7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. This wide-ranging responsibility is a lot, and it often leads to burnout.

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Culinary Cues

DECEMBER 17, 2020

A reduction in restaurant business leads to crop waste, unplanted land, and serious cash flow problems for farmers. There are a number of reasons why restaurants fail – some are predictable and avoidable, while others can catch a business off guard. None, however, are as devastatingly out of the operators control as this pandemic.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MARCH 9, 2022

This can happen at any point in the food preparation process, including the packing of meals for takeaway and delivery. As per the finding from the webcast, ready-to-eat food sales will generate 2X latent demand of intelligent packaging; with sales of intelligent packaging in Ready-to-eat industry will reach US$ 2593 Mn by 2031.

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Hot Schedules

JULY 26, 2021

Enforced clock-ins through an integration with your Point-of-Sale (POS) system and labor management tools. But at some point, you have to wonder at what cost? In essence, you’re saving money on labor but increasing waste in other departments. Managers can set up templates based on sales targets or based on seasonality.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The data from inventory management can help you place more accurate orders, calculate exact food costs, make informed menu changes, and address potential sources of food waste. Your inventory system can automatically pull sales information to track theoretical inventory. As a store-level manager, you always have a lot on your plate.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 10, 2020

In this blog, we’ll walk you through best practices for organizing your back office, reducing unnecessary clutter, and preserving your office as a place of efficiency. That crumb-covered plate from your lunch that you haven’t had a chance to get rid of yet.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 5, 2022

In this blog, we will discuss the various facets being utilized to enhance the entire operation of the ghost kitchen efficiently. The result was a 25% percent spike in sales in just two months. As a result, the brand can gain brand loyalty without wasting time behind a brick and mortar restaurant.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There’s sales and customer data, labor performance data, and even data telling you how much food you waste. Your restaurant sales data holds the keys to how successful your restaurant group can be, if you use this business intelligence to drive your decisions. Are you using restaurant analytics?

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 4, 2022

Your team must still take manual inventory by hand to account for spoilage, improper portioning, and waste. To ensure efficiency, a restaurant inventory management system that is fully integrated with your point of sale (POS) system can streamline and automate as much of the inventory process as possible. from a year ago.

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7 Shifts

JANUARY 31, 2024

Inventory management Managers need to ensure the kitchen is stocked with the right amount of food so that nothing is wasted and as few items need to be 86'ed as possible. Managing a restaurant is a delicate routine—if we can even call it a routine. This wide-ranging responsibility is a lot, and it often leads to burnout.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

This two-part blog series presents an overall guide to the essentials of payroll accounting for restaurant groups. You receive time in your Point of Sale (POS) system. From hiring and onboarding to running employee payments and paying taxes, payroll touches on many different parts of a restaurant business.

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Modern Restaurant Management

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Improving your restaurant’s SERP rankings can help generate more online visibility and subsequently more online sales. However, low-quality content that is not optimized for SERPs may simply waste your time and effort, especially if it is not targeting relevant and attainable keywords that have commercial intent.

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Restaurant365

MAY 26, 2020

If your restaurant is emerging from survival mode to a break-even point or even slight profitability, it is important to reevaluate and tune up the largest expense for your restaurant: your restaurant prime cost. Restaurant prime cost overview. Prime Cost Formula Review. CoGS (Cost of Goods Sold).

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Restaurant365

JUNE 15, 2021

Your restaurant is constantly generating data, whether from your sales revenue, food costs, or labor hours. You may have a hunch that you are doing fewer table turns on the weekend, or that your inventory has gotten wasteful recently. Optimizing your inventory turnover rate allows you to avoid waste and maintain quality standards.

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 19, 2021

Every time your restaurant buys, counts, transfers, or wastes inventory, it must be entered as a journal entry in your accounting general ledger. Every time your restaurant buys, counts, transfers, or wastes inventory, it must be entered as a journal entry in your accounting general ledger. Understanding restaurant accounting basics.

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Restaurant365

MAY 17, 2022

Tight integration between your r estaurant inventory management software , point of sale (POS) system and restaurant accounting software is essential for executing key restaurant tasks that help control your food costs. A POS system is excellent at collecting sales and labor data. That’s great.

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Margin Edge

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Thanks to having a sales team made up exclusively of former operators, chefs and general managers, with 350+ years’ of collective experience, we’ve picked their brains and come up with a list of six ways restaurants can make a big impact in 2022 based on their experiences and tried-and-true tricks. Track waste. Track key item costs.

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 8, 2021

However, the right point of sale system can help alleviate some of these restaurant challenges so business owners can stay ahead of their competition. Point of sale systems that require a series of clicks to make selections or switching between screens can be frustrating to learn and use.

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Restaurant365

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In this two-part blog post series, you’ll learn the importance of forecasting in restaurants and how to accurately implement restaurant demand forecasting. Part 2 will take a deep dive into how to forecast restaurant sales, including labor demand forecasting and food demand forecasting. Restaurant budgeting and forecasting differences.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As a percentage of sales, restaurant labor cost percentage is the amount spent on all labor-related costs compared to your gross sales in a specific time period. Some businesses choose to calculate labor cost as a percentage of operating costs rather than a percentage of sales. What is Restaurant Labor Cost Percentage?

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Focus POS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Sustainability is about cutting costs, eliminating waste, and improving your bottom line. Cut the Waste. Food waste is a huge problem in the United States; it makes up about 30-40% of the food supply. To reduce food waste in your sustainable restaurant, you must control inventory costs. When possible, buy in bulk.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 22, 2020

Signing up your establishment in a third-party online ordering app can significantly ramp up your sales, as you give customers the privilege to dine with you wherever they may be. When people decide to dine in your establishment, they don’t just want to eat good food; they want to have a pleasant experience, as well. Self-Service Tech.

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Restaurant365

JULY 21, 2021

How do you keep track of all these different shipments and ingredients to minimize food waste, ensure you are prepared for service, and optimize what you’re spending on your ingredients? This means that for restaurant owners and operators, the budget you have invested in product can quickly go to waste if inventory control isn’t top of mind.

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Restaurant365

MARCH 10, 2020

If it’s not on the shelf, it can’t be stolen, spoiled or wasted. So, the key to minimizing food waste that can eat into your profits is effective restaurant inventory management. Tracking your inventory shows what is coming into your restaurant, what is leaving your kitchen as sales, and what is left over on your shelf.

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Apicbase

JUNE 16, 2023

This blog provides an organised overview of the key metrics multi-site restaurant brands should track. Whether you’re looking to improve customer satisfaction, increase sales, or reduce costs, tracking these metrics will bring clarity to your restaurants’ performance and help you achieve your goals. Why Are Metrics Important?

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 11, 2020

operators, mostly sales) minus your cash outflows (your operating costs, like food and drink, payroll, rent, etc.) For instance, you may need to proactively adjust your labor to meet a seasonal drop in sales, or plan for the best time to spend cash on any needed maintenance or upgrades. over a certain period of time.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Sales reports. Your sales reports are a foundational piece of your operational reporting strategy. The details in your sales reports can help you track performance across multiple store locations, or in one location over time. Daily Sales Summary. Weekly Review by Location. Food-related operational reports.

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The Restaurant Group

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Zero Waste and Sustainability Research suggests that more and more consumers prefer to support restaurants with lower carbon footprints. They are demanding full transparency on ingredient sourcing, waste output, and emissions from food production processes. This strategy also improves their marketing and advertising ROI.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 30, 2021

With this many moving pieces, it is essential to have full integration between your restaurant management solutions, like your restaurant accounting software , inventory management software , and your point of sale (POS) system. A key component of running a successful, profitable restaurant business is controlling your food costs.

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Restaurant365

AUGUST 6, 2021

Restaurant forecasting leverages historical revenue data, information about current conditions, and knowledge of external events to help project future sales levels. With restaurant restrictions and shifting customer behaviors, restaurants in 2020 and much of 2021 faced fluctuating sales and revenue levels.

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Restaurant365

APRIL 14, 2020

No matter what business model your restaurant is operating on, managing your restaurant inventory helps you prevent waste, lower your food cost, and maximize your bottom line. Instead, focus first on which menu items are your most profitable and popular, based on your recipe costing and historical sales.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

You are already generating data about your food cost, menu items, and sales levels. At its core, menu engineering tracks the profitability of menu items individually, as well as your product sales mix. At its core, menu engineering tracks the profitability of menu items individually, as well as your product sales mix.

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Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Once you know this recipe costing breakdown, you can examine sales margins on menu items. But you also want to know how much inventory you are actually using when an employee pushes a button on your point of sale (POS) system. Your restaurant food cost is pivotal to your business’ financial success.

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Focus POS

MAY 5, 2020

Bad decisions can cost big bucks in lost income and waste, so it’s smart business to monitor inventory levels, expiration dates, and reorder at the appropriate time. Robust reporting functions included in a restaurant point of sale system are the key to managing your business efficiently and profitably.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

For instance, since restaurants primarily sell food and drink, inventory turns over at a very frequent rate, and sales are made up of a high number of transactions. Between inventory, sales, and other data points like labor, restaurants generate an enormous amount of data. What specific issues do restaurants face in accounting?

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Restaurant365

JUNE 22, 2021

Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Training your store-level managers and your kitchen staff about food waste reduction is critical to improving overall Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS). Train your store-level managers.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 21, 2021

Your food cost percentage is this food cost number as a percentage of sales. You can calculate your food cost percentage on the store level at each of your locations, comparing your overall inventory CoGS to your sales, or on an individual dish level. Your restaurant group is looking to the new year and making plans.

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