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Hiring? Ask These Interview Questions to Spot Versatile Restaurant Talent

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I offered several suggestions from our allergy-friendly menu and explained the ingredients to them. I pulled in the kitchen team and the FOH manager, and we agreed on the plan. These self-aware employees tend to have more robust soft skills and will hit the ground running in a dynamic restaurant environment.

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Restaurant Accounting Tips Made Simple: Expert Ways to Boost Profits in 2025

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Let’s start with some basic terms: Cost of Goods Sold (COGS): This is the cost of all the items and ingredients on your menu (Beginning Inventory + Purchased Inventory – Ending Inventory). This also includes payroll taxes and employee benefits. Your FOH and BOH staff members are also major players. Your accountant.

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MRM Research Roundup: Diner Resiliency, Automation Technology, and Egg Prices

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Turnover Costs : The expense of replacing staff can be as much as $1,056 per FOH position and $1,491 per BOH position. Whether it's an independent operator hiring a few dozen people per year, or a large national brand hiring several thousand, employee recruitment and retention is a hands-on and time-consuming process.

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MRM Research Roundup: To-Go Trends, State of the Plate, and Black Market Reservations

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The Darden Restaurant-owned brand rated top for fast service, fresh food, accurate orders, and customizable menu options. GreenPoints™ This Certified Green Restaurant® has 100 percent LED lights, Green-e Energy Certified Green Wind Power that offsets 100 percent of energy usage, and BOH and FOH composting.

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Employee Engagement Best Practices for Restaurants

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While a delicious menu and an inviting ambiance are critical components of a restaurant’s success, staff are the lifeblood of a restaurant. Much like profit and loss, employee engagement is a metric that every restaurateur should be tracking regularly. Why Care About Employee Engagement? First things first: what is it?

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How to Plan Your Restaurant's Grand Re-Opening Event

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You want to have a big enough budget that your target customers will be exposed to your ads multiple times in a short period (two weeks) prior to the grand opening…he “newness” of the business and special offers related to the grand opening should increase the responsiveness of potential customers.” You can book online or give us a call.

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Cultivate Relations between Chef and FOH Staff

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Poor employee relations go unnoticed and slip-ups in communications can be handled without disturbing the customer experience. This is nowhere as obvious as the relations between chef and FOH staff. . Below, we suggest several ways to improve relations with your chef and FOH staff. Menu Education.

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