You have a business partner who takes 30 percent of every sale, never washes a dish, and owns your customer list. It's the delivery app on your phone right now. In this episode: the real math on a single delivery order, and three moves that put the margin and the customer back in your hands.

What you'll learn:

• The real math on one delivery order: commission, packaging, remakes
• Why a dish priced for 30 percent food cost can lose money on the apps
• Why you should price delivery 15 to 20 percent above dine-in (everyone does, and the apps allow it)
• The flyer-in-the-bag move that turns app customers into customers you own

What did you pay for chicken last week? Not roughly. Exactly. If you don't know, your supplier does, and the number has been creeping up while you weren't looking. In this episode: how quiet price creep eats a year of profit, and the 15-minute-a-week habit that stops it.

What you'll learn:

• Why nobody calls you when your case price goes up, and what that costs across 200 items and 52 weeks
• Why the price sheet is a starting offer, not a fixed price
• The 10-item price sheet that takes 15 minutes a week
• The twice-a-year second-supplier quote that keeps everyone honest without switching

Chapters:
0:00 What did you pay for chicken?
0:10 Straight talk: the quiet creep
1:30 The Fix: the 10-item sheet
2:20 Your assignment

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Silver Spoon Daily is two minutes of straight talk for restaurant owners, every day. I'm Al Kanbar, restaurant coach and consultant.
Questions or want to work together: al@silverspoonmia.com

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If you built this week’s schedule by copying last week and moving a couple names around, your labor cost isn’t a number. It’s a vibe. In this episode: why the schedule is the second biggest financial decision you make every week, and the forecast-first method that puts you back in control of it.