Tag Archive: restaurant cost control

Sticky Fingers – Spotting the Fingerprints of Bartender Theft

If you’re waiting for a rise in your pour cost to alert you to a potential bartender theft problem, you may be out of luck To find telltale signs of theft, scrutinize sales Bar productivity, as it’s called, is calculated by dividing the bartender’s gross sales by the number of hours he or she worked

Understand Your Food Cost Target

Do you know your Food Cost Target?

House approves The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 – What does it mean to you?

House approves small business bill The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, which includes provisions that proponents say would provide restaurants and other small businesses with tax relief while increasing access to capital, was approved Thursday in the House by a vote of 237 to 187.

FEDERAL HIRE ACT – Can This Put Extra Money In Your Pocket This Year?

President Obama has signed into law the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, which is focused on accelerating the hiring of unemployed workers. The legislation immediately enhances employers’ cash flow by permitting employers to retain the employer portion of the Social Security tax ordinarily remitted. Social Security Tax Exemption

Video Blog: Where Can Restaurants Best Control Cost or Cut Cost?

Video Blog Where Can Restaurants Best Control Cost or Cut Cost? Hey it’s Jonathan Munsell with Restaurant Success Systems.  I wanted to talk about a question that I get asked fairly often and it’s something that we all need to be conscious of and it has to do with cutting costs.

10 strategies that are working in the tough restaurant economy

Over the last couple decades, while drive-thru burger joints have kept their prices flat, the typical bill at casual dining chains has multiplied three or four times Casual dining chains are some of the most aggressive national advertisers out there Lunch is when the fast-food joints and casual restaurants go head to head–and where casual dining loses out T

Expert Interview: Jonathan Munsell Interviews Equipment Specialist Lenny Douglas from Tundra Specialties

Best Practices for Restaurant Owners and Industry Professionals Monthly Benchmarking and Money-making Teleseminar: How To Insure You Have The Best Restaurant Supply, Parts and Equipment Company For Your Start-up and Existing Restaurant Jonathan Interviews Lenny Douglas with Tundra Specialties.

Health Care Reform Continues to Be a Moving Target

As many of you know I am a Board Member of the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association as well as an active Restaurant Owner.  This is hot off the presses from the NCRLA and I think it does a great job of quickly and clearly explaining where we are as a nation on health care reform and how it effects the business owners like you and I.  Your state may have a couple other options or a slightly different spin on this but as a whole it applies nationally to all of us. The Health Care reform debate has dominated news headlines in recent months.  It is a difficult issue and many dollars are being spent on both sides of the debate

Restaurant Success Story: Creative Compensation In Your Restaurant

I was just reading a reading a great compensation article from Greg McGuire and the The Back Burner Blog and wanted to add in my two cents from a member I recently spoke with. The Back Story One of my coaching members was looking to reduce payroll.  He had done a lot this year to increase sales and manage costs

Immediately Effective Cost Control Tips & Tactics – 91 – 100

This is the 11th post in a number of posts I will be providing to offer cost effective tips and ideas for your restaurant biz. Included Categories: 1. Food Costs and Kitchen Management 2. Bar, Cellar and Beverages 3. Packaging, Paper and Consumables 4. Cleaning Costs 5. Labor Costs 6. General & Administrative 7. Utilities…