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Can AI Address Labor and Food Safety Challenges?

Modern Restaurant Management

What do you envision restaurants of the future will look like, both in BOH and FOH, in regard to robotics? While our primary focus is on the back-of-house (BOH)—from food preparation to cleaning—we foresee that labor shortages and rising minimum wages will continue to challenge the industry.

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Competition’s Coming: Key Technology Changes Can Help You Win

Modern Restaurant Management

For example, customers using these sources are searching for restaurants with information about allergens, vegan offerings and other consumer concerns and interests. Source More Smartly by Linking FOH to the BOH. Focus digital marketing on upsales by extending an offer while consumers are on site or creating an order off-premises.

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How to Create an Effective Restaurant Onboarding Process

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Your back-of-house (BOH) team should also have some basic customer service training. While interacting with customers isn't the BOH team's primary role, every employee should be able to exhibit the restaurant’s culture through customer service. Health and safety are even more pertinent during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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20 Restaurant Skills You'll Quickly Learn on the Job (Updated)

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Health, Allergen, and Food Safety Training and Certifications. Examples include a TIPS certification , ServSafe Allergen , or a local accredited restaurant safety course. Recommended Reading: Restaurant Lingo & Slang Guide for FOH and BOH. Cross-contamination. Undercooking. Commercial kitchen equipment safety.

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Digital Transformation in the Restaurant Industry

Streamlined allergen management ensuring ZERO food allergy incidents. But, except for a handful of agile organizations (and a few ‘big brand’ pilot tests), the restaurant industry is slow to take advantage of these new, cost-saving opportunities, especially for BoH operations. A fully automated supply chain.

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Poll Results: Where Contract Catering Stands on Digitalisation and Challenges

Apicbase

Integration with Back-of-House Systems In fact, the majority of respondents say that FoH and BoH are at least partially connected. But, you might be further along in your digital journey than you think. That’s where Apicbase comes in.

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How the Right Restaurant Tech Stack Supports Scalability

Apicbase

With 96% of restaurants planning to expand , operators are looking for the best software to manage BOH operations like inventory, recipes, production, and scheduling. Standardised recipes Having a single source of truth for your recipes eliminates doubt about ingredients, suppliers, portion sizes, or allergens.