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The Guide to Equitable Restaurant Tip Payout Methods & Systems

7 Shifts

Servers, sometimes other FOH staff. Cafes, breweries, some full service restaurants, casual restaurants. Cafes, breweries, some full service restaurants, casual restaurants. Casual restaurants, fast food, quick service. Servers, other FOH staff. Fast casual, cafes, breweries, Percentage of sales.

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

Apicbase

Restaurant back-of-house operations form the backbone of a restaurant’s success. The back-of-house (or BOH) manages crucial elements that impact cost control and profitability. The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience.

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

7 Shifts

A tip out ensures other employees working in the front of the house share in gratuities, such as: Barbacks. It could also incentivize other FOH employees like bartenders and bussers to work faster and alongside highly-tipped servers in hopes of earning a portion of their gratuities. Table of Contents. What is a Tip Out?

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How The Snug Took Control of Labor and Evolved Their Restaurant

7 Shifts

The Snug is a bar-forward restaurant in San Francisco serving modern California comfort food, cocktails & craft beer offered in chic, comfortable quarters. As one of 7shifts’ most tech-savvy restaurant clients, the founders of The Snug always have their fingers on the pulse of the restaurant industry.

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Restaurant Sales Hold Strong in September 2022 Despite Persistent Decline in Guest Counts

Black Box Intelligence

Another possible factor; there has been an increase in front-of-house employee retention and, compared to last year, a decrease in employee absences due to COVID-19. In other words, FOH employees are showing up and guests are taking notice. September same-store sales growth was +5.2%, just a minor dip from the +5.3%

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MRM at Five: What Issues Have Impacted Restaurants?

Modern Restaurant Management

Tableside ordering via tablets, tableside payment, POS systems designed with mobility and flexibility in mind have dominated the market growing out of the fast casual. This movement toward more sustainably sourced food in both our fast-casual and fine dining restaurants will continue to expand in the future.

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2 Simple Ways to Boost Productivity

Lavu

The speeds they can work at might not be as fast as lightning, but as close as humanly possible. This permits your restaurant—both front and back of the house—to work at the fast pace of consumer spending. For fast-casual restaurants, opting for a mobile point-of-sale system makes the most sense.

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