Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 9, 2022

Keeping track of in-restaurant orders and front-of-house demands is one thing, but folding off-premises orders into the mix can add complexity and make it more difficult to anticipate whether differing demands are being met. Use data to rethink – not overthink.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 11, 2025

As a result of the pandemic, restaurants have found new ways to support their workforce by automating and simplifying tasks like scheduling and payroll, and embracing technology like digital ordering and contactless payments, allowing them to emerge stronger and more adaptable than ever.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Automation can streamline these efforts, as everything from AI-powered training courses to scheduling and onboarding software save time and mitigate friction when introducing new employees. Simplify Front of House Processes.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Particularly impacted by the staffing shortage, restaurants are struggling to beat the labor crisis, with staffing shortages felt in both back-of-house and front-of-house staff. Although employment numbers are on the upswing, employment at eating and drinking establishments was still 1.5

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

From digital menus to contactless payment options, restaurants today are flocking to front-of-house touchless technologies to keep customers safe and coming back. Next, posting a paper-based schedule in one communal spot (like a breakroom) forces employees to come into the workplace to see when they’re going to work.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As we witness a rise in remote work, busier than ever schedules and evolving family structures, it is no wonder that more and more people today are engaging in solo dining. In a joint survey by OpenTable and KAYAK, 60 percent reported having dined solo at a sit-down restaurant within the past year.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 27, 2024

She previously spent three years as an executive recruiter for restaurants, and her recruitment experience varies from fast food chains to fine dining, and for roles ranging front of house, back of house and management. Applicants only need to insert the bare minimum amount of information to enter the candidate pool.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 18, 2020

Maintaining a distinct separation between front-of-house and back-of-house. Creating a buffered, contactless front-of-house. Best practices for approaching front-of-house and back-of-house operations. Rethinking roles and responsibilities front-of-house and back-of-house.

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Front of House Back of House Sanitation Information 208

7 Shifts

AUGUST 21, 2024

Similar to how leaving a door open breaks down barriers, using a mobile scheduling and communication app lets staff get in touch with management without obstacles. Your employee scheduling platform may already have this capability built-in so you don’t have to look for a separate tool. DOWNLOAD THE GUIDE 2. Video Version

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

As such, your first consideration should be getting your scheduling right. They’ll have insights on how best to divide and schedule the components of the full renovation to suit your timing needs. In between major changes it may help to implement some front-of-house upgrades using minimal capital and labor.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 1, 2022

Providing the restaurant’s team with tools that streamline operations and create efficiencies, keeps them front of house, enabling them to do what they do best: make delicious food, build and work on great teams, and provide a superior guest experience.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 10, 2022

An app for things like scheduling, clocking, inventory, and checklists is becoming more popular and giving restaurants a competitive edge in a tight labor market. Operators who have a strong tech stack in place will be using their back-of-house to help streamline operations in their ghost kitchens as well. Move to Mobile.

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Back of House Sanitation Scheduling Front of House 208

The Restaurant Times

MARCH 10, 2023

Front-of-house (FOH) refers to all activities and settings a patron will experience while dining at a restaurant, including the lobby and dining area. Hence, your restaurant’s front-of-the-house staff members should always maintain a high standard of personal hygiene and present a polished, welcoming image.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 23, 2024

The most efficient way to automate compliance is through an AI-driven WFM platform, which serves as the nexus for staffing, scheduling, payroll, and other key operations functions influenced by labor laws. This will give them an informed perspective on how the technology can best benefit their business.

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Scheduling Accounting Training Front of House 203

7 Shifts

MAY 27, 2021

Restaurant schedules shuffle all the time. While some managers dread the thought of a seasonal, monthly, or weekly schedule adjustment, others rely on it. This practice of planned changes to employee schedules is known as rotating scheduling – and about 5% of hospitality employees work this way. Table of Contents.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Prepare them before hand and schedule accordingly when this process happens. For instance, kitchen spaces require more of a semi-gloss style of paint than the front of house because semi-gloss is easier to clean without leaving marks or creating unsightly shiny marks on the wall that would need refinishing.

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Front of House Back of House Scheduling Budgeting 189

7 Shifts

JANUARY 23, 2024

A restaurant’s schedule is its framework for success. Effective employee scheduling means finding the right mix of shifts and shift types for your business. Table of Contents: What makes a great employee schedule? A great employee schedule doesn’t just happen. A strong schedule should check each of these boxes.

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Larry Mogelonsky

MARCH 3, 2025

At the helm for Crockfords Las Vegas is General Manager Aleksandra Kotle, who leads a team over 100 service professionals that encompass both front-of-house and heart-of-house roles. This required expert timing to schedule the personal greeting in between meetings (GMs definitely have a lot of these!),

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 24, 2022

It’s important that front-of-house and back-of-house staff members have clear lines of communication with you and with each other. Take the time to schedule regular oneon-one check-ins with your employees. Restaurants can be busy, scattered places. Make Health a Priority.

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Front of House Scheduling Back of House Communication 208

Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 15, 2020

Remain flexible with scheduling needs, call-offs and shift durations. Additionally, to safeguard schedules from skill gaps or ending up short staffed is effectively tracking and understanding new demand patterns in the early stages of the reopening to accurately schedule staff to meet as much of the demand as possible.

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Sanitation Scheduling Training Front of House 186

7 Shifts

JANUARY 5, 2022

7shifts specializes in breaking down communication barriers between restaurant staff and employees to make scheduling easier, improve employee engagement, and save restaurants thousands in labor costs. Helping Restaurants Save Time on Scheduling. Just easy scheduling. Electronic schedule publishing. No headaches.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 28, 2023

Owners remain grounded in traditional ways of doing business – you have front-of-house staff taking care of the customer from service to payment, and you have back-of-house staff taking care of the food and management. Are you struggling to fill roles in the front-of-house? Back-of-house?

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Front of House Budgeting Back of House Scheduling 185

Modern Restaurant Management

JULY 13, 2021

You may have the eye-catching technology guests will notice first, but lack the framework that provides structure and complements your front-of-house initiatives. Many operators say they are looking to bolster their back-of-house capabilities in the coming year. Whatever the need, start there.

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7 Shifts

MARCH 23, 2022

Problem : Manual scheduling processes that took too much time, siloed operations, and didn't resonate with a younger, tech-saavy workforce. Solution: Cloud-based scheduling software that brings together operations across 16 locations, keeps staff accountable, and gives them tools to increase efficiency. Complicated, manual scheduling.

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Scheduling Communication Accounting Training 147

Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A recent survey of job holders – including front-of-house and back-of-house restaurant workers – showed that 55 percent were planning to switch jobs, citing “lack of recognition” as the number one reason for the change. These acts of recognition go further than you may think. The Takeaway.

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7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

We’re taking a deep dive into waitmares to explain why they’re bad, what the restaurant industry can learn from them, and how you can reduce your front-of-house (FOH) team’s work anxiety to boost engagement—and sweet dreams. Unpredictable schedules - The corporate world typically works from 9 to 5. What is a waitmare?

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 30, 2020

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. In each case, you can program these technologies to show reminders for staff new or old.

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Front of House Training Server Budgeting 197

7 Shifts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Delivery, scheduling, inventory management, reservations, and guest management have seen technological advancements over the past few years, and it's just the beginning. Restaurant Employee Scheduling Software. Not only are pen-and-paper or spreadsheet schedules costly when it comes to your time—they are useless when it comes to data.

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POS Systems Scheduling Sanitation Back of House 148

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Behind the scenes, managers spend countless hours dealing with tip distributions, creating weekly schedules in spreadsheets, and doing the dreaded payroll twice a month. As managers, our foundation was built in the front-of-house as servers, bartenders, or hosts (even if we started out in kitchen.)

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Server Front of House Scheduling Reservations 197

7 Shifts

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Delivery, scheduling, inventory management, reservations, and guest management have seen technological advancements over the past few years, and it’s just the beginning. Gone are the days of institutional knowledge, or keeping guest preferences in the heads of your front-of-house staff. SevenRooms 4. Winston CVap 6.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 29, 2021

Nguyen also created flexibility in the work schedule: Traditional shifts were trimmed into shorter shifts to accommodate employees' lifestyle needs, such as students or workers needing supplemental income. “Use good scheduling systems that don't require employees to come into work to look at the schedule,” he said.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 29, 2020

For FOH: Assure front of house staff that you are complying with or exceeding all regulatory local, state and federal rules and regulations. only bussers clear tables; only servers wipe down tables between seatings), and enhanced sanitation schedules. Here's some of their advice.

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Modern Restaurant Management

OCTOBER 25, 2023

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). Unpredictable income and schedule. Working in a restaurant is a marathon, not a sprint. Eventually the weight of it all can take a toll on your emotional and physical wellbeing.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 17, 2024

With only half of restaurants using advanced tools like scheduling software and performance tracking, there is a clear opportunity for growth. We've already seen how technology has transformed front-of-house operations with the rise of apps like UberEats and DoorDash, as well as advanced point-of-sale systems.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Scheduling & payroll Ask any restaurant manager what their biggest point of frustration on the job is. Chances are, it's balancing the scheduling requests of dozens of employees each week. Check employee schedules to ensure plans match reality. But we can't overstate the importance of these responsibilities.

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Scheduling Front of House Training Customer Service 158

Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The importance of (and need for) managers’ frontline leadership spans both back-of-house and front-of-house, extending from the kitchen when cooks need help to the dining room handling guests’ needs. Respondents were a mix of front-of-house and back-of-house employees in 41 U.S.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 8, 2024

The results give the green light for certain restaurants to introduce more front-of-house automation. Restaurant leaders already recognize that conflict, and that awareness is driving the rise of fully-automated restaurants as well as increased investment in automation and deprioritization of front-of-house hiring.

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