OT - Anyone here own a restaurant?

Course not!

Portions of ingredients DO go on the pizzas to the gram.....

......my friend DOES portion stuff to the oz however..

The two decimal places are in the mathmatical resultant of the gross
profit of the meal, including the paper napkins (NEVER leave them out
on the counter in a container, they take handfulls...) and straws
(never leave the box on the counter for the same reason)

Had a fast food joint here that did, ( not a client) ... He would
"allow" his staff to stuff the napkin containers so full that
customer could not get one or two, the thing was stuffed so tight that
they had to "pry out" a bunch at a time. Some would take what they got
(wipies for drooling rug rats) or the stack they left on the counter
would be grabbed by the next customer cause it was easier than diging
in the dispenser.

They FINALLY but everything behind the counter, and the counter staff
NOW places on the tray one straw /drink, TWO napkins per meal,
requested extras cheerfully added...

Napkin & straw costs dropped by 40%

Then there is the credit card scams, tip scams, bulk supplies, potato
peeling, waste control... it goes on & on...

Dave


On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:58:38 GMT, Matt Whiting
wrote:

Dave wrote:

I have a very successful friend in the business, (37 years)- he
monitors the costs of his portions to two decimal places, and never
violates his margins.

Does he weight each portion to a hundredth of a pound as well? If he
doesn't, then computing costs to the penny is simply delusional.

Matt