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. A restaurant can improve the BOH operations to increase efficiency and overall performance. A restaurant can improve the BOH operations to increase efficiency and overall performance.

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Apicbase

MAY 8, 2024

The right restaurant management software significantly enhances efficiency and control of operating costs. MarketMan offers tools for automating invoicing, recipe costing, and food cost calculations, making it a popular choice among restaurateurs. It helps you track waste and theft to better control running costs.

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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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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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Transact

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Food waste, countless hours spent taking inventory, complicated employee onboarding processes—and even worse, sick customers due to food safety issues—they’re nightmares for any dedicated restaurant manager. . Read on to learn three ways upgrading your BOH technology can benefit your foodservice operation. .

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The Restaurant Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

A restaurant kitchen’s design and layout should allow food to flow smoothly from the prep area to the line. Include precise measurements of food preparation, display, refrigeration, and storage equipment, and be smart in determining what is most critical. Know Your Local Health Codes . ii) Open Configuration .

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Apicbase

JULY 1, 2022

Multi-unit restaurant operators are increasingly shifting towards a business model with a central production kitchen. It helps them expand operations while keeping food quality consistent across locations and channels, and, equally important, keeping the overhead costs in balance. Best practices for operating a central kitchen.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Supply synthetic tee's or other clothing that is light and helps to wick away perspiration and keep you cool (like running / gym attire). and BOH (including cooks, chefs, etc.). On your side, get the food out in a timely manner, without having the guest feel rushed, so that the timeframe requested is possible.

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Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

If your staff relies on outdated methods of placing orders, it’s likely that restaurant communications are strained, which means your restaurant is operating below its potential. Streamline BOH and FOH Communications. Meanwhile, the BOH is tasked with responding to orders. Or could it be the systems in place?

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Most often measured by fast food—or QSR (Quick Service Restaurant)—restaurants with drive-thrus to measure the time it takes from ordering to receiving their food. Get visual: Make clear what items have been 86’d Two words: Supply chain. What is the industry average speed of service?

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Rocket Fuel

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Most often measured by fast food—or QSR (Quick Service Restaurant)—restaurants with drive-thrus to measure the time it takes from ordering to receiving their food. Two words: Supply chain. Speed of Service is the measurement of the time that it takes for a restaurant to serve its customers. Generate accurate sales forecasts.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

With tip payouts, servers share portions of their tips with other staff members, such as bartenders, hosts, and food runners. Many fast food chains already have successful kiosk setups, with McDonald’s being the most prominent. Additionally, inventory management tools can help you prevent unnecessary waste.

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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. The integrations, through API endpoints or otherwise, increase operational efficiency and significantly simplify day-to-day, as no more time is lost updating spreadsheets or apps.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

With tip payouts, servers share portions of their tips with other staff members, such as bartenders, hosts, and food runners. Many fast food chains already have successful kiosk setups, with McDonald’s being the most prominent. Additionally, inventory management tools can help you prevent unnecessary waste.

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Apicbase

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

2023 has been a challenging year for restaurant operators, caught as they were between rising food costs and labour shortages. In a 2023 survey, 29% of operators said they are very likely to open new locations in 2024. Most operators raised their menu prices in 2023, but fewer expect to do so in 2024. Let’s dig in.

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Apicbase

APRIL 11, 2024

Customers generate revenue, but effective back-of-house operations keep costs in check , ensuring that your restaurants are also profitable in the long term. The success of a food service business depends on how well its restaurant managers manage purchasing and inventory and how good the chefs are at creating profitable recipes.

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Apicbase

JANUARY 13, 2023

This 85+ item list of food service statistics results from meticulous combing through dozens of industry reports. It highlights those shifts so that you can prepare your operation for success without being blindsided by pitfalls and emerging trends. Let’s dig in. 84% of diners look up the menu online before choosing a restaurant.

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Apicbase

APRIL 5, 2024

When thinking about restaurant automation, imagining a future where AI-powered androids shake cocktails and drones drop food deliveries through your skylight is fun. But automation in food service is much more than that. Automate your restaurant’s operation for efficiency and scalability. What Is Restaurant Automation?

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Cheetah

JANUARY 30, 2022

Disposable restaurant supplies are part of critical inventory used by every restaurant, food-truck and caterer on a daily basis. They include everything from back-of-house supplies like gloves and containers, to customer-facing single use-items like takeout packaging, utensils, napkins, and straws. Restaurant Supplies.

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Cheetah

JANUARY 30, 2022

Disposable restaurant supplies are part of critical inventory used by every restaurant, food-truck and caterer on a daily basis. They include everything from back-of-house supplies like gloves and containers, to customer-facing single use-items like takeout packaging, utensils, napkins, and straws. Restaurant Supplies.

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

This is especially true for large-scale foodservice operations and scaling restaurant businesses. From customer satisfaction to profitability, there are countless metrics that restaurant owners and managers should track to gain a better understanding of their operations. That’s the theory. Why Are Metrics Important?

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Deliverect

JUNE 30, 2020

Running a successful restaurant business isn’t just about preparing tasty food and serving it to your diners. Today’s consumer wants a unique, personalized food experience that may not even take place in your restaurant. The answer is food technology. Streamlining online food ordering with Deliverect.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Most successful food businesses are now multi-unit and multi-channel. All come with their own data sets and metrics – food cost, inventory variance, sales numbers, the list goes on. Recipes – Your Core Data Set The back of house or production side of a food business is notoriously hard to manage.

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Apicbase

MARCH 25, 2022

For restaurant operators and F&B operations managers, the devil really is in the details. It’s essential for everything you do, from menu pricing to closing the gap between theoretical and actual food costs i.e. detecting the causes of food cost variance. The most important of those details is your cost baseline.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

They touched on topics such as delivery, ghost (dark) kitchens, automation, plant-based menu items, food waste, sustainability, staffing and retention and more. The economic model makes more sense than traditional brick and mortar so many food businesses are moving in this direction. Jim Collins, CEO at Kitchen United.

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