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15 Restaurant Metrics to Know and How To Use Them

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Numbers can give us insights into everything from profits and losses to average customer spend to how often employees cycle through. Break-even point. Employee turnover rate. Sales per labor hour. 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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2023 Reflections: The Year That Was in Restaurants, Part Three

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This may make sense in terms of distributor strategy, but BrewLogix is raising a cautionary flag for 2024 as it relates to the on-premise product mix. As it relates to technology, there’s no question more and more tap rooms, bars and restaurants are embracing technology. Here are some of their insights.

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Restaurant Labor Costs Every Store Manager Should Track

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Because sales and labor needs can change by the hour, day, week, and month, it can be difficult to control your labor budget over time. With the help of actionable data and reporting, store managers can help control labor costs, without negatively impacting the customer experience or employee retention rates. Hourly Employees.

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National Restaurant Association: We Need Help!

Modern Restaurant Management

As the National Restaurant Association is anticipating sales to decline by $225 billion during the next three months and prompt the loss of between five and seven million jobs, the organization urged the federal government to take aggressive action now to rescue the restaurant industry, the nation’s second largest employer.

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Giving Your Business a Restaurant Prime Cost Tune-Up

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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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Essentials of Payroll Accounting for Restaurant Groups, Part 1

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From hiring and onboarding to running employee payments and paying taxes, payroll touches on many different parts of a restaurant business. You receive time in your Point of Sale (POS) system. Tracking labor and payroll data for restaurant employees. However, tracking your labor cost is a bit more complicated.

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How to Set Up Online Ordering for Restaurants

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Here are the things you should consider: Things to Consider When Choosing an Online Ordering Platform Does it integrate with my Point of Sale (POS) Will I need to add another tablet to my front of house setup? Look to your restaurant’s website provider or your point-of-sale vendor first to see if there is an integration.