food cost

Webinar: Costing a Menu

Webinar: Costing a Menu

With inflation still a concern for 2023, its just as important to make sure your menu is accurately costed. Costing a menu is insanely time consuming, but we have to do it, or your profitability plummets quickly. In this webinar we’ll cover strategies to make costing a menu less cumbersome, while protecting your bottom line.

Restaurant Accounting Webinar Series

As 2022 comes to a close, its time to look inward and prepare for 2023. To help with all your restaurant planning needs, Prix Fixe webinars have returned. Focused on full and limited service restaurants, this series should hit on all the hot button issues for this off season. As always, we try to keep it approachable and light, and is suitable for ownership and management.

Budgeting & Planning for a Restaurant’s Offseason

Nov. 29th at 2PM EST

With summer and fall coming to a close, it's time to adjust your spending and go into hibernation for the off season. There is a way to plan ahead for this that works well for you, and your employees as well.

Getting Your Restaurant’s Books Ready for Tax

Dec 13th at 2PM EST

Every year, there are a few items that need to be completed to keep your tax preparer happy. In this webinar, we’ll cover what those items are for a restaurant, and how to hand the information over to your tax preparer

Getting Your Restaurant’s  Books Ready for Tax

Dec 14th at 12PM EST

Same story, different time. Every year, there are a few items that need to be completed to keep your tax preparer happy. In this webinar, we’ll cover what those items are for a restaurant, and how to hand the information over to your tax preparer.

Accounting for Offsite Events

Dec 27th at 2PM EST

Catering is one of the most flexible and profitable revenue streams for a restaurant, and timing of deposits can help a restaurant make it through the winter months. It's a balancing act, however, as overextending can land you in hot water.

What on Earth is a 1099?

Jan. 4 at 1PM EST

You’ve heard it mentioned, your tax preparer asks if you did them every year, and you phase into the shrubs like Homer Simpson every time they ask. Well, this is the year you finally get it straightened out. In this webinar we’ll cover what a 1099 is, who gets one, and how to send them out.

Strategies for Lowering Labor Cost

Feb 8th, 12PM

One of the most significant increased costs for a restaurant was labor cost. Skyrocketing beyond the increases of compostables and chicken wings, the limited supply of qualified labor caused rates to soar. In order to manage these costs, there are a few tricks that you can use to keep employees and your bottom line happy.

Accounting for a Buyout

Feb 28th, 10AM

There's many ways to skin a cat, and just as many ways to handle a buyout in your restaurant. However, many of those ways end up skewing your financial reports. In our webinar, we’ll cover buyout contracts (yes, you should have one), setting up payment ahead of time, and then closing out a check at the end of the night.

Costing a Menu

April 19th, 2PM

With inflation on the rise, the cost of food has increased with it. Costing a menu is insanely time consuming, but we have to do it, or your food cost plummets. In this webinar we’ll cover strategies to make costing a menu less cumbersome, while protecting your bottom line.

3 Ways Receiving is Ruining Your Food Cost

3 Ways Receiving is Ruining Your Food Cost

Diagnosing the costing issues in a restaurant are never black and white, and margins are no different. Generally, it is a series of different issues that together add up to a concerning metric. Let’s look at how improper ordering and receiving can lead to a terrible food cost. Through this series we hope to give you some ideas you may not have previously thought of, and to love a cook named Brad and hate a guy named Chad. 

The Difference between restaurant comps, discounts & voids

The Difference between restaurant comps, discounts & voids

In the restaurant industry, Comps, Discounts and Voids are often used interchangeably, but are they the same? Turns out, some are, some aren’t. In this post we’ll do a deeper dive into these 3 subjects, and where to use them appropriately.

How your Servers are ruining your food cost

How your Servers are ruining your food cost

Many times, when discussing food cost, a high number can be blamed on the chef’s inability to do their job properly. However, that’s not always the case.