Controlling Food Costs in Receiving, Storing, & Issuing
Controlled access to storeroom areas and keeping high-value items in locked areas are examples of
What is good inventory security?
Lasagna accounts for 12% of dinner sales. How many portions are forecast to be sold if 500 people are expected for dinner?
What is 60?
Ladles, a 6-oz ramekin, and a scale that weighs 1 oz to 32 oz in 1/2 oz increments are examples of
What are portion-control devices?
What schedule acts as a template for listing the number of people needed in each position to run an operation?
What is Master?
A proper revenue collection system involves charging the guest, collecting revenue , and
What is protecting the operation's cash assets?
A manager taking an actual count of ingredients on hand for the purpose of calculating food costs is conducting which type of inventory?
What is physical?
The manager discovers that the brown gravy tastes very sweet during the daily taste test and does not meet the restaurant's standard. Upon investigation, it looks as if the staff accidentally used sugar instead of salt in the recipe. The gravy should be
What is discarded?
The scoop size used to serve a 1/2 cup of pudding would be number
What is #8?
Projected weekly payroll dollars available are $10,000, Fixed payroll - $3,400, server payroll - $600. The average hourly cost of cahiers, hosts, bussers, and kitchen staff is $10.00/hour. Calculate the number of hours available to schedule.
What is 600 hours?
Funds from guest credit card payments are sent to which type of account?
What is merchant?
Checking the delivery quantity against both the invoice and the purchase order is an example of a
What is a good receiving procedure?
Based on sales history and the weather, management expects to serve 200 meals at lunch. The lunch menu is expected to sell in these proportions: Chicken Salad 20%, Rasp Walnut Chicken 25%, Chicken & Dumplings 30%, Meatloaf 15%, Turkey Sandwich 10%. How many portions of Meatloaf should be prepared to sell?
What is 30?
A common tool used for portion control of cottage cheese and ice cream is a
What is scoop?
If the forecasted $ available for labor = $18,000, benefit costs = $3,600, manager salaries = $4,500, what is the amount available for variable-cost employees?
What is $9,900?
When do customers using an open tab pay for their drinks?
What is after ordering and consuming drinks?
The recipe for honey French dressing calls for 1 qt of honey. Using a recipe conversion factor of 0.5, how many cups of honey are needed?
What is 2?
Consider the following historical info related to sales: Grilled fish - 26%, BBQ ribs - 22%, Veef Stroganoff - 20%, Steak - 14%. How many portions of grilled fish are expected to be sold if 425 covers are anticipated?
What is 111?
A product-usage report is used to track
What is high-cost items?
When reviewing the weekly waste report, the manager notices that many food items were discarded bc they were burnt, not rotated properly, made incorrectly, or left out of the cooler too long before serving. Which corrective action should the manager take?
What is increase training?
The amount of money a business owes to suppliers of goods, products, and services is called
What is accounts payable?
Slack-out seafood is considered fraud because it is seafood that
What is was frozen but has been thawed in order to appear fresh?
The manager determines that the Sept. opening inventory was $5,000, the closing inventory was $7,000, and the cost of food sold was $24,000. The inventory turnover rate for Sept. was
What is 4?
The standard portion size of sliced pork loin is 8 oz, and the current EP cost is $0.30 / oz. If the staff slices 10 oz portions and the restaurant sells 50 orders during the week, by how much did the food cost exceed the standard?
What is $ 30.00?
The "covers per server" per hour standard is 25. The manager projects total covers of 305 for the 3-hour lunch period. How many servers should be scheduled?
What is 4?
Servers processing payments by credit card should compare the signatures on the card and the receipt, verify the card's expiration date, and
What in input the CVV number?