There’s nothing like a packed restaurant. Imagine the line is out the door, tickets are flying, sales are strong.

When something breaks in your restaurant, (e.g. slow service, rising labor costs, inventory issues, etc.) the first instinct is

Restaurant managers are some of the busiest people in the business. They juggle scheduling requests, inventory counts, staffing issues,

Most restaurant owners don’t lose money in dramatic ways.  There’s no single catastrophic event, no obvious collapse. Instead, profit