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A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Staff Tips in Restaurants

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Understand the Basics of Tip Distribution Before creating or adjusting your tipping policy, understand the typical roles involved and how tips are usually distributed: Waitstaff: Often the primary recipients of tips as they interact directly with customers. kitchen staff, bartenders) significantly contribute to customer satisfaction.

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Back of House, Yet Front-Facing Priority – Restaurant BOH Trends to Monitor in 2023

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Is your restaurant up to speed with the latest best practices for back of house (BOH) management? Those areas of your restaurant that aren’t typically seen by customers but directly impact your business. So, which back of office trends should restaurant ownership and management be concerned with heading into 2023?

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If ‘The Bear’ Added a Kitchen Display System, Would It Change Everything?

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Every kitchen operates under pressure, but small inefficiencies—lost tickets, misheard orders, inconsistent timing—can mean the difference between a smooth service and total chaos. But paper tickets can tear, smudge, or get buried under the weight of a slammed service. Each chef de partie has a role, a station, a purpose.

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Restaurant Staff Training 101

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There was a time when 70% of F&B employees didn’t receive training for customer service. Without the right training, even the best menu or ambiance can fall short due to poor service, leading to dissatisfied customers and lost revenue. A well-structured restaurant training program will let you turn this around.

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Technology Can Help Restaurants During ‘The Great Resignation’

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With a critically shrunken talent pool, restaurants are racing to fill positions in every part of the business — front of house, back of house, and corporate teams. At full-service restaurants, servers are responsible for crucial tasks. Enter digital tableside ordering. It relieves cashiers and reduces long lines.

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

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The ingrained customer behavior over the past year, delivery, mobile orders, curbside pick-up, will likely continue. The pandemic effectively accelerated trends in how restaurants interact with customers. In the near future, we’ll look at printed menus the way we look back at newspapers today.

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What Does 86 Mean? Definition, History and More

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At some point when you were dining in a restaurant, you may have heard the BOH staff shout “86” and the name of a menu item to the waiters. Or, if you've worked in a restaurant as a chef, line cook, or as part of the FOH (front-of-house), you may have used this hospitality term yourself. Table of Contents. What does 86 mean?