Peak Volume Is Peak Leakage
Volume hides leakage. A point of food cost on peak spend costs more than a point in July, and it is the hardest leak to see on a November P&L.
Behind the Line
The Surprise That Wasn’t
The owner opened a January close braced for disaster and found the number within half a point of model. What held it was installed back in September.
Automation Gave Her Back Two Days
Automating invoice entry without automating invoice accuracy just moves the work. The three-way match, the control auditors expect, and the missing step.
A Point of Food Cost in December Isn’t a Point in January
December food cost can look like your best month of the year and mean nothing. What a holiday number is made of, and how catering distorts it.
Two Points of Food Cost Back Before the Holidays
A four-unit group pulled food cost from 32.8 to 30.4 percent with three habits and no new software. What we found and where the money actually went.
Write It Down Before the Driver Leaves
The case in the middle of the pallet was warm. Notation while it is happening is the habit that protects your paper trail, and your credits.
You’re Ordering to a Kitchen That Doesn’t Exist
The case in the corner was seven months old. You are ordering to the kitchen you think you have, not the one you actually have. The count that fixes it.
The Two Percent That Ate Your Year
The rep asks the same question every week and the answer is always yes. Two percent of drift in a year, built one unchecked reorder at a time.
Four Kitchens, Four Habits, One P&L
Four restaurants on one delivery route, same menu, same wages, four different P&Ls. The difference is four habits. Your P&L is a habit tracker.
Loyalty Is Not a Purchasing Strategy
Loyalty is a good instinct. It is not a purchasing strategy. What happens when nobody has put a longtime vendor relationship on the table in years.