Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

In essence, this shift should lead restaurants to embrace the idea of maintaining a truly “intelligent” smart kitchen, one that will be tech-equipped to continue evolving with consumer demands. Guests will demand a personalized journey when food is delivered to their door. The sleeping giant is virtual kitchens.

Mobile Ordering

7 Shifts

APRIL 3, 2020

Under this new paradigm you would not need FOH staff and may only need a few BOH staff. While this is a nerve racking concept to many restaurateurs, research has shown that consumers are not overly price-sensitive with a 20-25% range. Good luck! Your staffing – Let’s say you need to pivot your restaurant to delivery-only.

BOH

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Restaurant employee scheduling software Other than having a good product, your staff and how you manage them is the ultimate marker of restaurant success. TouchBistro: Comprehensive POS and restaurant management system supporting FOH, BOH, and guest engagement. Owned by Toast.

Technology

7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2024

With the example above, is three a good number, or should you devise strategies to improve efficiency? 64% of consumers feel overwhelmed by having too many choices. 8 in 10 consumers use and prefer contactless payments for safety and convenience. What is the average table turnover rate for most restaurants?

Online Ordering

7 Shifts

AUGUST 15, 2022

It shows your employer that you're a good fit for the role—and tells you if the restaurant is a good fit for you. To help you prep, whether it's a FOH or BOH position, we've outlined 17 restaurant interview questions you might be asked to answer, as well as some guidelines on how to answer them. Changing consumer tastes.

Customer Experience

Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience. 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.

Back of House

Hot Schedules

MAY 21, 2020

Consumers are hesitant to go out and may be even more so with smaller restaurants that are perceived to have fewer resources to put towards safety and sanitation. Now is a good time to become more efficient. Don’t just increase sanitation – make it highly visible. We can apply it to get the numbers up.”.

Employee Relations

Deliverect

AUGUST 20, 2020

It makes sense to locate this next to the kitchen in the FOH area to ensure food is packed up and out the door as quickly as possible after it leaves the kitchen. It’s a balancing act that can be largely solved with good restaurant design and a solid system. A dedicated waiting area for drivers is a good idea.

Delivery

Black Box Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For our clients, we offer granular data on financials, consumers, customers and workforce, as well as competitive intelligence that they use to benchmark against the competition. At full-service establishments, customers typically order their food at a table or counter, are served by waitstaff and pay after consuming their meal.

Fast Casual

Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

The cost of goods sold (COGS) has a significant impact on profitability, so it’s critical to get inventory levels right. Facility Management can be a time consuming task when trying to keep lists of equipment and infrastructure to repair. Restaurant Inventory Management. Restaurant Repairs & Maintenance Software.

Management

The Restaurant Times

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Why Do You Need Good Restaurant Management Software? It helps simplify communication and efficiency in both your front of the house (FOH) and back of the house (BOH) in most restaurants by replacing paper tickets in the kitchen (BOH). Moreover, these manual methods of staff management are time-consuming and prone to errors.

Management

Lavu

JANUARY 21, 2020

Preparing good meals and serving customers is always an exciting part of running a restaurant. Take time to understand terms like labor costs, costs of goods sold (COGS), prime costs, revenue, balance sheet, income statement, and more. A good accountant will help you in managing finances and producing key financial statements.

Point of Sale

Lavu

JANUARY 21, 2020

Let’s have a look at some of the reasons why a restaurant accounting software is good for your business: Eliminates Data Entry Redundancy . Both your front of the house (FOH) and back of the house (BOH) transactions are recorded simultaneously. This is where accounting software comes in to streamline and simplify the work.

Audits

Sling

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

There are so many options for website creation these days that it can seem like an overwhelming, difficult, and time-consuming task. Helping people think outside the box is always a good thing to do on your website. People love a good origin story…especially when it comes to restaurants. Joseph Decuis. 10) Katsuya.

Website Management

The Restaurant Times

DECEMBER 26, 2020

It also becomes difficult and time-consuming for the Chef to prepare vastly different dishes and can lead to customer dissatisfaction in terms of order delays. You can streamline both FOH and BOH operations through your restaurant POS, help you save on both money and labor. How To Avoid. How To Avoid.

Operations

Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

Platform – Build a Reliable Tech Ecosystem Your restaurant kitchen software should be part of your overall ecosystem linking seamlessly with front-of-house (FOH) systems – reservations, ePOS, loyalty, and ordering tech – as well as accounting, payroll, and HR tech. Which type of consumer does the brand attract?

Management

Apicbase

MAY 18, 2022

You’ll secure your exclusive right to use the trademark to promote your brand in specific territories and for particular goods and services. Taking this step can also help you settle potential disagreements with franchisees if they use your trademark beyond the goods approved in the franchise agreement. So you’re off to a good start!

Franchising

Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

Front-of-house (FOH) management. A good system should be easy to use, integrate into your restaurant operations, and require minimal training hours to master. In the past, restaurant owners considered a good POS system as easy to use, inexpensive, and able to process sales and transactions. Back-of-house (BOH) management.

Management

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. However, manually setting PAR levels for every menu item and restaurant would be time-consuming. This is how Apicbase helps to maintain your profit margins.

Point of Sale

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 30, 2022

There’s also pent-up demand from consumers who want to return to dining at restaurants as often as they had pre-pandemic. With this expected influx on the horizon, it’s important that your restaurant takes stock of proper cleaning and hygiene measures for key front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) areas.

BOH

Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

Remember, data is only as good as what you do with it. Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS) What does CoGS mean? Actual food cost, otherwise known as Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS) measures the total cost required to produce every dish on your menu. Consider menu engineering software as your strategic ally.

Point of Sale

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 3, 2022

Meanwhile, poorly maintained front-of-house (FOH) areas can be a detriment to a restaurant’s reputation and bottom line. As 90 percent of consumers are more focused on cleaning, ensure high touchpoint areas of your restaurant, like tables, counters, door handles, toilet handles, and more are cleaned often during open hours.

Kitchen Safety

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As restaurants do everything they can to survive these winter months, we continue to see shifts in how consumers are using restaurants. While most consumers will eventually shift some of their dining back to on-premise, most consumers will still often opt for the convenience of drive-thru, pick-up and delivery.

2021

7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

iPad tipping” is growing, even in industries that don’t usually ask for them, giving consumers tipping fatigue. Staff also have the opportunity to earn bonuses for good Google and Yelp reviews. The same applies for when the restaurant gets accolades and good PR. Getting buy-in from FOH staff is crucial, especially servers.

Front of House

7 Shifts

JANUARY 10, 2024

iPad tipping” is growing, even in industries that don’t usually ask for them, giving consumers tipping fatigue. Staff also have the opportunity to earn bonuses for good Google and Yelp reviews. The same applies for when the restaurant gets accolades and good PR. Getting buy-in from FOH staff is crucial, especially servers.

Front of House

Restaurant365

JULY 8, 2021

And some chains, including Sweetgreen and Shake Shack, are adding drive-through for the first time to meet changing consumer expectations for off-premise dining. However, the promising statistics about consumer confidence levels don’t mean that the restaurant industry will look exactly the same in this new era as it did pre-pandemic.

Point of Sale

Lavu

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Each destination is unique from the next, yet all share “Starr power:” theatrical décor, smooth FOH operations, and superb kitchens. . Perhaps the secret to his success is that Starr doesn’t partake in the good times, he just wants you to enjoy them. For prioritizing nutrition and good quality in fast food. . Steve Ells.

Fast Casual