How to Improve Your Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)

Cost of Goods Sold

What steps can you take to improve your restaurant’s COGS? DEFINITIONS What is cost of goods sold? Food. Beverage. Paper. COGS: Largest expense as an operator; challenging to control and maintain. What hurts COGS? Missed forecasting, ordering/receiving errors, transfers/borrow and loan, inventory control, unintentional loss/waste, Poor training Steps you can take Sales Forecasting Calendars: remember first quarter events like […]

5 Ways Technology Can Help You Survive Minimum Wage Hikes

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Minimum Wage hikes According to money.cnn.com by July 2021 fast food workers in New York City will have a minimum wage or living wage increases up to $15/hour. This increase in minimum wage is making waves across the country–most recently, Massachusetts also agreed to lift their minimum wage to $11.75 with rates expected to increase […]

The Dish Market Report – July 12, 2018

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Top of Mind News QSR invoices: Your direct line into a mother lode of savings Which Restaurant Chains are Winning at Cleanliness Deep dish dive: Pizza insights you need to know Why Employee Recognition Matters in a Restaurant   The Farm Poultry For the week ending June 30th, chicken production rose 1.2% from the previous […]