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Operations
Daily operating discipline — staffing, inventory, menu engineering, and the morning brief.
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Hotel F&B P&L: ADD vs IRD vs banquet, where margin actually lives
Most hotel F&B Managers see one consolidated P&L. The truth is each sub outlet (ADD, IRD, banquet, bar) has wildly different economics. Here is the per outlet view that exposes where the margin actually lives.
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Wedding catering quote: a recipe based plate price formula
Most caterers quote by gut and lose margin when paneer or oil moves between booking and the wedding day. Here is the recipe based plate price formula that locks margin at booking time.
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Why Indian restaurants fail in year one (4 numbers that predict it)
60 to 70% of Indian restaurants close inside a year. The food is rarely the problem. These are the four numbers: break even, food cost %, prime cost, and 30 day cohort retention, that almost always predict outcome by month four.