Stop Letting Food Costs Devour Your Profits

Take control of your kitchen with proven systems that eliminate waste, hold vendors accountable, and protect your margins without sacrificing quality.

Food costs are one of the fastest-rising expenses in the restaurant industry.

But here’s the truth: high food cost is just a symptom. The real issue is not having the right systems in place to track, control, and manage every purchase, portion, and plate leaving your kitchen.

When you use proven systems, you gain the power to:

  • Eliminate waste

  • Negotiate with vendors from a position of strength

  • Train your team to manage portions

  • Protect your margins without sacrificing quality

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Even the smallest systems done consistently will cut percentages off your bottom line. Start now with these videos: 

How to calculate restaurant food cost is one of the most frequently searched terms on YouTube. This video is your visual lesson on how to calculate restaurant food cost.

Understanding and managing your food cost is not just crucial; it's absolutely essential if you want your restaurant to not just survive but thrive.

This episode of "The Restaurant Prosperity Formula" podcast is dedicated to food cost. You'll learn how high food costs are often self-inflicted, get a quick walkthrough on calculating food cost, delve into the concept of ideal food cost and finish with some menu engineering basics.

Ready to finally control your food cost?

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Ian McCall

“I didn’t have the money. I was $10,000–$30,000 short on payroll some months. But I knew without a coach, without someone to train me on the things I didn’t know, I wouldn’t make it. We would’ve shut our doors within the first year. Joining the program didn’t just save my business, it changed my life.”

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Matt Jacobs

“The biggest thing for me was getting my freedom back — and I wasn’t expecting it to happen so quickly. It’s worth every single penny — the money we’ve saved from learning the systems, and the time we’ve gained back, has made us thousands and thousands of dollars.”