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nventory, especially in a pizzeria,
is a very daunting proposition. The
reason to take on such an arduous
task is to pursue a healthier restaurant
with a more considerable profit
margin. Theoretically, classic inventory
should do that, but not in all cases. So
first and foremost, let's identify why you
would want even to do inventory.
The Roller Coaster
The roller coaster effect is when you
buy so much product one week that you
don't need to buy that much the following
week. So if you're going purely
off how much you purchased versus
how much you've sold, you could have a
misnomer of what your actual food cost
is. There are many other ways to fight
the roller coaster effect without doing
classic inventory. If you know how
much a food item should cost versus
how much you're selling it for, and you
know the cost of goods sold versus
what actually occurs, then you have a
solid footing. From there, you can seek
to find out your variance. Any store that
does not have a day-to-day awareness
of the variance will end up with a roller
coaster to some degree. But if recipes
are followed to a very specific level, that
will be avoided.
Theft
People steal product. If you can
identify how much you have on-site
versus how much you sold, you'll have
a variance report that will detail any
waste or theft. People don't steal flour
as they steal cans of beer or bottles of
wine. If you are wildly off on your
tomato count, that's a matter of waste
and portion control. Another reason to
have inventory is to gauge how much
you should be purchasing and for general
pricing follow-through to keep up
on increases.
How to do It
So how to pull off inventory in a
pizzeria. Classically, you would gauge
how much product it takes to make any
individual item on a recipe level. And
then build it out on a more significant
level and gauge how much you
sold. You count all the items on-site, a
Sunday night I find works best, then
add all the things purchased during the
week and compare to what is sold and
what is still on-site as inventory. Then
compare what should be on-site vs.
what is to get your variance. This process
is straightforward when you have
a hundred burger buns and a hundred
burger patties, and you sell 68 burgers
to know that you should have 32 burger
patties and burger buns left. If you have
30 patties left, you know two went
missing via theft, comp, void or waste.
This process is not as simple for an item
like flour, which is also the product
used to make the pizza and possibly
used to push out the pizza. Pizzeria
flour might also be cross utilized to
make knots or, when blown out, thrown
back into the next batch of dough. All
these instances run rough-shot on an
accurate inventory. That's not to say it's
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pizza Today - May 2022
Commentary
Digital
Conversation
Mike's Monthly Tip
Man on the Street
Building Blocks
Tony's Trending Recipe
Knead to Know
Destinations
Kitchen Equipment
A Delivery Kitchen
Inventory Management
Kitchen Tech
Kitchen Tech
Garlic Love
Trending Avocado
Pizza Expo Wrap Up
On the Road: Slim & Husky's
Product Showcase
Pizza Today Yellow Pages
The Marketplace
Expo Spotlight
Mike's Monthly Tip
Pizza Today - May 2022 - CT1
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Cover1
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Commentary
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Digital
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Mike's Monthly Tip
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Man on the Street
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Building Blocks
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Tony's Trending Recipe
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Knead to Know
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Kitchen Equipment
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Pizza Today - May 2022 - Trending Avocado
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