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Old 11-20-2009, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by 450slcguy View Post
How about the owners just pay their employees a decent wage and let the customers decide about leaving a tip for good service. Far too long have these bars/rest. been screwing their wait staff.
Economics of a restaurant go roughly like this

1/3 Food cost
1/3 Labor cost
1/3 Other

A busy upscale restaurant with 140 seats might do $1M a year. It costs like $2k/yr in energy costs just to run a broiler. The energy costs alone for a standalone restaurant can easily run $100k/yr.
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