A Greater Chatham Initiative program

Restaurant Tools/Services

Restaurant Services Pillars - more than just your in-house delivery service

FoodLab Takeaways

1)      Knowing your numbers, to make data driven decisions

For restaurants:  “If every plate is profitable, then the restaurant should be profitable”

Plate costing, menu engineering, pricing

Operational financials & Managerial controls

Track weekly prime costs – Food and Labor costs

Operations throughput optimization

Are you making a profit?

How do you know?

What can my business afford?

 

2)    Building your team

How to pull off  working “ON” your business versus always working “IN” your business?

      1. Build and develop your team
      2. Develop standard operating procedures  (SOP)

Need alignment in your organization to your goals and mission

“too many friends and family?”

Design your organizational chart

Actively recruit for talent, then develop

 

3)    Having a Digital Presence

A website with appealing content

Social media – 

Direct online ordering capacity

Developing your patron database, building your community

“BEST PRACTICES” RESTAURANT WEBSITE TEMPLATE

A team of DePaul University Seniors have scoured the internet, reviewed hundreds of restaurant websites, and have pulled together “best practices” for a restaurant’s website and digital presence.

Check it out: Website Template

under revision

DATA DRIVEN DECISION MAKING

“KNOW YOUR NUMBERS” FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PLATE COSTING MEEZ SOFTWARE

Sign up for MEEZ two-week free trial www.GetMeez.com

Instructional video on how to sign up for MEEZ VIDEO

Instructional video on Your first Recipe on MEEZ VIDEO

RESTAURANT HELP PODCASTS

Compliments from or friends at CSSI Culinary, they produced a series of podcasts to help restaurants, check it out:

Quick Links

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