Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

The back-of-house (or BOH) manages crucial elements that impact cost control and profitability. These include food production and inventory management. Additionally, the BOH handles food safety and restaurant administration. The roles of BOH and FOH staff are intertwined yet distinct. Food safety.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

As a restaurant owner or operator, keeping your food costs low is a continual challenge. Food cost is one of the largest expenses for your restaurant, and because it is a controllable cost, you can influence how it impacts your bottom line. The biggest factor in reducing food waste is how invested your store-level managers are.

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Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

In our last article we explored adding auto-gratuity to the bill and sharing tips with BOH staff. Knowing what food is going to cost in the near future enables restaurants to plan accordingly. Cheetah’s bi-weekly Market Watch report, offered to all our clients, summarizes food cost trends and competitive intelligence.

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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. Knowing what food is going to cost in the near future enables restaurants to plan accordingly. Cheetah’s bi-weekly Market Watch report, offered to all our clients, summarizes food cost trends and competitive intelligence.

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Fine Dining Customer Experience Front of House Customer Service 148

Touch Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2021

If, for example, you ask a colleague to broil something, when you actually want it braised, you could end up with costly food waste and unhappy customers. If you’re a chef trying to communicate with fellow back of house (BOH) team members but are using culinary terms you’ve made up, you’re creating a recipe for disaster.

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Apicbase

MARCH 3, 2023

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. This end-to-end solution uses data from your POS to provide insights into sales, food costs, menu engineering and inventory management. Check out Apicbase’s POS integrations.

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Apicbase

JULY 1, 2022

It helps them expand operations while keeping food quality consistent across locations and channels, and, equally important, keeping the overhead costs in balance. Central kitchens are commonly referred to as central production kitchens, centralised kitchens, central production units or CPUs, commissary kitchens, or prep kitchens.

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