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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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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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What documentation to give out and collect during onboarding. Give them an overview of what they will learn and do during onboarding, and how long the process will take. Admin: Filling out employment paperwork and receiving access to tools like the employee timekeeping portal, employee email, POS, and security system.

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Restaurant Tip Outs Guide: Methods, Tip Splitting, Pooling, and More

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There's a lot of confusion surrounding the process, structure, and laws regarding restaurant tip outs. For that to happen, it's necessary to understand the rules of tipping out, choose a structure that works for your staff, and communicate that structure to employees clearly. What is a Tip Out? Tip Out Methods.

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How To Create a Fair Holiday Work Schedule For Restaurants

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While every restaurant should properly plan out its work schedule during the holidays (and year-round, for that matter), not every restaurant needs to drastically overhaul its schedule when December rolls around. Hire Additional Staff in Time. Handling Time Off Requests. Implementing a Holiday Work Schedule. Send to the Team.

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Restaurant Cyber Security: How To Prevent Data Breaches

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Given the nature of how restaurants operate —with complex systems in the FOH and BOH —ensuring that receive orders, collect payment, and pay teams—here are numerous areas of the business that could be breached. To start, check out this guide from the National Restaurant Association on cybersecurity preparedness. Employee Data.

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5 Effective Ways to Increase Profit Margins at Your Restaurant

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The pandemic has exacerbated the restaurant labor crisis and there is only one way out – offering staff higher wages and improving benefits. In our last article we explored adding auto-gratuity to the bill and sharing tips with BOH staff. Let’s take soda as an example for calculating product cost.

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6 Effective Ways to Increase Profit Margins at Your Restaurant

Cheetah

The pandemic has exacerbated the restaurant labor crisis and there is only one way out – offering staff higher wages and improving benefits. In our last article we explored adding auto-gratuity to the bill and sharing tips with BOH staff. Let’s take soda as an example for calculating product cost.