Menu Categories
Types of Menus
Creating a Menu
Vocabulary
Restaurants and Their Menus
100

What are the two axis' on the menu category graph measuring?

Popularity and Profitability

100

This menu offers the same items every day

Fixed

100

True or False: The layout of your kitchen is important when creating a menu

True

100

The money left over after paying for ingredients, bills, other costs, and your staff is 

Profit

100

Crumbl Cookie has this type of menu

Cyclical

200

This menu category is for menu items that are popular and profitable. 

Star

200

A menu where each item is priced separately 

A la carte

200

True or False: Any employee is able to execute any menu. Skill set does not matter

False

200

The goal you are aiming for when creating a menu is the 

Target Margin

200

Raising Canes has this type of menu

Limited

300

This menu category is for menu items that are not popular and not profitable. 

Dog

300

Items that are available on a particular day

Du Jour

300

True or False: Availability of ingredients is not important when creating a menu

False

300

The analysis of popularity and profitability of menu items is 

Sales Mix Analysis

300

Starbucks and Dunkin's seasonal menu is this type of menu

Limited Time Offer

400

A menu item that is not popular but makes a lot of money is a 

Puzzle

400

This menu offers multiple courses for one set price

Prix Fixe

400

Which restaurant would do better? A chicken and french fry restaurant in Dover or a frozen yogurt shop in Milford?

Frozen Yogurt in Milford

400

Breaking down a menus components to show profitability, popularity, contribution margin, and category is 

Menu Engineering

400

A place where I can order breakfast items at 8pm and a steak dinner at 9am has this type of menu

California

500

An appetizer that is ordered by almost every guest but does not make the restaurant a lot of money is a

Plow Horse

500

When various items are packaged together, that is an example of a 

Table d'Hote menu

500

The number of times an item is sold in a certain period of time is 

Sales Volume

500

A restaurant where you can only get tacos on Tuesday, burgers on Friday, wings on Wednesday, etc. has this type of menu

Du Jour

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