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Cost Controls

Home · TOH-Leadership · Archive by Category "Cost Controls"
Why Cost Ratios Don’t Matter
06 Jul
By Jeffrey Summers, control, cost, foodservice, hotel, menu, ratio, restaurant, Leave a comment

Why Cost Ratios Don’t Matter

Question: What opportunities can you uncover from simply looking at labor, food and beverage cost ratios? Share PostEmailSHG Google+ Community

Food Cost Is Not A Percentage
30 Jun
By Jeffrey Summers, controls, cost, food, 2 Comments

Food Cost Is Not A Percentage

It’s real dollars and your profitability can suffer if you think otherwise Did you ever pay an invoice to one of your suppliers with a check that had the amount being paid expressed as a percentage? I didn’t think so. When we pay for food (aka, our food cost), we don’t spend percentages we spend … Continue reading »

Our Groupon Calculator
09 May
By Jeffrey Summers, calculator, daily, deals, discounting, Groupon, 1 Comment

Our Groupon Calculator

Having received a ton of questions from operators all over the country about the use of Groupon, we decided to create a calculator that will help you outline and analyze the costs involved in using, what we feel, is an extremely dangerous tool. Share PostEmailSHG Google+ Community

QFO: Food-Court Leases
05 Jan
By Jeffrey Summers, control, cost, court, food, lease, Restaurant-Food, 2 Comments

QFO: Food-Court Leases

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