Food Cost Is Not How Much You Spent

Food Cost Is Not How Much You Spent by Chef David Arnold

Insights · Published by Arnold Hospitality Press

A Practical Guide to Understanding Food Cost, Waste, Yield and Profit

Understand the difference between purchases and actual food cost, and investigate what your operation really consumed. Purchasing totals alone cannot explain food cost. This Insight connects inventory, receiving, credits, transfers, waste, and accounting so managers can understand consumption and investigate the reasons behind a variance.

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About the book

Purchasing totals alone cannot explain food cost. This Insight connects inventory, receiving, credits, transfers, waste, and accounting so managers can understand consumption and investigate the reasons behind a variance.

Who this book is for

Restaurant owners, chefs, managers, supervisors, and hospitality professionals.

What you will learn

Understand the difference between purchases and actual food cost, and investigate what your operation really consumed. Purchasing totals alone cannot explain food cost. This Insight connects inventory, receiving, credits, transfers, waste, and accounting so managers can understand consumption and investigate the reasons behind a variance.

Published by Arnold Hospitality Press

Take the operating lesson further

Continue from this Insight into The Restaurant Food Cost Rescue Plan, then use the relevant tools to put the lesson into practice.

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