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Comment on 10 ways to Reduce Food Cost by gajender singh

gajender singh — Thu, 12 May 2011 00:55:25 +0000

read this article nice topic good to save food cost mr andy u r vies i like it and apply some tips in my kitchen.

thanks
regards
gajender singh
india manchester united restauyrante bar

Comment on Why Buying Scales Will Save You Money by How To Build a Boat

How To Build a Boat — Thu, 05 May 2011 23:00:22 +0000

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Comment on Why Buying Scales Will Save You Money by cartes

cartes — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:53:35 +0000

Un grand oui !

Comment on 10 ways to Reduce Food Cost by RAJEEV

RAJEEV — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:30:48 +0000

CAN YOU GIVE SOME MORE IDEAS BCS IAM A CATERING STAFF I NEED TO MAKE 2011 OBJECTIVES ACTION PLAN

give me early reply

Comment on 10 ways to Reduce Food Cost by ANDY

ANDY — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:06:03 +0000

HI,
first of all, I would like to thank you for the tips, organisation, ideas & procedures I found in reading the Documents above. Im an F&B Cost-controller working in Mauritius at the Casela Bird Park, where we have a Gastronomic Restaurant making 200 pax daily on A la Carte Menu & 350 – 1000 pax For Banquets at night.
I would be glad to receive more ideas & hints to experinece.

Thanks Again,
Andy
Cost Controller
Casela Restaurant
Medine Ltd
caselar_costc@medine.com

Comment on Why Buying Scales Will Save You Money by Insurance Claim Lawyer

Insurance Claim Lawyer — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:25:51 +0000

i totally agree with what paul said.

Comment on Menu Engineering, Managing Dogs by Carolynn Mcgehee

Carolynn Mcgehee — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:17:14 +0000

Great posting, I bookmarked your site so I can visit again in the near future, Cheers

Comment on Why Buying Scales Will Save You Money by Paul Clarke

Paul Clarke — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:29:25 +0000

Fair comment. Reasonable approach in a hot market.

Comment on Why Buying Scales Will Save You Money by negative calorie food list

negative calorie food list — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:05:54 +0000

Hey, found your site by accident doing a search on Ask but I’ll definitely be coming back. As for your post… I agree with a lot of what you’re saying here but wouldn’t it be just as easy to move on? I mean why mess with your quality of life if you don’t have to?

Comment on What is Menu Engineering? by Paul Clarke

Paul Clarke — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:13:56 +0000

Hi Mamdouh, Here’s the Menu Engineering excel model I use, as requested: http://foodmargin.com/2009/06/23/menu-engineering-model/

Comment on What is Menu Engineering? by mamdouh hegazy

mamdouh hegazy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:59:29 +0000

your explantion was good but if you can submet the sheet of menu eng excle sheeet so many thanks ,

regards

Comment on Count-n-Control Launches Today by Paul Clarke

Paul Clarke — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:15:43 +0000

Hi Cary,

Thanks for the positive feedback. I too have a background in pubs.

Count-n-Control is based on the system we used to manage food cost at over 60 sites. While Count-n-Control retains the simplicity of the system we used, it is much more powerful with:
– multi-site support
– activity logging, and
– remote access via the internet.

Count-n-Control will always be free.

Additional “premium” features that leverage and extend Count-n-Control will be offered for a small fee in the future. Premium features under consideration are:
– recipe & menu costing
– sales mix analysis/menu engineering
– customer comments (related to menu items)

I would be interested to hear your ideas/suggestions.

Regards Paul.
paulc@countncontrol.com

Comment on Count-n-Control Launches Today by Cary

Cary — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:36:32 +0000

Hi. This really is a fabulous idea and system. I work with pubs and restaurants (mainly marketing and promotion but also cost cutting) and the majority have very basic stock taking systems (if any!!) I am always looking for ways for them to reduce costs and this definately fits the bill. Will this service be free indefinately?
Thanks, Cary

Comment on Recipe Template by Resources to Help You Standardize Your Recipes | Well Done Chef!

Resources to Help You Standardize Your Recipes | Well Done Chef! — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:13:44 +0000

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Comment on A Recipe for Success by Paul Clarke

Paul Clarke — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:00:14 +0000

Hi Paulina,

An acceptable Food Cost (typically measured in %) depends on a number of factors including:

– OTHER COSTS (e.g. wages and rent) – Your Food Cost must be seen in the context of your overall business model.

– TURN-OVER – Some operations work on low margins, but rely on high volumes to make enough money to cover costs and make a profit.

The operations I have been involved in operate at around 30%.

BTW: Thanks for the positive feedback.

Cheers Paul.

Comment on A Recipe for Success by poonks

poonks — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:01:54 +0000

hi, what’s the standard/normal level of cost of food (margin) per price?

thanks a lot!

by the way, i really love your blog, very informative

Comment on Menu Engineering Model by Paul Clarke

Paul Clarke — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:25:18 +0000

Plough Horse is sometimes called a “Cash Cow”. You have raised some good questions. Stay tuned for a post on this issue.

Comment on Menu Engineering Model by Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:04:05 +0000

Plough Horse, I want to understand your note here in the excel sheet. Do you see this as a positive item, negative item. Keep it on the menu or take it off. Tell me your definition to Plough Horse as used here. Thanks.

Looking forward to more post….

Comment on Product Review – “My Weigh KD7000″ Kitchen Scale by Ken Burgin

Ken Burgin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:30:21 +0000

None in particular, although I know Wedderburn make reliable products. Like most technology, prices for good equipment have dropped substantially in the last few years…

Ken

Comment on Menu Engineering, Managing Puzzles by pkclarke

pkclarke — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:09:14 +0000

Thanks for your contribution Joe. Great to hear from someone with lots of real world experience with Menu Engineering.

Comment on Product Review – “My Weigh KD7000″ Kitchen Scale by pkclarke

pkclarke — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:06:15 +0000

Thanks for the response Ken. Do you have a brand/model you prefer?

Comment on Product Review – “My Weigh KD7000″ Kitchen Scale by Ken Burgin

Ken Burgin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:48:53 +0000

Great blog – thanks for putting so much work into it.

Re these scales, the price is great but I prefer going one step further and buying them with a price function as well – instant feedback on actual portion cost.

Comment on Menu Engineering, Managing Puzzles by Joe Dunbar

Joe Dunbar — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:57:11 +0000

Great post!

Many puzzles are dogs in disguise. If an item makes it to the lower right quadrant due to a high gross margin but is way down the Y-axis (low popularity), I have rarely seen where a price drop will turn it into a star.

Most of the time, a lower price simply won’t be enough to break across the X-axis into star territory. Further price drops will take it to its resting place as a dog.

It needs to almost ride the X-axis before I get excited about star conversion.

Comment on What is Menu Engineering? by KonstantinMiller

KonstantinMiller — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:56:08 +0000

Hi. I like the way you write. Will you post some more articles?

Comment on 5 Tips for Receiving Stock by Keith

Keith — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:02:37 +0000

Awesome Post

Comment on Menu Engineering Model by pkclarke

pkclarke — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:20:50 +0000

Thanks for your feedback Jenna (My first comment Glad you found it useful/interesting.

Comment on Menu Engineering Model by Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:12:20 +0000

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