Food Commodity Prices and Food Cost

           Food commodity prices are looking pretty good right now so if a restaurant operator is having food cost issues there must be other causes including but not limited to :

-  Menu pricing
-  Menu organization
-  Internal theft
-  Portion control
-  Purchasing
-  Marketing and Advertising ( are you focusing attention on the right menu items ? )

      Food Cost plus Labor Cost equals Prime Cost and Prime Cost should be the cost summary item on a restaurant P&L that should be monitored frequently .