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Guide

Practical Guides to Hospitality Stock Control and Profit

Each guide brings together everything I’ve written on one subject – the key answers on one page, with links to the full posts.

GUIDE - 7 PARTS

Cellar Management

Where draught profit is made and lost.

Cask and keg sizes, range and freshness, cellar setup, the nine system problems, the drip tray and what yield to expect.

GUIDE - 8 PARTS

Deliveries, Ordering & Stockholding

Controlling stock from the door to the shelf.

Checking deliveries, drivers and pressure, ordering properly, par levels and days of stock.

GUIDE - 8 PARTS

Costing & Menu Engineering

Pricing a menu that actually makes money.

Taking the VAT out, costing at cooked weight, pricing for your GP, cash vs percentage, and the four menu groups.

GUIDE - 8 PARTS

Waste & Wastage

Making the wastage sheet earn its place.

What waste costs, recording it properly, reading it daily, and preventing it at the prep stage.

GUIDE - 7 PARTS

Understanding Your Stock Report

What the numbers mean, and when a variance is a problem.

How the result is worked out, what normal looks like for each product, and where a repeating variance comes from.

FREE TOOLS

Put numbers on what the guides describe.

WRITTEN BY

David Holden – stock auditing since 1992, at Allied Domecq, Hilton, Marco Pierre White and RedCat Hospitality Ltd.

Something not adding up?

Tell me what you’re seeing. I’ll come back to you with an honest view,

and if there’s nothing there, I’ll say so.

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