Setting the Table by Danny Meyer paper
GETTING READY FOR PRODUCTION Chapter 7
David K. Hayes | Allisha A. Miller | Jack D. Ninemeier
The Professional Restaurant Manager
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Production Forecasting
Number of guests to be served
Number of each menu item that should be produced for sale
Revenue anticipated for a specific time period
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Production Forecasting
Historical sales trends
Current sales trends
Future sales trends
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Production Forecasting
Historical Sales Trends
The prior day’s sales
Average sales for the prior five
same days
The prior week’s average daily
sales
The prior two weeks’ average
daily sales
The prior month’s
average daily sales
Actual sales on the same day of
previous year
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Production Forecasting
Current Sales Trends
Unusual and adverse weather
conditions Concerts Sporting events
Festivals Other activities in the market
area
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Production Forecasting
Future Sales Trends
Opening of competitive restaurants
Specially featured menu items
Planned promotions
Changes in operating hours
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Purchasing
Centralized purchasing
A system in which purchasing is the responsibility of a specialist in the purchasing department in a
large restaurant or is coordinated with purchasing specialists outside the restaurant in a multi-unit
operation.
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Purchasing
GOALS
Right Quality
Right Quantity
Right Supplier
Right Price
Right Time
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Purchasing
Purchasing Specifications
Purchase specification
A tool that details the product characteristics of a specific food or beverage item purchased for a
restaurant.
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Purchasing
Purchasing Specifications
• Product name or specification number • Pricing unit • Standard or grade • Count/weight/range/size
Product Specification
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Purchasing
Purchasing Specifications
• Tolerance allowed • Color • Geographic origin • Processing and/or packaging • Intended use
Product Specification
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Purchasing
Product Yield Percentage
Recipe-ready The form of an ingredient when it’s fully prepared
to be added to a recipe.
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Purchasing
Product Yield Percentage
Ending product amount
Beginning product amount
Product yield
percentage
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Purchasing
Edible Portion (EP) Amounts
Production loss The amount of a product’s AP weight that is not
servable.
AP amount (100%)
Yield % Product loss %
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Purchasing
Edible Portion (EP) Amounts
EP amount needed
Yield % Amount
to purchase
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Purchasing
As Purchased (AP) Amounts
AP amount Yield %
EP amount
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Purchasing
As Purchased (AP) Amounts
EP amount Yield %
AP amount
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Inventory Management
Product amount needed
Product amount
in inventory
Amount to buy
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Inventory Management
Receiving
Personnel
Receiving area
Needed tools and equipment
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Inventory Management
Receiving
• Maintain food safety standards
• Maintain quality standards
• Are qualified to resolve product delivery issues
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Inventory Management
Receiving
Step 1 Compare delivery
invoice and PO
Confirm quantity
Confirm unit price
Step 2 Confirm product quality
Step 3 Sign delivery
invoice Step 4
Move product to storage
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Inventory Management
Storage
Dry storage
50ºF – 70ºF;
10ºC–21.1ºC
Refrigerated storage
less than
41ºF; 5ºC
Frozen storage
less than
0ºF; -17.8ºC
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Inventory Management
Storage
Physical inventory system A process used to determine the quantity and
value of product inventory on hand at a specific point in time.
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Inventory Management
Storage
Perpetual inventory system A process that records all products entering and
being issued from storage so managers know, on an ongoing basis, the amount of product that
should be in inventory.
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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier
Inventory Management
Issuing
Ø Actual amount of product in inventory
Ø Par stock amount
Ø Time lapse between order placement and its delivery