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Back of House Restaurant Guide: Integrating FOH and BOH for Seamless Operations 

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The back-of-house (or BOH) manages crucial elements that impact cost control and profitability. Additionally, the BOH handles food safety and restaurant administration. In this article, we explore the key differences between the front and back of the house in a restaurant and discuss the best ways to integrate FOH and BOH operations.

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What Does 86 Mean? Definition, History and More

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If you're standing in line waiting to order the special of the night, the seasonal Panzanella Salad, you don't want to hear “86 the special”. At some point when you were dining in a restaurant, you may have heard the BOH staff shout “86” and the name of a menu item to the waiters. Where did the term come from? The cost of 86'ing.

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Competition’s Coming: Key Technology Changes Can Help You Win

Modern Restaurant Management

The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. By improving customer loyalty and increasing revenue through the smart use of technology from the public-facing part of the business all the way to the back-of-house prep, sourcing, and staffing.

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2022 Trends: Meeting Challenges and Industry Evolution

Modern Restaurant Management

How is technology shaping the future of restaurants and giving brands a competitive edge? The spike of take out and delivery orders that began with covid makes it all too easy to forget that prior to March 2020, guests had already begun moving that direction. What trends can be adopted to better serve guest preferences?

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5 Reasons You need Platform Restaurant Management Software (Sponsored)

Modern Restaurant Management

In the past, kitchens worked by a paper ticket system, which was handwritten by the waitstaff and passed to the back-of-house (BOH) staff. A KDS is a digital screen that relays information to your BOH, minimizing pain points by digitizing tickets. Order Views – This is how your BOH staff actually sees the information.

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Back of house restaurant job descriptions and duties

Clover - Restaurants

While your customers may never meet BOH team members, these restaurant jobs are essential to delivering a fantastic hospitality experience. Here are a few sample back-of-house job descriptions you can use to jumpstart your own job descriptions to help attract top notch BOH staff.

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Food Delivery Ideas: How to Deliver Food While Maximizing Your Restaurant’s

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Food delivery ideas: How to manage staff to boost off-site dining revenue It’s important to have a protocol in place for managing delivery and takeout orders. The order fulfillment process gets slowed down if your staff don’t know who is responsible for what. Decide who will be in charge of managing takeout and delivery orders.

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