps up during busy shifts to assist with customer needs. Documentation : Keep detailed records of tip distribution to address concerns with transparency.

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Restaurant Staff Training 101

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Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use. Collect and store essential documents, integrate new hires into the shift rotation, and keep trainees updated on their tasks and progress.

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Restaurant Accounting Tips Made Simple: Expert Ways to Boost Profits in 2025

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It allows you to document all financial transactions of your business and determine its performance. Documented reporting and screening of these costs is integral to keeping the business afloat. Your FOH and BOH staff members are also major players. They document all financial transactions for the restaurant.

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Four Ways to Streamline Reopening Procedures for Restaurants

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” Restaurant managers who develop clearly-documented policies, operational checklists, and clear communication systems can simplify the process for everyone. All of these policies should be clearly documented, and all employees should be required to read and sign-off on them. Employee well-being. Customer well-being.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Creating a Culture of Cleanliness 

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There are several considerations that owners and managers must take when establishing new cleaning procedures, including: Frequency – Enhanced cleaning and disinfection, in both front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) areas, will reduce the spread of potentially harmful germs throughout the restaurant.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. Your back-of-house (BOH) team should also have some basic customer service training. While interacting with customers isn't the BOH team's primary role, every employee should be able to exhibit the restaurant’s culture through customer service.

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Restaurant Operations Overview: What You Need to Know

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For example, during the 3-5 pm time frame, cleanup might include a thorough cleaning of kitchen areas by the BOH team and a floor sweeping and sanitization of tables in the front of the house. Either way, restaurants benefit from a documented employee training manual to ensure a universal yet customizable approach to new hire onboarding.