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How to Drastically Cut Expenses in Your Restaurant (and Stay Profitable During COVID-19)

7 Shifts

Comparing 7shifts’ internal data of 10,000+ restaurants, restaurants are seeing an average weekly decrease in sales of 50% across the board in North America. Evaluate your restaurant scheduling practices to see if you are consistently over-budgeting on labor needs based on your sales.

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7shifts Employee Resources Hub

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Here you'll find links to our favorite blog and support articles, information about 7shifts Academy, our social media profiles, and more. FOH Resources. How to Serve in a Fine Dining Restaurant : Fine dining restaurants tend to offer elaborate food at higher price points, with attentive, often formal service. Table of Contents.

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

7 Shifts

What those technologies are completely depends on the role, but here are a few of the more popular examples: Servers and front-of-house roles tend to familiarize themselves with point-of-sale (POS) technology, scheduling software , online ordering integrations, and perhaps even reservation software. Table of Contents. Undercooking.

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Essential FOH Restaurant KPIs That Increase Profitability, Part 1

Restaurant365

After all, it’s hard to improve a metric if you don’t know your starting point. 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. Focus on the customer experience.

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How to Handle Temporary Restaurant Closure during COVID-19

7 Shifts

Do you have delivery drivers who you could hire, or would your FOH staff take on this role for extra pay? Consider things like merchandise sales, inventory sales, or private cooking lessons. Consider things like merchandise sales, inventory sales, or private cooking lessons. We’ll talk about this more later on.

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Restaurant Labor Costs Every Store Manager Should Track

Restaurant365

Because sales and labor needs can change by the hour, day, week, and month, it can be difficult to control your labor budget over time. Your total labor cost is a dollar figure that may shift over time as sales fluctuate (we’ll discuss calculating this labor cost as a percentage below). Salaried Employees.

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

Restaurant365

Your restaurant is constantly generating data, whether from your sales revenue, food costs, or labor hours. Leveraging your front of house (FOH) and back of house (BOH) data allows you to gain more insight into your operations. Get the data you need to grow your profitability by reviewing critical FOH and BOH restaurant KPIs.

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