Calculating Food Cost Percentage
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Recipe Management
In order to serve great food you must first have great recipes and people that know how to follow them. The Recipe Manual is the cornerstone of every restaurant kitchen and provides a method for achieving consistency in every meal served. Use this system to document your recipes and as a guide your ...
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Chef Training: Managing the Recipes and the Yield
All successful restaurants, no matter the concept or price point, share one common thread: consistency. Consistency lets customers know what to expect.
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Recipe Books: What Every Kitchen Pro Should Know
Your restaurant's guests want consistency in their dining experience. When they order their favorite dish, customers expect to eat the same delicious meal they remember from their last visit. Recipe books are a key to consistency in the back-of-house. Menu items should come out tasting the same, no ...
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Food Cost Yield Calculator
The Food Cost Yield Calculator is a flexible Microsoft Excel set of spreadsheets designed to aid restaurant owners, chefs, and managers in determining the true cost of the raw products used to produce menu items.
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Buffet Cost Tracking Template
Adding a buffet line to your menu selection can be a powerful sales building tool, especially for those slow nights that just never seem to draw enough customers. A successful buffet not only requires fresh and appetizing food, it also needs to have a balanced selection of low, medium, and higher ...
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Low Food Cost Is Not Always a Good Thing - Here's Why
Sure, aiming for a low food cost percentage is important, but if that's all you're focused on, you could be missing out. After all, you can't deposit percentages to your bank account.
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Number 1 Food Cost Control
Measuring and controlling your food cost better is not hard and it's one of the most effective ways to improve your profitability quickly. Especially if you're not measuring your food cost frequently and accurately now.
