How does Labor Day affect restaurant sales?

Scarcity. Ugh. I hate restaurants that hold food hostage. Order/make enough to cover the day. If you can't, it's just poor planning to anyone who knows better. We are cooking food here, not selling a limited edition iPhone. read more

On unusual holidays such as an event in honor of civil liberty people like raw to basic high energy foods, honestly. More days to eat the food we always said we’d eat. read more

While there's some use for this traditional metric (50,000 foot view), trying to determine the productivity of a restaurant's staff solely on the basis of labor as a percent of sales is not effective for measuring productivity and efficiency at the level needed for effective change. read more

Today varying industry standards estimate labor costs between 30-35% of sales. With new overtime rulings in effect, this percentage will likely increase again. If restaurant managers and owners aren’t optimizing labor costs as a percentage of sales, they may quickly find themselves in the red. read more