How to read a restaurant P&L
Learn to read a restaurant profit and loss statement, translate percentage-point variances into dollars, and choose what to investigate first.
Free learning resources
Restaurant management training guides
Start with the numbers, investigate the cause, and turn the finding into a clear action. These guides are free to read without an account. Every worked example is fictional and designed for practice.
How to investigate high restaurant food cost
Work through a restaurant food-cost example and separate purchasing, inventory, waste, portioning and sales mix before building a corrective plan.
How to interpret restaurant labor cost percentage
Calculate restaurant labor cost percentage and distinguish sales changes, hours, wage rates and overtime with a worked management training example.
Put the calculation into practice
Follow the free P&L Fundamentals lesson, or explore ManagerIQ’s restaurant and foodservice operating cases.