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Portion Food Appropriately

Consider leaving prices the same but
Food waste can eat up your bottom
cut back some on the portion size to
line quickly. Your goal is to serve just
help manage food costs.
the right amount of food – you don’t
want to over or under fill plates.

It also pays to work with your cooks to
make sure they measure everything
How do you gauge this? Watch the
correctly. Hold them accountable for
plates as they come back to the
measuring portions evenly.
kitchen. Is there a lot left on the plate,
or are you going through take-out

containers quickly? If so, you are

most likely over-portioning your
meals.

Always work to make you are not over-
portioning and refine your ingredients'

list so you aren’t overfilling plates and

losing money.

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