Restaurant365

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Prior to expanding how they used Restaurant365, says Mr. Steinbach, Eli’s wasn’t generating consistent nor accurate data for food and labor costs. For instance, because Eli’s had loose recipes that weren’t consistent between the six restaurants, there weren’t comparable food cost numbers across locations.

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Food Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Prime costs benchmark is 60% (quick serve) and 65% (restaurant). Now, you might be reading this and saying, "Now, remind me, what is prime cost again?" KNOW PRIME COST, THE SIMPLE FORMULA You need to know how to fill out the formula, before anything else. The benchmark for prime cost percentage is 60%.

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Restaurant Clicks

JULY 13, 2021

Knowing your restaurant’s prime cost is integral to successfully run your business. But what is a restaurant’s prime cost, and how do you calculate it? A restaurant’s prime cost is the cumulative cost of goods and labor expenses you have accrued. Key Terms for Calculating Restaurant Prime Cost.

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The Restaurant Expert

JANUARY 24, 2019

Do you wonder what makes up the prime cost formula in the restaurant industry? How do you calculate a restaurant’s prime cost formula? What is the prime cost formula? Prime cost in the restaurant industry is different than in other industries. You have to have inventories.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 4, 2021

Table of Contents: Cost of Goods Sold. Labor costs and labor cost percentage. Food cost percentage. Prime costs. Customer Acquisition Costs. Cost of Goods Sold. What is cost of goods sold? To put it simply, your cost of goods sold is how much it costs you to produce a menu item.

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Embrace the Suck

APRIL 26, 2020

Cost of Goods Sold. Cost of goods (COGS) sold refers to the cost required to create each of the food and beverage items you sell to guests. Prime Cost. Prime Cost is the standard way of determining how much it costs to operate your business and is a standard line item on your P&L statement.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 8, 2021

Think about the technology sector as a prime example. Let’s take the position of chef as a prime example – here is a list of skills and aptitudes that will set todays and tomorrows chef apart from those who are in a state of change paralysis: [] EFFICIENCY. Doing more with less will be the name of the game.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JUNE 21, 2023

But do not stand idly by or it will cost additional profit. When introducing new menu items to a menu category, they must be priced at the average profit from that menu category + the recipe cost of goods sold (COGS), and then rounded off to the next half dollar. "Plow Horses” leave profit on the table.

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7 Shifts

JUNE 20, 2022

Reduced overhead: Ghost kitchens have lower overhead costs than traditional restaurants, which can help owners save money. No front of house staff, smaller spaces, and no need for prime real estate that all contribute to the lower costs. you're competing with all that attention,” says Shawn Walchef, owner of Cali BBQ.

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Modern Restaurant Management

JANUARY 18, 2022

The key to operating a profitable restaurant is understanding your profits and losses, knowing how to manage food and labor costs and making strategic decisions about expenses and investments. Prime cost – your costs of goods sold (CoGS) plus labor. How to Analyze a P&L Statement. How to Properly Forecast.

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Sling

JUNE 4, 2023

For example, Customer Acquisition Cost (or CAC) can help you see how much it costs to get a new customer in the door. But CAC may be less important than what might be considered the more fundamental restaurant ratios such as prime cost, labor cost, and cost of goods sold.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 3, 2024

The average cost of a data breach in 2023 was almost $4.5 Statista’s market insights forecast the global cost of cybercrime will increase from $9.22T in 2024 to $13.82T in 2028. Restaurant technologies are prime targets for cybercriminals. Attacks are growing more sophisticated and more expensive.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 23, 2021

In those restaurants where profit is measured in terms of smaller numbers with significant volume then concerns such as food cost percentage are of paramount importance. 75 for a total plate cost (not actual costs, but fair estimates) equals around $5.25. 75 for a total plate cost of around $13.00. . _ SP = $5.25 /.30.

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7 Shifts

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Unit Cost : Divide the cost of one unit by the amount of that item you have. Total Cost : Multiply the unit price of each item by the amount of that item that you have in your inventory. Think about it: no more stacks and folders full of invoices, no clipboards and checkmarks, no guessing when it comes to food costs.

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Culinary Cues

MAY 12, 2022

We deal with highly perishable goods, unpredictable customer behavior, swinging door staffing, and constantly escalating cost of goods. Prime Filet or 14 oz. Restaurants get hit from all angles so when there is a chance to push the envelope on pricing – many do. It’s so hard to make money on that 10 oz. Berkshire Pork Chop.

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Modern Restaurant Management

MAY 4, 2021

While careful labor management has always been an important part of controlling prime costs in the restaurant industry, operators should be looking toward better ways to manage labor costs with competition for labor increasing and a potential minimum wage increase on the horizon. Data-Based Decision Making.

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Restaurant365

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Healthy accounting procedures for restaurants can help you manage food and labor costs, understand your profits and losses, and make strategic decisions about expenses and investments. In between fluctuating food costs, labor costs, and sales levels, restaurants typically have a complex accounting system.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Over time, the same experience held true through preparation of stocks, soups, and sauces; learning how to sauté properly, clarifying butter, turning vegetables into perfect football shapes, roasting prime ribs, coaxing popovers to rise, balloon, and keep their crusty exterior while remaining soft and creamy inside.

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Embrace the Suck

DECEMBER 25, 2019

They have fixed costs to send a truck (route) into your market. Your salesperson will try to talk you out of getting a Prime Vendor Agreement (PVA). Let’s start off by saying that getting on a prime vendor agreement is a fast way to lower your overall food costs. your team becomes efficient and you make more.

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Culinary Cues

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

SKILL SET: Today’s cooks will need to shift from reliance on cooking high end proteins such as prime steaks and chops, the most common species of fresh fish, and over-used poultry items and become familiar with less common cuts of beef and pork and underutilized poultry items such as shoulder, shanks, thighs, and legs.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 13, 2021

Controlling your restaurant’s prime cost, made up of your cost of goods sold (CoGS) and labor costs, is critical to your profitability. Prime cost represents the two largest controllable costs for your restaurant – food and labor. Controlling your restaurant prime cost.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 22, 2021

How to calculate total labor cost. Your total restaurant labor cost covers everything that you spend on labor. Typically, your total labor cost accounts for “fully burdened labor”, which includes your hourly and salaried wages, payroll taxes, benefits like health insurance or vacation days, bonuses, overtime, and more.

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Modern Restaurant Management

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Inflation can cause an increase in costs for those in the restaurant industry. Rent, food, labor, utilities, and insurance are prime examples. Rethink your processes : Rethinking your processes to see if you can reduce labor cost is a great way to help your restaurant make more money. How can you fight the effects of inflation?

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Margin Edge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A top-level dashboard that shows comparisons to a prior period can include: Number of dining transactions Average daily sales Average check size Revenue per diner Revenue per available seating hour Prime cost ratio Positive trending is highlighted in green while negative trending turns red, making it easy to see where everything is headed.

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Xtra Chef

AUGUST 12, 2020

Food costs are one of the most significant factors of a restaurant’s success. Knowing your restaurant food costs helps with menu pricing, affects prime costs, and plays an integral part in remaining profitable. But managing restaurant food costs can be challenging. What’s in The Restaurant Food Costs Guide?

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Restaurant365

MAY 14, 2021

You need to know what it is costing your business to make those sales by accurately tracking your restaurant expenses. Your expenses fall into four main categories: Labor costs are all the costs included with your labor. Prime Cost. Your prime cost is made up of your CoGS and labor for a certain period of time.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Customers reduce prime costs by knowing where any fluctuations are in food and labor costs so that you can act immediately. The post Reduce Prime Costs appeared first on Restaurant365.

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7 Shifts

AUGUST 29, 2019

Look into lowering ingredient cost to keep menu prices the same by sourcing less expensive ingredients or acquiring new vendors. However, don't aim to lower ingredient cost too much-this can backfire and reduce the popularity of dish. Monitoring food cost is an essential step in restaurant management and in accurately pricing menus.

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Modern Restaurant Management

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In order to reduce cost, waste, and optimize inventory, the process begins with planning and forecasting. That includes being able to analyze data on top-performing menu items down to the ingredient level, supplier performance, prime cost, and peak demand times by ordering channel. Tracking Supply Chain Flow.

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Modern Restaurant Management

APRIL 19, 2021

The best place to start is by working to create more efficiencies in prime costs. This allows you to catch issues early, see trends quickly, and maintain better cost controls. Many operators are trying to compensate for losses in 2021 and want to find ways to improve their profitability.

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Restaurant365

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In fact, Mr. Baqer reported that he has been able to achieve a massive reduction in prime costs using the solution: from 72% to 61% as a percentage of sales, thanks to a whopping 5–6% drop in both labor and food costs as a percentage of sales. Now, our labor costs only increase as we staff up for new locations.”.

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Margin Edge

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The cost of goods sold, or COGS, are hands down something anyone who’s run a restaurant knows about. When you look at your restaurant’s COGS, it can be used along with labor data to understand your prime costs (prime costs = COGS + labor). The Barrow House, Clifton, NJ. COGS and Restaurant Financial Performance.

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Culinary Cues

JANUARY 4, 2021

Restaurant folks are pretty good at problem-solving when we can approach the issue in a logical manner: “business volume is down and labor cost is out of whack so we change our operating hours and reduce the amount of labor needed – problem solved for the time being.” The retail business was re-invented.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Restaurants are unique businesses that come with their own specific set of startup costs. Your average restaurant labor cost and restaurant food cost will vary based on your type of concept, location, size, and other details. Before rushing to open your doors, you need to understand your restaurant costs.

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Restaurant365

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Restaurant accounting teams can help connect operating and financial data at the store level, as well as zoom out to examine big-picture revenue and costs. Sharing information between teams shouldn’t require time-consuming communication to ensure accurate reporting, cost management, and forecasts.

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Modern Restaurant Management

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The High Price of Hiring When short-staffed and under stress, hiring can come at a high price – and there are multiple components to the cost. Cost of a Bad Hire The U.S. Department of Labor puts the cost of a bad hire at  up to 30%  of the employee’s first year wages. But most of all, consider a culture shift.

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Restaurant365

JANUARY 28, 2020

Operating a successful restaurant requires restaurant owners and managers to focus not only on managing day-to-day operations, but also evaluating ways to reduce costs and grow future sales. Currently, some of the most powerful restaurant management systems on the market feature predictive tools around food and labor costs.

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