Setting the Table by Danny Meyer paper

Managing for Profit
Chapter 13

David K. Hayes | Allisha A. Miller | Jack D. Ninemeier

The Professional
Restaurant Manager

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The Professional Restaurant Manager, 1e
David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier

The Budget Process

• Requires managers to consider future
external events and their financial
impacts.

• Challenges managers to recognize the
importance of sales when projecting
expenses and allows them to carefully
prioritize competing sales demands.

A well prepared operating budget is critical
because it:

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The Budget Process

• Creates a standard (benchmark) against
which to compare actual versus budgeted
performance.

• Helps managers establish an appropriate
menu pricing structure.

• Communicates a realistic estimate of
future financial results to owners so they
can evaluate the restaurant as an
investment.

A well prepared operating budget is critical
because it:

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The Budget Process

Importance of Budgeting Sales

Budgeted
sales

Budgeted
expense

Budgeted
profit

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The Budget Process

Budgeting Sales

Step 5
Estimate impact of price changes on revenue

Step 4
Estimate long-term effect of menu changes on revenue

Step 3
Evaluate changes in external environment

Step 2
Evaluate changes in internal environment

Step 1
Review revenue data from previous years

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The Budget Process

Monitoring the Budget

Variance is the difference between actual and
planned results.

Actual
$

expense

Budgeted
$

expense
$

Variance

Actual
expense

Budgeted
expense

Variance
%

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The Budget Process

Monitoring the Budget

Step 4:
Take corrective action, if appropriate

Step 3:
Determine cause(s) of the variance

Step 2:
Identify areas of significant variance

Step 1:
Compare actual results from income statement to the budget

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David K. Hayes, Allisha A. Miller, and Jack D. Ninemeier

The Budget Process

Monitoring the Budget

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The Budget Process

Return on Investment (ROI)

$100,000 $1,000,000 10% ROI

$100,000 $2,000,000 5% ROI

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The Budget Process

Considerations for revising the budget

1
• The opening or closing of a competitor.

2

• Opening, by the same or different ownership, of
an identical restaurant in the property’s market
area.

3
• A significant and long-term change in major

menu ingredient prices.

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The Budget Process

Considerations for revising the budget

4

• Significant and unanticipated increases in
fixed expenses, such as insurance or taxes.

5

• Unplanned road construction that
significantly affects consumers’ abilities to
reach the restaurant.

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The Budget Process

Considerations for revising the budget

6

• Natural disasters (floods/hurricanes) that
significantly affect forecasted sales.

7
• Significant changes in operating hours.

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The Budget Process

Considerations for revising the budget

8
• Permanent changes in service style that

appreciably affect labor costs.

9
• Changes in financial statement formats and/or

bases for allocation of financial resources.

10
• The loss of especially skilled or talented

employees.

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The Corrective Action Process

Model for Corrective Action

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The Corrective Action Process

Decision Making Process
The Decision Making (Problem Solving) Process
• Step 1:

• Define the Problem
• Step 2:

• Generate Solution Alternatives
• Step 3:

• Evaluate Solution Alternatives
• Step 4:

• Select the “Best” Solution Alternative
• Step 5:

• Implement the Best Solution Alternative
• Step 6:

• Evaluate the Effectiveness of the Solution

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The Corrective Action Process

Tactics to Implement Change

Continuous quality improvement (CQI)
Ongoing efforts within the restaurant to better meet
or exceed guests’ expectations and to define ways
to perform work with better, less-costly and faster

methods.

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The Balance Sheet:
Summary of Financial Status

The balance sheet provides a summary of financial
sustainability.

It also indicates the amount of retained earnings:
the amount of profits made that have not been
withdrawn from the business.

Assets Liabilities Owner’s Equity

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The Balance Sheet:
Summary of Financial Status

• Current assets

• Property and
equipment

• Other assets

Three types
of assets:

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The Balance Sheet:
Summary of Financial Status

Current Ratio

Measures the ability of a restaurant to meet its
short-term debt.

Current
assets

Current
liabilities

Current
ratio

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The Balance Sheet:
Summary of Financial Status

Solvency Ratio
Shows the relationship of a restaurant’s assets to

its liabilities

Total
assets

Total
liabilities

Solvency
ratio

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