Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

"As awful as it was, the pandemic pushed restaurants to completely rethink their operations in order to survive, and some of the changes they made during the pandemic have continued to be beneficial to those restaurants and industry at large." The pandemic made speed, accuracy, and seamless ordering non-negotiable.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 14, 2025

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. The Chaos of the Line In a kitchen like The Bear's, the brigade system is the backbone of operations.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 10, 2021

A restaurant platform is a Swiss Army knife for your operation, a multi-tool that offers solutions for all of your tech needs. That lesson applies to a restaurant platform irrespective of the size of your operation. The following are features and solutions you should seek in an operational platform. Why would I need a platform?

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2022

Let’s look at some of the challenges facing the industry and how changing trends are helping operators work toward a brighter future. To meet this evolution, restaurant operators are investing in new and reimagined spaces. How is technology shaping the future of restaurants and giving brands a competitive edge?

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7 Shifts

MAY 31, 2021

That's why restaurateurs rely on restaurant operations. With clearly defined and enforced restaurant operations, restaurants achieve maximum efficiency and profitability. But the term itself is broad enough to impose a simple yet essential question: what exactly is the concept of restaurant operations? Areas of Operation.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 8, 2020

.” Restaurant managers who develop clearly-documented policies, operational checklists, and clear communication systems can simplify the process for everyone. If you haven’t already, prioritize updating your restaurant’s existing policies and operating procedures in writing. Improve Team Communication.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 6, 2021

But the bad news is they are having trouble hiring and filling positions across the board for cooks, servers, FOH and BOH positions. In the past, hiring managers have been too rigid wanting a candidate to have a certain number of years of experience in FOH or BOH or in the kitchen.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Back-of-house (BOH) staff, including chefs and kitchen assistants, will focus more on food safety, food handling, and kitchen equipment use. Both restaurant owners and workers want to contribute to the restaurant's operations faster. When creating a training plan, you must distinguish between these two areas.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 29, 2020

Most of the same applies to the health of BOH as well. The number #1 thing owner/operators can do for their employees is give a sense of psychological safety. Assure them you have done absolutely everything to ensure a safe environment and that their health is your priority. Even though they have ?less

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 18, 2024

Food industry managers should maintain regular check-ins with their FOH and BOH team members, providing constructive feedback and actively listening to employees' concerns. This sets a positive example for the FOH and BOH alike. Communication Open and honest communication is essential in preventing burnout.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Chef and Co-Owner Neil Kleinberg narrates the BOH action. The team at Bon Appétit placed 11 cameras inside NYC's Clinton Street Baking Company & Restaurant to highlight a typical morning rush at the popular eatery.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 4, 2021

If you’re operating a thriving restaurant business on the other side of the pandemic, that might mean you have a concept with legs to expand beyond your current location(s). The answer is by building a solid foundation, establishing strong operational structures and genuinely knowing and leveraging your core competitive advantage(s).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 25, 2024

While viewers are anticipating the third season premiere of "The Bear" on June 27, the show really hits home for industry insiders as the dark comedy highlghts the daily struggles of operating a restaurant as well as opening one. The chef was patient with me (for the most part) and patient with the rest of the crew, both FOH and BOH.

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Goliath Consulting

APRIL 10, 2023

From refrigeration to HVAC, there are multiple things you can do to ensure your restaurant operates free of preventable mechanical woes that stand in your way of a successful summer season. An HVAC unit that is operating at sub-par levels can cost up to 50% more than a serviced unit!

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

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.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 7, 2023

It saves time by decreasing the manpower needed for back-of-house (BOH) operations, enabling staff to focus on higher-value tasks such as serving customers and enhancing overall operational efficiency. The same source reported 8 in 10 restaurant operators with job openings that are difficult to fill.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2021

Source More Smartly by Linking FOH to the BOH. Smart operators are finding ways to connect supply chain technology with front-of-house demand. Try Different Technologies to Make Operations Super-Efficient. Smart restaurant operators are giving customers samples and recording the data to ask later how they enjoyed them.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2020

There are several considerations that owners and managers must take when establishing new cleaning procedures, including: Frequency – Enhanced cleaning and disinfection, in both front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) areas, will reduce the spread of potentially harmful germs throughout the restaurant.

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7 Shifts

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Ensures that BOH staff receives a share of tips. Tip Pooling by FOH & BOH. Sharing tips with kitchen employees effectively bridge the wage gap between FOH and BOH workers. These establishments may or may not have a BOH; a cafe may just have a crew of baristas that make coffee, heat up pastries, and do dishes themselves.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The labor crisis has not been limited to just FOH or BOH operations staff. This growth in sales warrants additional staffing, giving employees the additional hours and pay they are looking for to stay satisfied with their employer. Marketing Automation to Maximize Team Bandwidth.

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7 Shifts

APRIL 3, 2020

Psst, even outside of these extraordinary times, this information is also valuable for any restaurateurs that are looking to optimize their operations and get a handle on what they can and cannot control in order to reduce monthly expenses in their restaurant. For example, you might notice that you’re spending an inordinate amount on napkins.

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Rocket Fuel

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Nationwide economic shifts following the pandemic have made it necessary for restaurant owners and operators to find new ways to increase profits, add efficiency, lower costs and stay competitive. Back-of-House (BOH) Systems: BOH platforms offer streamlined inventory management, staff coordination and kitchen operations tracking.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

and BOH (including cooks, chefs, etc.). That may not be able to be “tomorrow” How much attention should owners/operators/managers pay to the weather forecasts when scheduling staff and what are best practices for washouts? Tables separated further apart (this will vary based on federal, state and local guidelines).

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 24, 2021

Day-to-day demands – coupled with all of the FOH and BOH duties – can be simply too overwhelming for many small restaurant owners. As a restaurant owner, digital marketing can be a daunting task that takes up valuable time, energy, and resources.

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7 Shifts

MAY 25, 2020

Create (or update) your cleaning task list for both FOH and BOH staff to double down on sanitization in your restaurant. Your cleaning checklist should cover the entire restaurant—from FOH to BOH. Create task items for each high-traffic surface (doors, chairs, etc.), Cover all your bases ??? Guest and employee restrooms.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 25, 2021

A restaurant platform is a Swiss Army knife for your operation, a multi-tool that offers solutions for all of your tech needs. That lesson applies to a restaurant platform irrespective of the size of your operation. The following are features and solutions you should seek in an operational platform. Why would I need a platform?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Some of the most valuable insights for restaurants are found in general operations data, customer data and website data. Special Menu Item: First-Party Data There’s now an emphasis on leveraging first-party data based on the assets that brands already own, such as opt-in email lists and other forms of existing customer relationships.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 7, 2020

An engaged staff is crucial for smooth operations, satisfied customers, a strong workplace culture, and high profits. Alternatively, you can have separate competitions for front-of-house (FOH) and back-of-house (BOH) staff to make the competition more equitable. The people you hire to run your restaurant can make or break the business.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 21, 2024

With tableside ordering for your front-of-house staff and a kitchen display system for your back-of-house team, communication between FOH and BOH can be automatic and instantaneous. Menus and operating hours can change often. Have a Process for Change Management Restaurants are dynamic businesses.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 14, 2024

One hourly FOH employee, one hourly BOH employee, and one salaried manager. We figured out that an ESOP committee was a strong engine of communication, and we created one that had three members from each of our five restaurants.

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7 Shifts

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This helps prevent stockouts, which are frustrating for customers and BOH and can hurt your restaurant’s bottom line. Analytics will also give you a closer look at your restaurant’s operations, letting you track labor costs and other internal expenses to determine the profitability of specific spending decisions.

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7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Yes, the back of house (BOH) is where food is prepped, cooked, and plated, but it’s also where chaos can quickly ensue if roles, responsibilities, and tasks aren’t communicated well. According to equipment provider Restaurant Technologies , cuts, slips and falls, burns, and sprains are the most common BOH injuries.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Operators will need to be creative in finding ways to counter the increased restaurant costs and the waste being produced. Operators are going to have to get creative in how they continue to foster those customer relationships. Operators are going to have to get creative in how they continue to foster those customer relationships.

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Modern Restaurant Management

AUGUST 4, 2022

This perfectly demonstrates how the industry operated back then. In a restaurant, it takes time and effort to build the relationship and break the separation between FOH and BOH, but it is extremely important to know what’s going on, even if you’re not in that position.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Let coworkers thank each other publicly Managers and operators can’t know everything that happens on the floor. Anyone in the company can give anyone else in the company a Saltie Salute.and then you can tie it to one of our values in the little box that gets published," explains Laura Bien, Director of Operation Services at Salt & Straw.

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Crunchtime

JANUARY 29, 2020

A quality BOH food operations platform will have a "Suggested Order" feature that can help you keep your inventory levels balanced. Having to tell customers "sorry, we're out of that," especially during a busy period, can hurt your brand's reputation. Here's how.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 2, 2020

is the first single-vendor solution combining apps to streamline and improve restaurant operations in one fully integrated platform. Restaurants, Convenience Stores and other Food Service Operators can visit www.transact-tech.com/bohaoffer. ” The BOHA! ” The BOHA! Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U.S.

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