Mon, 30 June 2008 Training consultant, author and Nation's Restaurant News columnist Jim Sullivan says the foodservice industry is getting to be "tough as a woodpecker's lips." That makes it the perfect time to remember that while building sales is the No. 1 way to reduce costs, as a percentage of sales, operators should not forget the value of effective strategies for reducing actual costs. He offers up here some fiscal fundamentals to review and execute with your team in good times and bad. |
Training consultant, author and Nation's Restaurant News columnist Jim Sullivan says the foodservice industry is getting to be "tough as a woodpecker's lips." That makes it the perfect time to remember that while building sales is the No. 1 way to reduce costs, as a percentage of sales, operators should not forget the value of effective strategies for reducing actual costs. He offers up here some fiscal fundamentals to review and execute with your team in good times and bad.