Organizing the profit and loss statement
G&A, or general and administrative expenses, vary by concept—and accountant. What is typically included in G&A? Should it be added to the P&L if expenses are covered in other categories? Advice Guy shows how to organize your P&L statement.
Top 100 Independents in Las Vegas
New York City may be home to the most independent restaurants in the Top 100, but Las Vegas is a close second. While that other big gambling town, Atlantic City, struggles, Las Vegas is thriving thanks to a stable tourist base of 3.5 million visitors a month.
No longer are restaurant mission statements all about the menu. Today, they’re more likely to focus on the overall experience an operation is hoping to provide, conveyed in a short, compact statement rather than a lengthy, clunky paragraph. Experts say the modern mission statement should be just broad enough to allow for expansion and fundamental changes to a concept without any growth-hindering contradictions.