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Your 7-Step Guide to Reopening Your Restaurant

7 Shifts

While your local government has likely provided businesses with a plan for reopen, you have to keep in mind that the reality of reopening will be a very different story. If you’re relying more heavily on takeout & delivery, and those channels stay strong even after reopen, then you’ll need more BOH staff to keep up with order demand.

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ESOPs and Sustainable Restaurant Culture

Modern Restaurant Management

The initial cost is almost $500,000 to get all of the pieces in place, and create the plan documents, and submit it to the government agency that oversees it. One hourly FOH employee, one hourly BOH employee, and one salaried manager. The process was incredibly complex, and very expensive.

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Restaurants Beat Labor Crisis with Daring New Wage Structure

Cheetah

Increasing wages, gradually introducing automatic gratuity, sharing the tip pool with back-of-the-house (BOH) employees, improving the working conditions, investing in cross-training, and reducing staff are all good solutions. There are two ways: Sharing the tip pool with BOH Auto gratuity Before you blow a gasket, consider the following.

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A Guide to Black Box Intelligence Data: How to See Current Trends Broken Down by Restaurant Category

Black Box Intelligence

Fine dining restaurants, which took a major hit due to government shutdowns, are finally making strides in improving sales. Workforce data: tracking trends for FOH and BOH staff. Front-of-house (FOH) workers are customer-facing, such as restaurant servers, bartenders and hosts. fewer BOH and 2.8

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Topics to Cover in a Restaurant Employee Handbook

Lavu

There are several job functions in both the FOH and BOH and all need detailed appearance standards. With appearance standards, your FOH team is going to make a good first impression. Ask yourself this question and develop guidelines for the FOH team. What service style do customers expect?

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How to Onboard Restaurant Staff: A New Hire Checklist for Restaurant Employees

Touch Bistro

Both front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) staff will benefit from having first-hand experience with your menu. The BOH restaurant employee training should entail: Familiarization with and/or memorization of recipes A tasting of as many items as possible to ensure consistency Allergen training. Compliance.

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Pitfalls Of Starting A Restaurant Franchise — Is Your F&B Concept Fit For Expansion? Are You Ready To Deal With Franchisees?

Apicbase

And with shared governance comes risk. In addition, it will ensure BOH and FOH efficiency (and consistency) for years to come. 2 You’ll risk brand dilution. When you share control with franchisees, you’re no longer in charge of every restaurant within your network.