Category

Restaurant Management

Foodservice KPIs: prime cost, cover targets, menu mix.

About this topic

Restaurant Management tools combine food cost, labour cost, cover counts and menu engineering into the metrics restaurant operators actually run on — prime cost, seat productivity, average check and beverage attach.

Why it matters

Restaurants live or die on prime cost (food + labour). The healthiest restaurants run prime cost under 60% of sales; struggling restaurants run over 70% and have almost no margin for error on rent, utilities or marketing.

Explore related categories