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Five Reasons Your Business Needs Video Surveillance

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An enhanced system would cover every aisle in a store or every seating area in a restaurant along with full coverage of the back of house. With that information, insurance companies may offer better pricing to businesses with video surveillance compared to those without a system in place.

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7 Kitchen Management Tips to Guarantee Back of House Serenity

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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. While part of this is informed by sensationalized depictions in pop culture, (Chef Gordon Ramsay, anyone?)

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Automation Can Help with Restaurant Staffing Shortages

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It is even more so for independent restaurants, which usually have one manager for all front- and back-of-house duties. Automating back-of-house operations will instantly save restaurant owners time and money, which are precious commodities. Given the enormous volume, a mistake is highly likely to occur.

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Five Steps for Leveraging Digital Data Collection to Manage Changing Rules and Challenging Times

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However, creating your own internal standards has two advantages: You can consistently inform your employees on how to behave. Use Front and Back-of-House Dashboards to Stay Aligned. By using back-of-house dashboards to track sanitization compliance, you can easily keep staff in the loop. across your franchises.

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Back to the ?Grind? ? Restaurant Reopening Guidelines and PPP Update

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The form and instructions inform borrowers how to apply for forgiveness of their PPP loans, consistent with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The Restaurant Reopening Blueprint is informed by interviews with key stakeholders such as diners, restaurant staff and US Foods consultants and chefs.

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To Mitigate ‘The Great Resignation’ Refocus on the Employee Experience

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This “magic formula” requires a rich and nimble back-of-house software platform that not only automates and simplifies core tasks including vendor ordering and receiving, sales forecasting, labor scheduling, daily prep, and other mundane and time-consuming work, but also simplifies the sharing of information across the business.

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Technology that Enables Automation Can Ensure Safety and Success

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Applying RFID downstream in the supply chain helps maintain traceability and transparency for such important back-of-house processes as: Delivery accuracy. Traceability + Transparency for Back-of-House Operations. Inventory cycle count. Replenishment. Expiration management.