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Prime Costs: Understanding and Application for Restaurants

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They serve as a compass, guiding decisions on pricing strategies, menu development, and staffing levels, ultimately influencing the delicate balance between offering high-quality cuisine and ensuring the establishment’s profitability. For restaurant owners and managers, understanding and effectively managing prime costs are paramount.

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How to Calculate Food Costs in Your Restaurant

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For example: $50,000 worth of initial inventory + $25,000 worth of inventory purchased – $45,000 worth of ending inventory = $30,000 in actual costs (or COGS) This calculation is more accurate than cost-per-dish because you’re using tangible inventory and purchase price numbers. Raise menu prices. Examine your menu.

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Ditch Your Hyper-Specific Menu Plan. You Won’t Regret It.

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The obsessive routine helped with everyone’s anxiety: When the news seemed to change hourly in March and April, knowing exactly what was for dinner each night was a small point of control. It’s now been six months; the at-home eating habits we had at the beginning of the pandemic are shifting as supply chains (for now) stabilize.

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2023 Outlook: Trends and Challenges Restaurants Will See, Part One

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Development will be deliberate and strategic as supply chain will remain a challenge in the new year." Rising Consumer Expectations : Recession fears will cause many consumers to be more discerning with their food and beverage budget, and bar and restaurant owners will continue to battle over wallet share.

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Fast-Casual Academia, Climatarian Menu and Ice Auction

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It comes in single-use, portion-controlled pouches for easy distribution to diners eating in or taking out. To kick off its “Eat for the Earth” campaign, Just Salad will offer its Climatarian Menu items at a price reflecting their individual carbon footprints on September 17 only. Leanpath Scout.

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