SAMPLE, A PLACE LIKE YOURS · FICTIONAL RESTAURANTS, FICTIONAL NUMBERS PUBLISHED DAILY, ABOUT YOUR RESTAURANTS, BY SYPHOR The Morning Brief | CRISPIN’S CHICKEN · ALL 5 STORES | WEDNESDAY MORNING |
All 5Elm StreetAirport RoadFifth AvenueMapleWestgate $18,700 ▲ 4.5%vs. your usual Tuesday ($17,900) · made $1,358 yesterday after every bill AGAINST LAST YEAR · ALL 5 STORES | gray is last year | SALES | PROFIT |
| Same Tuesday | $18,700 ▲ 6.2% $17,600 | $1,358 ▲ $168 $1,190 |
| Last 7 days | $140,000 ▲ 4.9% $133,400 | $14,000 ▲ $700 $13,300 |
| Month to date | $396,000 ▲ 5.0% $377,000 | $39,600 ▲ $1,800 $37,800 |
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THE ONE THING TODAY About $370 of chicken went in the trash at Maple last week. Same case, same supplier: Elm Street got 131 pieces out of a case; Maple got 120, so 46 cases did the work of 42, four cases at $92.50. Maple’s waste log puts it at 2 to 5 PM, cooked for a lunch that has left: about $19,000 a year. |
ACROSS YOUR 5 STORES, YESTERDAY | 1 | Elm Street drive-thru 48%, 3:20, 10 seconds faster | $4,600 | 26% | $698 |
| 2 | Airport Road drive-thru 61%, 3:10, as usual | $3,800 | 25% | $392 |
| 3 | Fifth Avenue overtime premium $218 last week; drive-thru 55%, 3:30, 5 seconds slower | $3,900 | 29% | $280 |
| 4 | Maple chicken waste; drive-thru 50%, 4:05, 30 seconds slower | $3,500 | 31% | $50 |
| 5 | Westgate new Henhouse; drive-thru 45%, 3:40, as usual | $2,900 | 27% | -$62 |
Drive-thru: share of orders, order-to-window time vs. that store’s usual. |
SALES → PROFIT · ALL 5 STORES YESTERDAY | Royalty and fixed costs | | $5,510 |
LAST 7 DAYS | Royalty and fixed costs | | $38,570 |
For the week: labor is an estimate until payroll posts, fixed bills until the bills post. Prime cost 58.0%. |
THE LEDGER · ALL 5 STORES | Orders | 1,640 ▲ 3.2% Drive-thru 52%, counter 24%, app 13%, delivery apps 11%. |
| Labor est. | 27.5% 318 hours. |
| Invoice prices | $560 a week more ▲ 9 up, 1 down All five stores, every invoice line against last week’s. Thighs are $400 of it. |
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Labor. Westgate kept four on after 8 PM last night: $118 of labor on 23 orders, $262 of sales, 45% labor for that stretch. At Maple, three shift leads did 38 hours of overtime last week, $285 in premium; two already have 31 hours since Sunday. At Fifth Avenue, leads ran $218 of overtime premium last week, labor 29%. Invoices. Thighs went from $1.12 to $1.20 a pound yesterday. The $8.99 Thigh Combo carries 1.1 pounds, so its chicken goes from $1.23 to $1.32, 9 cents more a plate; on the 4,560 Thigh Combos sold last week, about $400 a week. Menu price unchanged. Henhouse. Henhouse Fry Co. opened a mile from Westgate, two-piece combo $7.49 against your $7.99. Westgate’s dinner has run $280 a night under its usual since. Three reviews called the dining room dirty. Fair and rain. The county fair runs Thursday to Sunday a mile from Airport Road; last year it added about $900 a day, $3,600 over four days, mostly after 4 PM. Rain Thursday: on rainy days delivery runs 18% over its usual 180 orders, 32 more, $370. CATERING · WHAT’S BOOKED, ALL 5 | Thursday 11:30 | 60 people Office lunch, Elm Street, ready 11:00. |
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FROM THE LOGBOOK · LAST NIGHT’S CLOSE Maple: One short on the line at lunch, tickets slow. Tasha, shift lead, 10:25 PM. Westgate: Tables weren’t wiped until 7. Chris, closing manager, 10:40 PM. |
MENU SANDBOX · TRY IT BEFORE IT GOES ON THE MENU | Large fries and drink upgrade at $1.29 instead of 99¢, if your brand approves. On the 1,400 guests who take it each week, if all stay (it still pays if 1,075 do): | +$420 a week |
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THE ACTION LIST · TODAY, IN ORDER | 1. | Add: Airport Road: one more on the drive-thru Thursday to Sunday, 4 to 10 PM, $390 of labor so the window holds 3:10 while the fair brings about $3,600. |
| 2. | Fix: Westgate, Chris: dinner runs $1,960 a week under its usual since Henhouse opened. Tables wiped every 30 minutes from 5 PM, checked in tonight’s logbook; three on the close, $210 a week back. If dinner is still $280 under next Wednesday, test $1 off the two-piece dinner combo, if your brand allows: $60 a night, paid back at 14 more combos, $4.50 kept on every one after. |
| 3. | Prep: Elm Street: prep Thursday’s 60-person catering, $720, $12 a head. One more packing delivery Thursday, $100 against 32 more orders, $370. |
| 4. | Fix: District manager: cap leads at 40 at Maple and Fifth Avenue, $503 of premium last week. Maple posts two lunch shifts today, so the window gets back from 4:05 to its usual 3:35. |
| 5. | Fix: Maple, Tasha: cook 2 to 5 PM on Elm Street’s chart, log every drop. $370 a week, $19,000 a year. |
| 6. | Call: You, to your co-op: thighs from $1.12 to $1.20 a pound, $400 a week. |
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