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Restaurant Prime Cost Toolkit

Get prime cost under 60% and keep it there

A weekly tracker, a vendor-negotiation playbook, and a labor scheduling template — built around the single metric (prime cost) that determines whether a restaurant survives its second year.

What's inside

Inside:\n• Weekly prime-cost tracker (Excel + Sheets)\n• 7 vendor-renegotiation scripts (proteins, dairy, paper, alcohol)\n• Labor schedule template with three-shift forecasting\n• The 12 line items most operators don't include in prime cost (and should)

Format — PDF + spreadsheet templates where applicable. Delivered immediately after payment via Stripe.