7 Shifts

JULY 10, 2020

Set a goal for your restaurant’s grand opening—whether it’s seating capacity, an order volume, or revenue for your first day back in business. Consider food costs, labor costs, and cost of marketing your reopening. Here are some goal types to consider (and you don’t have to have just one!): Set a budget ??

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Over the next decade, a generation passionate about health and wellness will demand restaurants be transparent about food from farm to table. Guests will expect to know every aspect of sourcing and meal preparation, which will disrupt traditional back-of-house systems with technology that connects the farm to the food.

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Mobile Ordering Front of House Customer Service Customer Experience 539

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Snug is a bar-forward restaurant in San Francisco serving modern California comfort food, cocktails & craft beer offered in chic, comfortable quarters. Outdoor dining One way they evolved their operations was by taking advantage of San Francisco’s new shared spaces program to extend their dining outdoors in order to keep revenue up.

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7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

Inventory was ordered based on par levels, which are set based on sales forecasts, which are in turn determined by how many guests you'll serve and what they'll order. How is the restaurant's budget broken down between key expenses like food costs, labor, and fixed costs? Purchasing & Ordering.

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Operations Inventory Hiring Customer Service 363

7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In order for new hires to perform well and stay happy in their roles, hiring managers need to pay more attention to the restaurant onboarding process. Run through difficult customer situations with new front-of-house (FOH) staff to ensure they won’t crack under pressure. In other industries, the average employee tenure is 4.2

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 20, 2024

From seating diners and helping them order quickly to processing payments, let’s explore some proven ways to improve your restaurant’s table turnover rate. Suppose your restaurant has 20 tables, and during the dinner service from 6 PM to 9 PM, you seated 60 customers.

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Online Ordering Fine Dining Fast Casual Seating 221

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

After that, the most popular back-office technologies were accounting software (55%), mobile payments (52%), and third-party food delivery services (51%). Online and mobile ordering systems Spurred on by the pandemic, online and mobile ordering have grown faster than even the most tech-positive forecasters would’ve predicted five years ago.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 3, 2020

By now, many states and provinces have either mandated reductions in seating or the closure of dining areas, with most restaurants turning to takeout and delivery. Pro tip: Look at implementing an inventory tracking system like Xtra Chef —it might be a new cost, but it will pay for itself in better food costing.

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EATER

JUNE 26, 2020

And yet more business didn’t translate to more staff: The 200-seat restaurant still employed fewer than half the workers it had before the pandemic. Down in Nashville, Mary Pillow Thompson, the founder of the local restaurant hiring platform Foh&boh, has seen a similar movement. There will be a lot of shifting around,” she says.

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Sling

DECEMBER 6, 2019

For a restaurant to run smoothly and efficiently, you should divide activities into two parts: front of house (FOH)/back of house (BOH). What’s the difference between FOH and BOH, and how can controlling the two help your business improve? What Is Front Of House (FOH)? FOH variables you might not consider include: Decor.

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Restaurant365

JUNE 9, 2021

You can use data to improve restaurant operations, both in your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH). Tracking key FOH metrics can help provide a path to healthy revenue levels. Optimizing your BOH and FOH metrics boosts the efficiency of your labor and food spending. Focus on the customer experience.

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The Restaurant Times

MARCH 10, 2023

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. Bringing food orders from the kitchen to each appropriate table. The answer to the FOH manager.

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Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

These include food production and inventory management. Additionally, the BOH handles food safety and restaurant administration. The back of the house supports the front of the house (FOH), enabling the customer-facing team to focus on serving a memorable experience. The roles of BOH and FOH staff are intertwined yet distinct.

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Aaron Allen & Associates

MARCH 3, 2022

We’ll explore software for inventory management, restaurant payment and billing, food delivery, dashboards, restaurant onboarding, reservation management, and ERP systems. The POS simplifies record keeping and cash flow accountability as well as operations by sending the orders to the kitchen directly.

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Management Management Mobile Ordering Point of Sale 120

Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

If your staff relies on outdated methods of placing orders, it’s likely that restaurant communications are strained, which means your restaurant is operating below its potential. If customers are waiting in line for a table, you can take their drink orders as they wait, and even transfer their tab to their table once seated.

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Mobile Ordering FOH BOH Front of House 78

QSR Automations

AUGUST 8, 2024

ConnectSmart® Host, an innovative solution from QSR Automations, offers a powerful way to harness real-time data to achieve smarter seating and optimize overall operations. This enables the team to offer personalized touches, such as preferred seating or complimentary items, enhancing the guest’s experience and fostering loyalty.

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Seating Front of House Back of House Social Media 52

Sling

MAY 9, 2021

2) Preferred Seating. Another easy and effective perk for your restaurant loyalty programs is preferred seating. Tiered loyalty programs are the perfect way to attract new members and encourage existing members to return while, at the same time, increasing order value and frequency. 3) Train FOH Staff On Your Loyalty Program.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"As awful as it was, the pandemic pushed restaurants to completely rethink their operations in order to survive, and some of the changes they made during the pandemic have continued to be beneficial to those restaurants and industry at large." The pandemic made speed, accuracy, and seamless ordering non-negotiable.

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Apicbase

OCTOBER 14, 2022

To develop a food franchise built to last, you must ensure that franchise outlets perform well. This number reflects the unit’s total food, beverage, and merchandise sales through all the different revenue streams. Partner with delivery and online ordering services. What is food cost? How to calculate food cost.

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Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Why combining FoH and BoH data makes analytics more powerful Final thoughts. Or that your food cost is 32% in this one outlet and 36% in other nearby outlets. Just because analytics is a higher-order tool than reporting doesn’t mean that the two are not inseparably connected… or that reporting doesn’t have a place in your operation.

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Touch Bistro

AUGUST 4, 2021

If, for example, you ask a colleague to broil something, when you actually want it braised, you could end up with costly food waste and unhappy customers. Servers also need to be able to understand how food is prepared and be ready to explain cooking methods, ingredients, and flavors to customers who inquire about menu items.

Front of House 52

Front of House BOH Back of House Point of Sale 52

Lavu

MARCH 11, 2020

If you need a more customizable system for your restaurant, you may consider choosing a more robust system that offers features such as inventory tracking, table and order management, employee timesheets, and CRM integration. They come with tools used to track inventory, restaurant orders, payroll, and analytics. Employee scheduling.

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Mad Mobile

MARCH 1, 2024

From server robots to ordering kiosks in fast food establishments, it seems like there’s always a new gimmick trying to get your attention. But data shows that it’s more than just about the flashy toys. In the first model, customers have access to kiosks or tablets at the table and can place orders and payout at their convenience.

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

The metrics and calculations in this list will help you bring order to the chaos and manage the performance of each unit in the chain. By regularly tracking his inventory and procurement metrics, Fabio was able to reduce his kitchens’ food costs by 18%. It’s money that went straight to his bottom line.

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Point of Sale Inventory Waste Employee Relations 52

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2021

Order Views – This is how your BOH staff actually sees the information. Look for a KDS with customizable features that allow your staff to look both at the overall incoming orders and the items in particular so that they can prepare accordingly. ? Order Routing – For larger operations, you might have multiple stations.

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Management Management BOH Front of House 473

Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

Order Views – This is how your BOH staff actually sees the information. Look for a KDS with customizable features that allow your staff to look both at the overall incoming orders and the items in particular so that they can prepare accordingly. ? Order Routing – For larger operations, you might have multiple stations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Chris Adams, VP of Strategy, Oracle Food & Beverage. As the food and beverage industry continues its digital transformation, restaurateurs need to prepare to take advantage of a tidal wave of data these interactions create. Those that are continuing to prosper had their technological house in order prior to the pandemic.

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Cheetah

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Front of the House Terms Front of the house (FoH) is literally the front of the restaurant, including the waiting area, the bar, and the dining area. Here are the 8 most commonly used terms in FoH: . In the weeds Like it or not, there comes a point at any service that both the servers and the kitchen are swamped with orders.

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Front of House FOH Back of House Customer Service 106

EATER

MAY 20, 2020

When the Center eventually released a guide, quietly posting it online without a formal announcement, the document devoted just four pages to food service, placing details in an appendix among other industries. But the industry-spanning collaborative effort may also set the tone for the new normal in food service.

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EATER

MAY 14, 2020

The most comprehensive guide yet comes from the James Beard Foundation and the Food and Society Program at the Aspen Institute, a response to the persistent desire for a single, streamlined playbook. But the industry-spanning collaborative effort may also set the tone for the new normal in food service.

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