Understanding the importance of the menu to a food service operation’s success

Principles of Food and Beverage Management

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    What's Your Menu PQ?

    What is your Profitability Quotient (PQ)? If you answer "no" to any of the following questions, you could be leaving thousands of dollars in gross profit on the table. 1. Do you have an up-to-date, accurate standard recipe manual and is it incorporated into your daily routine? 2. Do you have ...

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    Menu Price Increase Calculator

    As the cost of food, labor, and other expenses continue to rise, restaurant owners are facing the difficult decision of whether or not to raise prices.

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    Menu Costing

    Knowing what each of your menu items costs to prepare is one of the most basic yet overlooked aspects of running a profitable restaurant. Costing out your menu can be an arduous task, but you must know your menu cost before you can make intelligent decisions on cost-cutting, price increases or other ...

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    Menu Costing Basics

    Knowing what each of your menu items costs to prepare is one of the most basic yet overlooked aspects of running a profitable restaurant. Costing out your menu can be an arduous task, but you must know your menu cost before you can make intelligent decisions on cost-cutting, price increases or other ...

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    Menu Engineering Worksheet

    Menu engineering is one of the most profitable exercises any operator can engage in. Use this powerful and fully automated tool to assess the profitability of your menu items based on their food cost, selling price, gross margin and popularity.

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    Menu Cost Worksheet

    This Microsoft Excel worksheet is used to list and calculate the cost of ingredients for each menu item.