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

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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. The answer to the FOH manager.

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The Guide to Equitable Restaurant Tip Payout Methods & Systems

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Servers, sometimes other FOH staff. Servers, other FOH staff. All servers or cashiers, other FOH staff. It could also incentivize other FOH employees like bartenders and bussers to work faster and alongside highly-tipped servers to earn a portion of their gratuities. Tip Pooling by FOH & BOH. Comparison table.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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It usually involves an orientation, paperwork collection, and training. Admin: Filling out employment paperwork and receiving access to tools like the employee timekeeping portal, employee email, POS, and security system. Restaurant technology training, including how to request shifts and what to do during opening and closing shifts.

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Food Delivery Ideas: How to Deliver Food While Maximizing Your Restaurant’s

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When you decide who is responsible for managing delivery orders, train those staff members on the processes they need to follow, how they should communicate delays to customers, and the tools they need to use to fulfill orders. Use 7shifts’ POS integration to better understand your sales numbers and trends.

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Restaurant Cyber Security: How To Prevent Data Breaches

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This means access to things like: Unauthorized access to POS data. Given the nature of how restaurants operate —with complex systems in the FOH and BOH —ensuring that receive orders, collect payment, and pay teams—here are numerous areas of the business that could be breached. Unauthorized access to guest data. More on this below!).

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Employee Engagement Best Practices for Restaurants

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Use data from your POS to see which employee served the fewest tables, upsold the least, got the fewest tips, etc. You can provide staff with professional development opportunities through online courses , cross training, and shadowing. Give employees certificates for completing certain courses or training milestones.

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2 Simple Ways to Boost Productivity

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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.

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