As a staff writer for Forbes Advisor, SMB, Kristy helps small business owners find the tools they need to keep their businesses running. She uses the experience of managing her own writing and editing ...

The rising labor costs, tighter margins and an increase in modern dining demands push restaurant owners to make restau ...

Managing a restaurant offers numerous challenges. One of the most important is how to keep track of the restaurant's inventory. Experienced managers have learned that it is important to have as many ...

Find the 6 best free inventory management software for small businesses in 2026. We review top tools like Odoo, Zoho, and ...

When you don't have a good inventory report for your restaurant, you can't really know about the establishment's profitability. A profitable restaurant's food cost should be 28 to 35 percent of ...

How important is taking inventory? Well, you allocate between 25 to 35 percent of your operating budget to purchasing food, so proper inventory management can stretch a significant portion of your ...

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Restaurant inventory mistakes are, more often than not, inevitable. Sure, good managers understand the importance of controlling food and waste costs, but with the volume of operational issues they ...

There are a few management essentials every restaurateur needs to know to run a successful business. Tracking your exact food and beverage costs, actual usage and sales—and analyzing the differences ...

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Financial-Information-Technologies, LLC (“Fintech”), the leading B2B solutions provider for the beverage alcohol industry, has partnered with Sculpture Hospitality, the ...

The coffee giant is ending its computer vision inventory counting system — which employees called “unreliable” — in favor of ...