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Improving Restaurant Inventory Management to Beat Rising Food Prices

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Restaurant inventory management plays a key role in overcoming rising food prices. Logistics challenges and labor shortages have fueled rising food prices at the wholesale level. Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the November Producer Price Index, a measure of wholesale prices, up 9.6%

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How to Improve Restaurant Operations: 9 Proven Strategies

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Improving your restaurant operations to succeed in this highly competitive industry means serving quality food and providing excellent customer service while minimizing waste, reducing costs, and keeping your employees engaged. You can also give employee discounts, which can be extended to immediate family, paid time off, and bonuses.

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Mitigating Cost Price Inflation Via Supplier Management

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Mitigating Cost Price Inflation Via Supplier Management. T echnology alone can’t affect the causes of cost price inflation. These allow them to set fixed pricing agreements, such as guaranteed prices for an item over a given period irrespective of market fluctuations, or rebates once certain order quantities have been met.

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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. Inventory turnover ratio. Employee turnover rate. Ideal menu price. Your CoGSs is an essential number to have when determining your menu prices, inventory and impacts your net profit margin.

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On the Road to Relief: Restaurant Trends and Opportunities to Watch

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Adapt to Growing Price Fatigue Since the pandemic, controlling food costs has been a major challenge for restaurant operators. Adapt to Growing Price Fatigue Since the pandemic, controlling food costs has been a major challenge for restaurant operators. Full-service menu prices climbed 4.5 Coffee in 2023. Data from the U.S.

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The Problems with Managing Inventory in Spreadsheets

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The Problems with Managing Inventory in Spreadsheets. U sing spreadsheets for hospitality inventory management is inaccurate, inefficient, and unwise. Learn how poor inventory management could be making operators crazy and hurting your business. You’d be hard-pressed to find an operator who actually likes taking inventory.

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Store-level Managers’ Step-by-Step Guide to Restaurant Inventory Management

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However, in between all these tasks, it is critical to devote time and energy into accurate and consistent inventory management. Inventory management tracks what’s going in and out of your restaurant for a specific period, and what product is in your restaurant at any given time. Let’s dive into some helpful tips.

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