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Your 7-Step Guide to Reopening Your Restaurant

7 Shifts

Run through our guide to reopening your restaurant to plan your labor, inventory, marketing, and more so you can reopen with a bang. Plan your reopening timeline The first question to ask yourself (and your team) when planning a reopen is “when”? Market your grand reopening!

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COGS: Cost of Goods Sold Considerations for Your Restaurant Business

Synergy Suite

Identifying patterns in COGS trends empowers decision-makers to adapt and refine strategies, whether it be adjusting menu offerings, negotiating better supplier deals, or fine-tuning inventory management. These fluctuations, often a result of dynamic market conditions or inconsistent supplier performance, demand a strategic response.

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A Guide to the Role of a Restaurant Manager: Duties, Daily Routine, and Essential Skills

7 Shifts

One other way you may need to manage inventory is with menu planning. Some restaurant managers work directly with the chef to plan menu item selection or daily specials. If this applies to you, you'll want to make sure that menu items are enticing, well-portioned, and profitable.

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Understanding the role of food and beverage consulting

Les Roches

The value of the global food and beverage market grew to more than $7,000 billion in 2023. Food and beverage consulting delivers invaluable­ knowledge in areas such as ope­ning new restaurants, improving existing e­stablishments, devising effe­ctive marketing strategie­s, and creating efficient business ope­rational plans.

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Inventory Turnover Ratio for Restaurants: Maximizing Inventory Efficiency

Synergy Suite

Menu planning and item selection Menu planning and item selection play a pivotal role in influencing inventory turnover ratio for restaurants. Strategic menu planning involves balancing popular, high-margin items with perishable goods to minimize excess inventory.

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Fast Food Restaurant Management – Diving deeper

Lithos POS

His duties include executing marketing strategies, recruitment, and hiring, ensuring food quality, staff training, and maintaining effective communication between the administrative team, kitchen staff, and front-of-house employees. Quality Menu Planning A well-planned menu can make your fast food business profitable.

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Diverse careers in hospitality and tourism: match your talents

Les Roches

Some of the common back-of-house positions you may find include: Food and beverage manager Chef Sous chef Line cook Pastry chef Purchasing manager Housekeeping staff Facilities manager Maintenance technician Sales and marketing Finance and revenue management What skills are required for back-of-house roles? Salary range: $66,000 to $93,000.