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Prioritize Mental Health: Strategies for Managing Stress in Restaurants

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To get through a long shift, chefs, managers, servers, hosts and waitstaff need to make wise decisions and take care of their health. Whether you work in the front of house or in the kitchen, the stressors of every shift can wear you down. isolation in back of house). Working in a restaurant is a marathon, not a sprint.

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How to Succeed as a Restaurant Employee: Experts Weigh In On Top Employee Qualities

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The traditional back-of-house and front-of-house roles are a relic of the past. Servers have become sanitation experts. Success can also mean asking for that promotion or applying for the server position when it opens up. Gone from dropping plates to packing to go boxes, carrying bags up the arm instead of dishes.

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Restaurant Operations Overview: What You Need to Know

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Who is responsible for moving the inventory to the right storage and preservation space in the back-of-house when it arrives. What about when the server enters the wrong order in the POS and doesn't realize it until they get to the table? Upon returning with drinks, servers ask if the party is ready to order.

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How to Schedule Employees Effectively in 9 Steps

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For example, you can look at how many covers a server typically completes during service. For example, if you manage a restaurant that regularly does 150 covers on a Tuesday and a server can do 30 covers in an 8-hour shift, then you'll likely need 5 servers. Divide the production standards by the number of customers.

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2024 Outlook: Restaurant Trends and Challenges, Part Three

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We’re seeing strong and growing interest in IoT connectivity and automation in the back-of-house – especially for multi-site operators. Robot servers, QR-Code Ordering and Even More Tech!: From robot servers to QR code ordering, the sky's the limit for technology in the restaurant industry.

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Exploring BOH Operations: Tips and Tools for Efficient Restaurant Management

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The heart of a successful restaurant often lies in its back-of-house (BOH) operations, where countless processes work seamlessly behind the scenes. What BOH Means in a Restaurant In the restaurant industry, “BOH” stands for “back of house,” the foundational area where the core culinary activities occur.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

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Human resources Beyond your normal staff management efforts like employee engagement and scheduling, you'll likely have to take on some more tactical duties that HR would typically handle in larger restaurants (or the owner in smaller ones). Operations This is the catch-all of all restaurant manager responsibilities.