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Hello all!

I know I"ve been gone for a while, blame it on vacation, business, whatever...no excuse. I actually did have an issue with my hosting space (currently on my .mac account) but I believe it's straightened out now...

Anyhoo, funny story the other day.. I'm at our bar, watching two ladies pick up a couple of TOGO orders from our bartender. As they paid the bartender and she turned around, her back was to them obviously. One of the ladies (in her 50's my guess) grabbed an orange from our fruit bowl, and plopped it in her bag containing the food she PAID for. Interesting you say? No big deal, you say? BS IN MY OPINION! Now, I'm not saying this is because of race, gender or any other factor, other than the pervasive opinion that it didn't really matter. I'm assuming of course, as I didn't bust them, but I'm sure if I did, they would brush it off that it's no big deal, it's only an orange after all..

My point of the post today is to educate you on a small, but important aspect of the restaurant biz...the profitability of a restaurant and what goes into that number...

Am I stretching, an orange can get into this whole discussion? Yes, restaurants operate on VERY SMALL MARGINS! The costs that can hit the bottom line can come from many areas, and be surprising as to the importance. Typically, restaurants operate on a 5% margin, not too fat, hmm? Will the lost orange cause a restaurant to go under? of course not, BUT the pervasive opinion that little things don't matter, can cause it! Think of how many repetitive actions happen in a restaurant...a drink is served on top of a beverage napkin...what if the server uses two instead of one? Double the usage.. The extra 2-3 pieces of asparagus on a plate X 300 plates a day = 2 extra cases of asparagus daily X 7 days...you get the point, right?!

We'll talk about this more, let's call this an intro, and I'll be back with part II in a day or two...

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