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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

7 Shifts

Break-even point. Sales per labor hour. Ideal menu price. Your CoGSs is an essential number to have when determining your menu prices, inventory and impacts your net profit margin. You can now determine what percentage this is off your overall sales to get a picture of your restaurant's financial health.

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Topline numbers show robust restaurant sales growth during November. Same-store sales growth was 1.6 percent in November, which represents the third consecutive month of positive sales growth and the strongest since January. Thanksgiving typically represents lower sales volumes for most industry segments.

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MRM Research Roundup: End-of-September 2021 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

The data also points to a broken customer arrival experience. The data further signaled that price increases have had a significant impact on consumer restaurant habits. Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of participants indicated they have ordered or visited less due to higher prices. The State of What Feeds Us.

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The State of Full Service Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Seventy-four percent of full service restaurants (FSRs) managed to maintain or increase their sales during the pandemic; however, profit margins in 2021 declined to 10 percent, compared to 12 percent in 2019, according to third annual State of Full Service Restaurants Report released by TouchBistro.

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2022 Reflections: The Year That Was for Restaurants

Modern Restaurant Management

Technomic is forecasting that the industry’s total value will only be 90 percent of 2019’s value in real terms. While sales have in many cases, rebounded, operators faced ongoing struggles from inflationary pressure on food costs, hiring and retaining staff, along with supply chain issues and availability of key items.

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MRM Research Roundup: 2022 Restaurant Trends

Modern Restaurant Management

71 percent rely on delivery for 11 percent or more of sales. 33 percent rely on delivery for more than 20 percent of sales. 65 percent rely on mobile ordering for 11 percent or more of sales. 25 percent rely on mobile ordering for more than 20 percent of sales. Investment in delivery and mobile ordering pays off.

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Restaurant Sales & Traffic Signal Tougher Times Ahead

Black Box Intelligence

Best and worst performing region, segment and cuisine is based on same-store sales growth. Restaurant Sales & Traffic Growth Softening Again, Likely Signaling Tougher Times Ahead. However, when looking more granularly at the data, same-store sales growth was -3.4% percentage point drop. year over year in November.