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Franchisee Success in a Murky Economy Depends on Cloud Accounting

Modern Restaurant Management

Consumers continue to be hit hard by inflation as we see prices skyrocket for a variety of goods. These high prices are certainly taking a toll on consumer spending, which will eventually change their restaurant dining habits. This was especially true in June, when inflation soared to 9.1%

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Restaurant Accounting: A Comprehensive Guide

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Restaurant accounting isn’t easy. Learning basic accounting is like studying a different language, regardless of how many decades you have in the restaurant industry. Learning basic accounting is like studying a different language, regardless of how many decades you have in the restaurant industry. Sounds complicated?

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Five Predictions for 2025 (and How to Prepare)

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2024, restaurant traffic slowed while price sensitivity grew. Moreover, three out of four respondents believe restaurant prices are higher and high prices are the primary reason for cutting back on restaurant spending. Sustained loyalty is the goal in this highly competitive, price-driven market. Continued trepidation.

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Sales Mixes: Analyzing Food Costs and Pricing

Modern Restaurant Management

The data to analyze with food is the following: food sales, food costs, sales mixture, food inventory, cost of goods sold, menu pricing, invoice reviews for accuracy of pricing, stock on hand, beginning and end of day protein counts, and daily sold items. They have to price it on the menu and add it to the inventory.

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What Restaurant Owners Need to Know About Dual Pricing

Modern Restaurant Management

One of the more popular solutions to helping a business thrive is dual pricing credit card processing. What is Dual Pricing? Dual pricing is a payment model that allows businesses to implement two different prices for credit card transactions. A perfect example of dual pricing is a gas station.

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Is There a Right Way to Raise Prices?

Modern Restaurant Management

Due to many factors including inflation and supply chain challenges, restaurant owners and operators have been faced with tough choice about raising menu prices. As food prices rise, restaurants should try to stay within their target ratio for food cost to gross food revenue in order to maintain target profits.

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DMA Workshop: United Belief Booking’s Not Doing Enough

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-Timothe Giard, European Hotel Forum Parity Clauses may be gone – but Booking.com has other ways of influencing prices The overall sentiment in the room was that Booking.com hasnt done enough to create transparency and accountability in the way it uses prices and other factors to rank hotels on its platform.

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