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Math Applications
To control costs, it is
important to understand these
various aspects of the
operation, and apply math
skills appropriately to each
aspect.
Purchasing is the careful
process of selecting and
A ‘vendor’ refers to any
buying goods and services
company that sells from different vendors.
things to a foodservice
operation. There are:
Product vendors, who
sell items such as
produce, meat, or dairy
products.
Service vendors, who
supply services such as
landscapers, window
washers, or
exterminators.
Forecasting portion
sales is an educated
guess as to how
many portions to A production sheet can be used to
prepare, and may be determine production quantities. Employees
based in part on keep accurate records of menu items sold,
weather conditions and use a ‘void sheet’ to record returned
or special events. food items and reasons for the returns.
A standardized recipe ensures that the quality and quantity of an item
is the same each time the item is prepared. This is especially
important when calculating ‘standard portion cost’.
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J 1. Operating budget A. Food cost ÷ sales
E ___ 2. Sales B. Income from the sale of food
B ___ 3. Revenue items C. Management’s goals
H ___ 4. Break-evenexpressed in financial terms
point
F ___ 5. Fixed D. 365 days during which a
A
cost ___ 6. business cycle takes place
C cost percentage
Food E. Result of exchanging
D 7. Budget
___ products and services for money
G___ 8. Fiscal year F. Salary of the chef
I ___ 9. Profitability G. Having higher revenue
___10. Reconcile than costs H. Revenue = costs
I. Match sales
checks from the kitchen to
production records J.
Forecast of sales activity and an
estimate of costs that will be incurred
in generating sales
Labor costs are a major part of
production costs.
The cost of labor in the hospitality industry usually ranges between
15 to 45% of sales, and may be as high as 60%. Labor cost control is
the process by which managers try to obtain a desired level of
performance at an appropriate level of cost.
Now, let’s do a
problem. What is 20% 60
of 60? This is a x.20
multiplication problem.
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20% of 60 = 12 1200
12.00
A food service manager
budgets 4% of her total
$856,000 budget for
marketing. What is her
annual marketing budget?
$34,240 ÷ 12 = $2,853.3333333
which would correctly be
rounded to the closest
hundredth… $2,853.33
Of the 4,500 customers
the restaurant served
last month, 710 ordered
items from the ‘light
menu’ selections. What
percentage is this?
2 pts. = 1 qt.
A. 4.5 quarts
B. 6.0 quarts
C. 7.5 quarts
D. 9.0 quarts
Desired yield = Conversion factor 80 portions
Original yield = 6.66
12 portions
Stir-fried Chicken
3 lb. chicken 19.98 lb.
9.99 lb.
1 ½ lb. 39.96 oz.
scallions 13.32 oz.
6.66 lb.
6 oz. soy sauce 13.32 cu.
water
2 oz.
ginger
Convert the recipe for stir-
1 lb. green
fried chicken so that it
peppers
yields 80 portions.
2 cu. water
A recipe calls for 5 pounds of trimmed broccoli. After the
leaves and fibrous stems are trimmed, the stalk of
broccoli only yields 75% of it’s original weight. How
much untrimmed broccoli is needed to make this recipe?
Amount of trimmed food (EP) ‘edible portion’ = Amount untrimmed
Yield percentage (AP) ‘as purchased’
5 pounds
= 6.66 lb.
.75
Charts showing AP
and EP amounts of
various produce
are available for the
food service
industry.
Determine the total cost and the cost per serving for the
following recipe, with a yield of 26 servings.
$17.98 17.98
__________ = $ 0.69/serving
26
servings
High employee turnover, a high ratio of employees who leave
compared to the number of total employees, accounts for high labor
costs. There is added cost in finding, hiring, and training new
employees. When employees are well trained, they perform more
effectively, experience greater job satisfaction, and turnover is
reduced.
If a restaurant employs 75
people, and 21 have left
in the past year, what is
this establishment’s
employee turnover rate?