Culinary
What Is Food Cost Variance & Why Does It Matter?
Learn more about food cost variance and how to consistently monitor it. See how to use invoice processing tools to automatically push product price updates through to recipes costs, COGS, and more.
The Benefits of Recipe Management Software
Recipe management software is a must-have to gain quick and easy insight into plate costs. Read on to see how it can benefit your restaurant.
[Webinar] From Invoice to Insights: Use invoice details to make better decisions
Restaurant invoices are all too often viewed as a necessary annoyance for back offices. The truth is that humble yet mighty invoice contains dependable information—a rarity in this industry. Our webinar explores critical invoice insights & the systems to unlock them.
How to Calculate Plate Cost for Your Restaurant’s Recipes
Calculating plate cost is one of the most important practices that any restaurant manager or owner can undertake. Precise plate costs help you make better decisions for menu pricing, COGS, budgeting, & more!
Forget About Your Food Inventory Turnover Formula
You have much more important and efficient inventory metrics to worry about than your turnover ratio. These are those metrics.
Baking Third-Party Delivery Fees into Recipe Costs
You must implement a system to monitor delivery costs for individual dishes so that you can manage your profitability across these services.
Cambridge School of Culinary Arts Unlocks Payroll, Efficiencies, & Insights
The Cambridge School of Culinary Arts came to xtraCHEF on the tail end of the pandemic with a desire to do more with less. After only a month, xtraCHEF delivered on that desire and then some.
[eBook] AP Automation Tools for Restaurant Accountants
Restaurant AP automation is a game-changer for accountants with restaurant clients — and the benefits are more important than ever for optimize restaurant operations and finances. Learn why!
[Webinar] Restaurant Revival Pricing Strategies & Promotions
Pricing strategies and promotions unlock newfound growth for your restaurant, but you have to understand the numbers that make it work. Our new webinar dives into the numbers behind our favorite discount ideas.
[eBook] Restaurant Week Ideas to Go from Surviving to Thriving
Restaurant Week always presents logistical and operational challenges, but those that get it right can catapult their restaurant to sustained growth.
[eBook] 13 Ways to Optimize Food Cost Control Across Your Restaurant
It’s time to stop fighting with food costs and make them work for you. Here are 13 ways you can implement cost control across your operation to maximize profits.
Fixing 5 Common Food Cost Management Fails
We’re delighted to see so many restaurants opening back up and starting to do sustainable numbers again. While it seems like the worst has passed from the pandemic, many things are not what they once were...especially food costs.
