How does the restaurant metrics work?

Restaurant metrics are numbers used to indicate your restaurant's performance. These restaurant metrics are taken from the POS system. Your sales and day-to-day activities will illustrate what needs improvement. They also highlight what has worked and what has not.

Many restaurants are often operated on instinct. However, without certain restaurant metrics, a business is unaware of where profits are being earned.

These are important key restaurant metrics:

• Total sales and revenue
• Food cost percentage
• Average check
• Table turnover
• Labor percentage

Each of these metrics provides you with a different insight into your business. If you're enjoying good sales, this doesn't mean your profit will be good if your food cost is high as well.

The metrics also allow you to remain in control of your business. Metrics help with day-to-day tracking of performance. They allow you to identify trends at an early stage. Low table turnover suggests that staffing needs to be improved. Low average check sizes can mean that up-selling needs to be targeted.