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Prime Costs: Understanding and Application for Restaurants

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Effectively managing food costs is essential for maintaining profitability and sustaining a competitive edge and involves monitoring ingredient prices, negotiating with suppliers, minimizing waste through proper inventory control, and implementing portion control practices.

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How to Calculate Food Costs in Your Restaurant

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Here are a few of the top advantages: Inventory Control: By tracking, analyzing, and managing food costs effectively, inventory costs will be lower and inventory management will be more efficient. You will improve portion control and avoid over-purchasing ingredients. Learn more about our custom back of house suite today!

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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2020 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

In addition to cutting staff positions (56 percent) and paring down menus (58 percent), operators are doing their best to make guests feel safe by eliminating self-service and buffets, and switching to disposable items and portion-control condiments. Technology has become essential to daily operations and profitability.

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Restaurant Operations Overview: What You Need to Know

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Portion control in the kitchen saves on inventory, which helps keep the restaurant profitable. On the other hand, skimping on ingredients increases the likelihood that a guest won't come back – and may even tell others not to do the same. Ultimately, every decision made in a restaurant boils down to finances.

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