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What is a Restaurant’s Front Of House (FOH) – Everything You Need To Know

The Restaurant Times

Front-of-house (FOH) refers to all activities and settings a patron will experience while dining at a restaurant, including the lobby and dining area. The FOH staff greets and receives customers and relays their requests. The FOH manager supervises all front-of-house staff and reports to the GM.

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Restaurant Labor Cost Control: 11 Reports to Optimize Labor

Restaurant365

How to manage labor cost is a challenge that all restaurant operators face daily as many restaurant businesses are forced to offer more competitive wages, benefits to hourly employees and other concessions to attract more employees from the shrinking applicant pool. The key is analyzing your labor productivity. Total Labor Cost.

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How to Handle Temporary Restaurant Closure during COVID-19

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However, many states that are forcing restaurants to stop their dine-in services are allowing them to operate as takeout and delivery-only establishments. Do you have delivery drivers who you could hire, or would your FOH staff take on this role for extra pay? In some areas, they are even being legally required to do so.

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Restaurant Labor Costs Every Store Manager Should Track

Restaurant365

With the help of actionable data and reporting, store managers can help control labor costs, without negatively impacting the customer experience or employee retention rates. Here are a few helpful labor cost terms, along with how they are related to your total labor cost. Hourly Employees. Salaried Employees.

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A Guide to Black Box Intelligence Data: How to See Current Trends Broken Down by Restaurant Category

Black Box Intelligence

Fine dining, upscale, casual family dining and casual dining restaurants fall under this category. Family dining restaurants. Family dining restaurants have average guest checks below $15. Casual dining restaurants. We define casual dining as restaurants that have average guest checks between $10 and $25.

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Cleanliness in the Restaurant: Reality and Perception

Modern Restaurant Management

Just because dine-in business is on hold doesn’t mean your restaurant’s future has to be. One former Darden back-of-house trainer describes it as a “checks and balances system,” allowing businesses to track where health related problems could have stemmed from. HACCP-Compliant Processes.

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2 Simple Ways to Boost Productivity

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Your team of employees can only do so much with what they’re given, so you might consider improving their modes of communication. Your team of employees can only do so much with what they’re given, so you might consider improving their modes of communication. If you have multiple dining areas, an mPOS system is also ideal.

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