Can I Cut Costs Without Customers Noticing?

This edition of MRM's "Ask the Expert” features advice from Buyers Edge Platform. Please send questions to Modern Restaurant Management (MRM) magazine Executive Editor Barbara Castiglia at bcastiglia@modernrestaurantmanagement.com.Q: What are some ways I can cut costs without customers noticing while still maintaining a high level of value?

A: Restaurants are known for their razor-thin profit margins and nowadays, every penny counts. 

Reducing costs without sacrificing the high-quality standards that customers expect is vital for a restaurant’s survival in today’s environment. With the pandemic still impacting restaurant’s and the foodservice supply chain, operators are looking for any ways to cut costs while ensuring their customers don’t notice. 

There are several areas where you lose money every day without even knowing it. Here are three ways restaurant operators can cut costs without customers noticing:

1. Standardize Recipes When one chef uses exact…