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Why You Should NOT Follow the 30-30-30 Rule in Your Restaurant
Why You Should NOT Follow the 30-30-30 Rule in Your Restaurant Mar 10, 2026

If youā€™ve spent any time in the restaurant industry, youā€™ve probably heard the same advice repeated again and again. Your restaurant should run on the 30-30-30 rule: 30% food cost, 30% labor cost and 30% overhead. This is bad advice and here is why you should not follow the 30-30-30 rule in your res...

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The Ideal Restaurant Cost Percentages
The Ideal Restaurant Cost Percentages Oct 05, 2021

Do you know what your ideal restaurant cost percentages are? Do you want to know the down and dirty numbers? Stay with me and I'll teach you what your ideal restaurant cost percentages should be.

I can take us down any number of paths, but before we go into key percentages like rent or comps, cr...

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