BEST PRACTICES SCORECARD
Operations
Hiring & selection guidelines
Job descriptions
Training manuals/program
Employee policy handbook
Manager's log book
Opening & closing check lists -- all positions
Labor forecasting & scheduling system
Standardized recipe book
Standardized prep list with pars
Routine kitchen line checks
Customer service guidelines
Supply Ordering and receiving system
Marketing & Menu
2-4% of sales budgeted for marketing & promotion
Annual/monthly marketing plan
System for tracking ROI on promotions and discounts
Reviews menu engineering at least twice per year
Maintains a customer database
Has consistent branding
Utilizes at least two direct marketing practices
Policy for handling donation requests
Participates/sponsors at least one community event per year
Incorporates 4-wall marketing
Has a minimum of 4-6 marketing promotions a year
Has an established system for promoting public relations
Financial Controls
Daily sales report
Maintains sound checkout and cash controls
Documented cash auditing procedures
Daily cash reconciliation
Daily key item inventory on 10-15 products
Tracks all discounts and voids
Daily recording of purchases
Daily labor cost vs. forecast
Knows the optimum sales/customers per labor hour
Uses an Industry Standard Chart of Accounts
Menu and recipe cost calculations
Periodically compares ideal cost to actual
Computes prime cost weekly
Knows weekly and monthly break-even sales points
100% of sales reported
Physical inventory taken weekly
Profit & loss statement within 7 days of month (period) end