HADM 1360 Lecture 6: HADM 1360 Lecture 6
HADM 1360
Spring 2015
Ben Lawerance
Cornell University
Note Type: Lecture Note
Lecture Number: Lecture 6
Restaurant as an economic unit and profit generating system.
We can judge whether a restaurant is performing well by understanding P & L and
performance indicators at unit level.
• Number of covers (hour, day, week, month)
• Average check: (Total Sales – Take-out) / # of Covers
• Number of transactions
• Table Turnover
• Yearly sales per server/employee/seat/sq. foot
o should be > $200 per sq.foot
• Sales per labor hour / Covers per labor hour
• Food Cost/Labor Cost
o Prime Costs = Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) + Total Payroll Costs
(Payroll +Employee Benefits) (should be around 65%)
• Food/Beverage sales ratio (%) (Food cost should be 30%)
• RevPASH - Revenue per available seat hour = (total sales – takeout) /
seats*hrs*days
o Does not take into consideration of the cost
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