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Ambient Tech Is The Future of Restaurants

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Point of Sale (POS) systems have traditionally been the restaurant’s technological centerpiece, connecting guests, servers, and food through transactions. This technology replaces the constant yelling typical of the back-of-house with a friendlier digital screen and mitigates the risk of food waste and costly errors.

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How Technology Tools Help Restaurateurs Do More With Less

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When properly deployed, they can transform the employee experience by improving daily operations, syncing front-of-house and back-of-house communication and execution, and delivering a memorable dining experience that won’t send staff to the walk-in cooler for a good cry. But it doesn’t stop there.

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MRM EXCLUSIVE: Can Technology Help Solve the Restaurant Labor Shortage?

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Restaurants that once employed full front of house operations, quickly turned into crews of kitchen and expeditor staff only, employing sometimes 25-50 percent of their original staff. Managers, servers, kitchen staff all filled in on roles to handle the increasing volume of online orders as the country embraced digital dining.

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Restaurant Staff Training 101

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Have you ever walked into a restaurant, excited for a great meal, but the server can’t answer your questions about the menu? Front-of-house (FOH) staff, like servers and hosts, will need customer service training, upselling techniques, and communication skills.

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Back of House, Yet Front-Facing Priority – Restaurant BOH Trends to Monitor in 2023

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More Equitable Compensation In years past, front of house personnel – servers, bussers, hostesses, etc. The first way is for restaurants to calculate all front-end staff tips, then equally divide up tips between all workers, including BOH. Here are some back of office trends to watch for in 2023.

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Restaurant Staffing for Today and Tomorrow

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Are you prepared for how that might affect your budget? In all likelihood, you already have a robust tech stack that might include a kitchen display system (KDS), a r estaurant management platform for your front-of-house needs, or a point of sale system. Do you have existing technology that can ease those burdens? Tech Trainers.

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Become the Best Manager You Can for Your Staff and Restaurant

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Management takes on multiple jobs throughout the restaurant including hiring, marketing, maintaining the budget, operations and keeping customers and staff happy. For front of house workers set goals on the number of turnovers of tables or good reviews. Having a large menu puts added pressure on the kitchen and servers.

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