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How to Avoid the Top Seven Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes

Modern Restaurant Management

Inefficient restaurant inventory management practices, improper storage, gaps in inventory logs, theft, and waste can cause even the most successful kitchens to struggle or fail. Below are the top seven inventory management mistakes restaurants are making, and how to correct them.

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The Top 5 Restaurant Inventory Management Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

Restaurant365

With food costs running at approximately 30% or higher, learning importance of inventory management and how to prevent common mistakes is critical in successfully driving down costs and maximizing profits. First, let’s break down the two types of inventory costing, Actual and Theoretical. Theoretical Variance. Actual Food Cost (COGS).

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MRM Research Roundup: Year-End 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

While restaurants looked after frontline workers, diners lended their own efforts to support restaurants and their staff in 2020, offering donations, gift cards, tickets towards online classes and merchandise purchases. January is an infamously slow period for beverage alcohol sales after the fourth quarter holiday rush.

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Leveraging Relationships to Build a Better Bar Program

Goliath Consulting

Almost every restaurant with liquor on the menu has their share of creatively named house cocktails and luring drink specials, but is your restaurant making the most of its beverage program? Every bar/beverage manager can tell you about their distributors purchase incentives. Buy two bottles, get one free.”

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Menu Engineering: Innovating Menus for Profitability and Simplicity

Aaron Allen & Associates

Coffee and Snack chains are among the most frequent innovators, with Krispy Kreme, Dutch Bros, Dunkin’, Starbucks, and Tim Hortons leading the pack — especially with a focus on LTOs for beverages. The menu’s design has a direct impact on operational aspects, including kitchen workflow, inventory management, and labor costs.

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The Impact of Restaurant Tablets on Table Turnover and Revenue

Mad Mobile

These visuals not only enhance the dining experience but also present a golden opportunity for guests to discover and crave appetizers, desserts, or beverages they might have overlooked otherwise. For instance, CAKE easily integrates with Orca , a leading inventory management system. Tablets bring new possibilities to the table!

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4 Proven Strategies Operators in Saudi Arabia Must Know To Grow Their Restaurant Profit Margin

The Restaurant Times

Gross Revenue is the sales revenue generated by selling food, beverages, and merchandise plus additional gains, i.e., income from a transaction that doesn’t come from regular business operations. Employ a POS system that comes with comprehensive recipe management and inventory management features.