Cheetah

JULY 1, 2021

In our last article we explored adding auto-gratuity to the bill and sharing tips with BOH staff. Cross training your team to fulfil multiple positions in the kitchen or front-of-house will allow you increased flexibility to staff according to demand. This sparked a lively debate around the efficacy of mandatory service fees.

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Customer Experience Fine Dining Front of House Customer Service 148

Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Many are pointing out frustrations with cleanliness and wait times, both of which are indicators of teams being stretched thin. In full-service restaurants, guests are less likely to make positive comments about lunch and drink specials, or happy hour. These are fast-changing times for all types of restaurants.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 6, 2023

As opposed to profit, which is demonstrated as a dollar amount, your restaurant’s profit margins are its profits represented as a percentage of annual sales. As opposed to profit, which is demonstrated as a dollar amount, your restaurant’s profit margins are its profits represented as a percentage of annual sales. Read along!

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Food Truck Point of Sale Employee Relations Equipment 52

Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

Efficient food usage involves everything from strategic menu planning to coordinating back of house and front of house teams. Critically, knowing your AvT numbers through your restaurant operations reporting gives you a concrete starting point to identify the foods that are commonly wasted.

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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 runs in the cloud, so these functions are available wherever you are on any device.

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Inventory Food Supply Kitchen Safety Back of House 52

Touch Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2021

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. Chefs preparing food in the back of the house. Back of house (BOH): The back of the restaurant, where the kitchen, offices, and storage are located.

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Lavu

JANUARY 21, 2020

Hire a Professional Specializing in Restaurant Accounting. Since accounting in the restaurant industry is quite different from other industries, look for someone who has experience or specialization in restaurant accounting. Preparing good meals and serving customers is always an exciting part of running a restaurant.

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Point of Sale Inventory Restaurant Law Front of House 78

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

What those technologies are completely depends on the role, but here are a few of the more popular examples: Servers and front-of-house roles tend to familiarize themselves with point-of-sale (POS) technology, scheduling software , online ordering integrations, and perhaps even reservation software. Table of Contents.

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Front of House Back of House Kitchen Safety Food Safety 370

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The first technologies that restaurants often invest in are cloud-based point of sale (POS) systems and payroll processing. Scheduling software like 7shifts can also pull data from your POS system to track labor against sales and get a more accurate picture of your labor cost— saving your restaurant money and time.

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Technology Mobile Ordering Social Media Online Ordering 312

7 Shifts

AUGUST 5, 2021

After tracking sales, calculating inventory, and just trying to keep your head above water, restaurant scheduling can take up a chunk out of your week. It seems you're always either understaffed or overstaffed, either FOH or BOH , at the worst times. Employee scheduling for your restaurant can be the most stressful part of your job.

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Front of House Restaurant Law Employee Relations Point of Sale 370

7 Shifts

MAY 1, 2023

Piper admits that it's harder to hire for skilled positions, like management and BOH. Their perfect scenario is that the store manager acts as the main point of contact for new hires. Team management is a top concern for restaurants these days. One in five operators report reducing labor costs as one of their main goals.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

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. We’re seeing massive disruption to front-of-house systems, too, delivering personalized guest experiences from order to payment to final delivery.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service 212

Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

From the introduction of point of sale (POS) systems to accounting systems, technology is changing the ways restaurants operate today. Keeping your procedures and systems up-to-date is a great method to streamline your operations, reduce overhead, and increase your day-to-day sales by getting more people through the door.

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Management Management Cash Management Mobile Ordering 78

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Even cost of sales may go down as the ghost kitchen typically has a smaller, more manageable menu. In FAT Brands restaurants in particular, our franchisees who have ghost kitchens see an additional 10-20 percent in sales each week. The increased kitchen space, brand awareness and sales are a no-brainer for brands looking to scale.

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