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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? So, which back of office trends should restaurant ownership and management be concerned with heading into 2023? More Equitable Compensation In years past, front of house personnel – servers, bussers, hostesses, etc.

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The 20/20 on 2020: Restaurant Experts Weigh In

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Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine asked restaurant industry insiders and experts for their insights on what will impact restaurants in 2020 and the response was overwhelming. The biggest trend by far, for now, and going into 2020 is ghost kitchens (AKA delivery only, virtual kitchens, cloud kitchens, pick-up only, etc.).

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5 Reasons You need Platform Restaurant Management Software (Sponsored)

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Despite the difficulties we faced in 2020, new restaurants continue to open and existing restaurants have eyed coming back after facing bankruptcy. In the past, kitchens worked by a paper ticket system, which was handwritten by the waitstaff and passed to the back-of-house (BOH) staff. Kitchen Automation.

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The History of Tipping in Restaurants: The Complicated Past, Present, and Future

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When you dine out at a restaurant, you tip your server. Its founder, George Pullman, hired newly liberated Southern black men as porters and servers. Union Square Hospitality Group later abandoned the system in 2020. Department of Labor updated tip pooling laws to include back-of-house staff in tip pooling.

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The Lie of ‘No One Wants to Work’

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For servers and bartenders, fewer patrons means less tips — which means that they’re putting their health at risk while making less money than they would on unemployment. The dangers are even more acute for back-of-house staff, like line cooks and dishwashers. “We

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How Restaurants Can Remain Competitive in 2021

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2020 was a year that the restaurant industry won’t soon forget. According to a study by Panasonic , the percentage of restaurant businesses that consider themselves “tech-forward” doubled from 13% in January 2020 to 26% by August 2020. since March 2020. million out of work, it was nothing short of devastating.

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How Small Restaurant Owners Are Navigating the Labor Shortage

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Through supply and demand, the thinking goes, higher wages will increase demand, and the restaurant industry can get back up and running again. The CEO of Chipotle was paid $38 million in 2020; the CEO of Yum! These companies could certainly afford to pay their line-level employees higher wages to entice them back to work.