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

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

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Beyond Restaurant POS Reports: Why Your F&B Operation Needs Insights-Rich Analytics to Grow

Apicbase

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today, restaurant operators and F&B managers like you have access to many reports, primarily thanks to advanced POS systems. Problems like knowing the what but not the why behind it; non-existent or limited back-of-house visibility; and essential information buried under a mountain of trivia. What is restaurant analytics?

POS

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Maximise Your Restaurant’s Efficiency with POS Integration: 7 Benefits of Combining Point of Sales with F&B Management Software

Apicbase

MARCH 3, 2023

POS integration is essential. Although the point-of-sale system (POS) remains the technological heart of restaurants, numerous technologies run behind the scenes these days. 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.

Point of Sale

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Critical BOH Restaurant KPIs That Optimize Labor Costs and CoGs, Part 2

Restaurant365

JUNE 15, 2021

Leveraging your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH) data allows you to gain more insight into your operations. You may have a hunch that you are doing fewer table turns on the weekend, or that your inventory has gotten wasteful recently. Want to know more about FOH data? This can lead to food waste or poor food quality.

BOH

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9 Tips for Improving Restaurant Operations

Sling

MAY 9, 2023

But as businesses go online, a good security program will also address (and help prevent) the theft of valuable digital information from restaurant computers. 4) Minimize food waste Minimizing waste is essential because food costs are one of the largest expenses that most restaurants have to contend with. and storage spaces.

Operations

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How to Choose the Best Kitchen Management Software for Your Multi-Unit Restaurant Business

Apicbase

MARCH 28, 2024

That vital piece of information is your recipe. With multiple stakeholders needing access to the information held in the system, accessibility is all-important. Information from different outlets – and departments – is shared effectively throughout the business as a whole.

Management

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Kitchen Display Systems: How Your Restaurant Can Benefit

Lavu

JUNE 4, 2019

A kitchen display screen shows the pending orders that are being prepared and streamlines communication between the front-of-the-house (FOH) and back-of-the-house (BOH) sections of a restaurant. Simply put, FOH is all of the areas that a customer is exposed to during their dining experience, like the host area and dining area.

BOH

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2 Simple Ways to Boost Productivity

Lavu

MARCH 13, 2020

Update to Mobile POS System. The benefit of a mobile POS system is the freedom of mobility it gives your serving staff. For all restaurants, having a mobile POS takes the pressure off your staff. Above all, the mobile POS systems give servers a chance to breathe. Streamline BOH and FOH Communications.

FOH

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Restaurant Kitchen Staff is Key to Food Cost Savings

Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Preventing food waste from happening in the first place is the best thing you can do to save on your food cost. 12 tips to keep your kitchen staff focused on food waste reduction.

Compost

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The Impact of Restaurant Tablets on Table Turnover and Revenue

Mad Mobile

MARCH 1, 2024

Leveraging data for menu optimization Tablet-based restaurant POS systems like CAKE gather data across your business. Servers may be delayed, there might be a backup at the POS, or an order may get lost in the shuffle. But you can’t ignore that a traditional system produces a lot of waste!

Seasonal Menu

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14 Restaurant Management Tools to Make your Business More Efficient

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Manager log books Even if it’s just a shared cloud document, you need a centralized place for your managers to exchange information. This keeps information from getting lost in the text and email shuffle. It also gets rid of those frustrating sticky notes all over your POS. Management log books also cut down on confusion.

Management

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How to Onboard Restaurant Staff: A New Hire Checklist for Restaurant Employees

Touch Bistro

MARCH 25, 2021

Instead, we want to provide you with the tools and information you need to prevent turnover and create a great first impression with new hires. Some restaurants (those with a small staff, for example) might assume that an informal onboarding process – something semi-structured but largely ad hoc – will suffice.

Hiring

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Mastering Restaurant Metrics: Your Comprehensive Guide to Business Success

Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

It gives you valuable information but doesn’t tell you if you’re getting closer to your goal, which is arriving at the restaurant at 8 pm sharp. You can collect this data through various channels, including point-of-sale (POS) systems, accounting software, customer feedback surveys, and social media reviews.

Point of Sale

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14 Restaurant Management Tools to Make your Business More Efficient

7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Manager log books Even if it’s just a shared cloud document, you need a centralized place for your managers to exchange information. This keeps information from getting lost in the text and email shuffle. It also gets rid of those frustrating sticky notes all over your POS. Management log books also cut down on confusion.

Management

Management Management Email Marketing Point of Sale

Restaurant Operations Overview: What You Need to Know

7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

For a restaurant to operate efficiently, it needs to be stocked up with the right amount of inventory – however, it can't be so stocked up that food waste becomes an issue. For prep, cooks would restock their work stations and FOH staff might prep tables and utensils for the first dinner guests.

Operations

Operations Inventory Hiring Customer Service

Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Restaurants will adopt mobile-first hardware architectures and API-connected software platforms that can be unified at every digital touchpoint, from order taking at POS or self-service, to food prep in smart kitchens, to service in-house, and finally delivery to in-restaurant tables or the customer’s front door.

Mobile Ordering

Mobile Ordering Front of House Fast Casual Customer Service

Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part One

Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Operators will need to be creative in finding ways to counter the increased restaurant costs and the waste being produced. Some of these innovations include digital menus, contactless payments, marketing solutions, and cloud-based POS. Those that are continuing to prosper had their technological house in order prior to the pandemic.

2021

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

Beyond Restaurant POS Reports: Why Your F&B Operation Needs Insights-Rich Analytics to Grow

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Maximise Your Restaurant’s Efficiency with POS Integration: 7 Benefits of Combining Point of Sales with F&B Management Software

Critical BOH Restaurant KPIs That Optimize Labor Costs and CoGs, Part 2

9 Tips for Improving Restaurant Operations

How to Choose the Best Kitchen Management Software for Your Multi-Unit Restaurant Business

Kitchen Display Systems: How Your Restaurant Can Benefit

2 Simple Ways to Boost Productivity

Restaurant Kitchen Staff is Key to Food Cost Savings

The Impact of Restaurant Tablets on Table Turnover and Revenue

14 Restaurant Management Tools to Make your Business More Efficient

How to Onboard Restaurant Staff: A New Hire Checklist for Restaurant Employees

Mastering Restaurant Metrics: Your Comprehensive Guide to Business Success

14 Restaurant Management Tools to Make your Business More Efficient

Restaurant Operations Overview: What You Need to Know

Decade of Disruption: Restaurant Insiders Dish What’s on the Plate

Restaurant Experts’ 2021 Outlook, Part One

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