Back of House Articles

How to Attract Top Staff Through Your Restaurant Design

Check out six expert tips for employee-friendly restaurant design to keep your team safe and happy for top-notch service.

Controlling Restaurant Costs During Turbulent Times

Learn how you can control restaurant costs during uncertain times by using inventory management apps and restaurant staffing solutions.

When Every Dollar Counts: Get Proactive With Restaurant Equipment Repairs

Learn how being proactive about restaurant equipment repair can play a valuable role in reducing your operational costs and helping your bottom line.

5 Ways To Make Your Restaurant More Sustainable

Learn five things eco-friendly restaurants do and explore tech-based solutions that can help improve your sustainability — and your bottom line.

7 Surprising Restaurant Customer Trends (Backed by Data)

Discover unexpected restaurant guest data and explore ways you can use these behavioral trends to find and retain customers.

How Tech Can Help With Restaurant Staffing During High-Volume Periods

Explore five different restaurant technologies that can help with staffing during high volume periods like holidays and events.

Should You Add a Food Truck to Your Cafe or Catering Business?

Explore the pros and cons of starting a food truck business as a way of expanding your cafe or catering operation.

New Restaurant Business Models That Are Thriving in 2025

Explore new restaurant business models that can help you offset rising food and labor costs and increasingly price-conscious customers.

The Best Hiring Software For Restaurants – 3 Innovative Solutions

Learn about innovative hiring software solutions for restaurants from three different companies.

Adding Online Ordering to Your Restaurant’s Website

Learn how adding online ordering to your restaurant’s website will help you redefine service excellence, as well as what you need to do to get started.

The Benefits of Robots in Restaurants

Discover the benefits of robots in restaurants and explore concerns about whether robotics in food service will make humans obsolete.

The Best Restaurant Website Builders for 2025

Explore our picks for the top website builders for restaurants and learn what features to look for when choosing a website builder.

Raising Restaurant Menu Prices: Dos and Don’ts

You can’t always avoid raising restaurant menu prices, but you should do it strategically. Before making changes, hear what two experts advise.

How Restaurant Catering Sales Can Boost Your Bottom Line

App8 CEO Elias Hage highlights the bottom-line benefits of restaurant catering and the role technology can play in boosting restaurant catering sales.

How to Start a Food Truck and Find Success in Food Halls

Stephanie Swanz, a Tampa restaurant operator, shares her tips for starting a food truck business and finding success in food halls.

13 Tips for an Efficient Restaurant Hiring Process

Make your recruiting and hiring processes more efficient with restaurant hiring tips from Back of House and a trio of industry experts.

What's an Average Restaurant Marketing Budget?

Learn about average restaurant marketing budgets, discover how to set your own budget, and get tips for trimming hidden marketing costs.

3 Ways to Improve Restaurant Work-Life Balance Through Tech

Learn three ways to improve the work-life balance for you and your staff by implementing restaurant technology.

Using Restaurant Tech To Offset Rising Food Costs

Discover three ways using the right tech can offset rising food costs to help restaurant operators thrive in spite of inflation.

On-Demand Restaurant Staffing Tools Help With Worker Shortages

Learn the basics of restaurant staffing tools and explore the pros and cons of mobile app staffing solutions.

The Top 3 Restaurant Industry Challenges Today

What restaurant industry challenges are keeping operators up at night? Get the pros’ take on rising food costs, immigration crackdowns, and more.

How Restaurants Are Dealing With Rising Egg Prices

Rising inflation and an ongoing surge of avian flu cases means the price of eggs is going up. Learn how restaurant operators and their customers are responding.

How To Boost Restaurant Profit With Data From Your Customers

Learn about best practices for customer data collection for restaurants, especially by using targeted email marketing and outreach.

Using Technology to Combat Rising Restaurant Labor Costs

Increases to the minimum wage in Michigan and across the U.S. are prompting operators to lean on restaurant technology to manage rising restaurant labor costs.