Here are 5 practical tips that can help guide your restaurant through uncertain times:

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Three restaurateurs sit together in the kitchen to plan
Whether you're opening a new restaurant or have been running one for years, a major challenge is maintaining profitability during times of uncertainty. Difficult conditions require intuition and innovation to stay in business.


1. Fewer dishes on the menu
With a manageable jordan phone data menu, you not only reduce the complexity of the workflow, you can also offer more fresh products. Perhaps you can also develop new dishes with your supplier or producer of individual goods.


Find out how to write an optimized menu in our blog article with 12 tips .

An example: Dominik Klier and Theo Lindinger offer exciting potato-based dishes from their small kitchen at their potato stand "Caspar Plautz" at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich . The combination of good potatoes with fresh products from the market and the use of unusual spices make the dishes so excitingly different. This is what Theo has learned since opening the stand: "The potato is something simple and yet it also has something emotional about it because many people associate it with memories from their childhood."



2. Focus on high-margin dishes
If you have based the prices of your dishes on those of your competitors in the past, you can use the opportunity to recalculate. It is also worth evaluating your restaurant's cash register system . Check which dishes were the most popular and use your calculations to see which dishes had the highest contribution margin. Adjust your menu: Position menu items with a good contribution margin and lower sales performance on the front page or on a recommendation page.


You can find out more about calculation in our blog posts about correct calculation in the catering industry , calculating buffet costs and in our guide to calculating drink