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A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Staff Tips in Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Back-of-House (BOH) : Sharing with BOH staff is less common but increasingly considered to ensure equity. Cross-Functional Support: When BOH staff steps up during busy shifts to assist with customer needs. Factors to Consider When Designing a Tip Policy Team Structure : Assess how each role impacts the customer experience.

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Can AI Address Labor and Food Safety Challenges?

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The company's Beastro was designed to use AI to create personalized dishes, thereby cutting labor costs and cutting food waste. Our flagship product, Beastro, requires minimal staffing—it can be operated by a single employee, handling all tasks from dish design and cooking to cleaning, analytics, site reporting, and optimization.

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2022 Trends: Meeting Challenges and Industry Evolution

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The Trend: Ghost kitchens and changing restaurant design cater to off prem. Additionally, they are rejiggering the flow and layout of the BOH to serve more drive thru orders, as well as reducing some dining area to add dedicated space where customers or delivery drivers can pick up orders.

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Four Ways to Streamline Reopening Procedures for Restaurants

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While most team members want to follow instructions designed to keep everyone safe, changing familiar behaviors and habits can be challenging. Front-of-house (FOH), back-of-house (BOH), and management should feel comfortable immediately discussing any questions that arise related to new policies. Improve Team Communication.

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

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design to improve service speed and streamline operations. Features like color-coded priority alerts, order tracking, and streamlined communication between FOH and BOH help restaurants handle even the most intense services without breaking stride.

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Five Benefits of Outsourcing Your Restaurant’s Digital Marketing Efforts

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Day-to-day demands – coupled with all of the FOH and BOH duties – can be simply too overwhelming for many small restaurant owners. The great news is that an effective digital marketing strategy can be designed and implemented to fit just about any marketing budget. Google Rankings and Google My Business.

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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. For instance, BOH staff may use it to communicate in any interaction they have. If the BOH staff is constantly shouting “86!” Where did the term come from? Keeping enough inventory on hand.