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‘Secrets of a Tastemaker’ – Delicious Recipes and Memories of Popeye’s Founder

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" Sharing over 100 recipes and behind-the-scenes-stories about larger-than-life Al Copeland, founder of Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken and Copeland's Restaurants of New Orleans. to come up with the perfect recipe. " The book is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. .

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Recipe for Success – How Technology Is Revolutionizing the Restaurant Industry

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This is thanks to the software’s ability to analyse every individual’s purchase history and then promote specific meals and drinks to meet the preference of each customer.

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From Recipe to Retail: Steps to Create a Sellable Product

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Not so “known fact”; there is a big difference between a “culinary recipe” used in a restaurant kitchen and the one that is handed to a manufacturer for bottling. You will need to pay a consultant (rates range from $200 an hour and up) and for initial recipe development and having samples made.

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Food Costing Tips for Delivery

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Next, create a standard deliver recipe. Here’s a signature menu item, pulled pork sandwich (to stay): This sandwich includes three sub-recipes (in blue), which all contain other recipes, plus a purchased bun. Simply link to the original sandwich, plus the delivery kit recipe. Food cost is $2.69.

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Menu Engineering: Focus on Profitability

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However, effective menu engineering requires an honest look at your menu, your purchasing patterns and your data. When is the last time you costed out your recipes? To do this, ask yourself honestly: When is the last time you costed out your recipes?

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What Can I Do to Reduce My Restaurant Supply and Labor Costs?

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And don’t even get me started on the purchasing data your restaurant is producing all day every day. It can take hours to manually figure out things like recipe costs, ingredient prices and inventory counts. Leverage Purchasing Data. Are you doing anything with that data? Like Sherlock Holmes once said “Data!

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How Can I Streamline Inventory Management?

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Chefs spend countless hours counting inventory, purchasing new ingredients, and tracking down more cost-effective substitutions for products that are either cancelled or out of stock. Recipe Costing. Inventory-management technology enables chefs to build recipes directly into the software and calculate accurate costs for each plate.