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Thursday, May 1, 2008

The Food Service Professionals Guide to Food Service Menus: Pricing and Managing the Food Service Menu for Maximum Profit: 365 Secrets Revealed

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This new series of fifteen books - The Food Service Professional Guide TO Series from the editors of the Food Service Professional are the best and most comprehensive books for serious food service operators available today.

These step-by-step guides on a specific management subject range from finding a great site for your new restaurant to how to train your wait staff and literally everything in between. They are easy and fast -to-read, easy to understand and will take the mystery out of the subject. The information is "boiled down" to the essence. They are filled to the brim with up to date and pertinent information.

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The books cover all the bases, providing clear explanations and helpful, specific information. All titles in the series include the phone numbers and web sites of all companies discussed. What you won’t find are wordy explanations, tales of how someone did it better, or a scholarly lecture on the "theory". Think of them as "Cliff Notes TM" on the subject matter

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Food and Beverage Cost Control

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For foodservice managers to control costs effectively, they must have a firm grasp of accounting, marketing, and legal issues, as well as food and beverage sanitation, production, and service methods. This fully updated fourth edition of Food and Beverage Cost Control provides students and managers with a wealth of comprehensive resources and the specific tools they need to keep costs low and profit margins high.

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This new edition features the latest information on foodservice cost control in a global setting, addressing relevant cultural, legal, and technological questions. Highlights of this fourth edition include:

1. A new look at international foodservice cost control in the age of globalization, with a special emphasis on using advanced technologies internationally
2. New Leaders are Readers! features provide students with additional readings related to key topics and concepts for each chapter
3. New Technology Tools have been added throughout the book alongside relevant topics because technology affects practically every aspect of cost control today
4. Expanded and updated Test Your Skills questions help students to reinforce their understanding of the tools and concepts presented
5. Apply What You Have Learned exercises focus on practical applications of topics and concepts toreal-world industry scenarios
6. A bonus CD-ROM packed with exercises that utilize manager-developed Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets
7. A newly created Study Guide provides several additional resources to help students review the material and exercises to test their knowledge of key topics and concepts

Students in foodservice management courses will find that Food and Beverage Cost Control, Fourth Edition provides a modern and focused treatment of this vital subject. Working managers will appreciate this useful reference as a source of ready-to-use forms and formulas that can be easily applied to their operations.

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Provides a practical and applied approach to managing costs fOR foodservice managers and students

For foodservice managers to control costs effectively, they must have a firm grasp of accounting, marketing, and legal issues, as well as food and beverage sanitation, production, and service methods. This fully updated fourth edition of Food and Beverage Cost Control provides students and managers with a wealth of comprehensive resources and the specific tools they need to keep costs low and profit margins high.

This new edition features the latest information on foodservice cost control in a global setting, addressing relevant cultural, legal, and technological questions. Highlights of this fourth edition include:

a. A new look at international foodservice cost control in the age of globalization, with a special emphasis on using advanced technologies internationally
b. New Leaders are Readers! features provide students with additional readings related to key topics and concepts for each chapter
c. New Technology Tools have been added throughout the book alongside relevant topics because technology affects practically every aspect of cost control today
d. Expanded and updated Test Your Skills questions help students to reinforce their understanding of the tools and concepts presented
e. Apply What You Have Learned exercises focus on practical applications of topics and concepts toreal-world industry scenarios
f. A bonus CD-ROM packed with exercises that utilize manager-developed Microsoft® Excel spreadsheets
g. A newly created Study Guide provides several additional resources to help students review the material and exercises to test their knowledge of key topics and concepts

Students in foodservice management courses will find that Food and Beverage Cost Control, Fourth Edition provides a modern and focused treatment of this vital subject. Working managers will appreciate this useful reference as a source of ready-to-use forms and formulas that can be easily applied to their operations.

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