The Four Cards

Every band, formula, and threshold from The New Restaurant Manager's First 90 Days, on four printable sheets. No signup.

These are the four reference cards from Appendix A of the book, formatted for a single sheet of paper. Print them at 100 percent, one card per page, and put them where you will actually see them: the inside of an office door, the back of a clipboard, the wall above the schedule.

Letter is the default. A4 is there if you are outside North America. Both print at 100 percent, so do not let your printer scale to fit.

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Card 1: The benchmark bands

What good looks like. Prime cost, food cost, pour cost, labor, and the rest, with the range each one should sit in.

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Card 2: The formulas

Fourteen calculations written out, each with what it is for and what basis it runs on.

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Card 3: The thresholds

Twenty-five decision rules, each with the number that fires it and what to do when it does.

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Card 4: The segment swaps

What changes when the operation is a private club, a hotel outlet, a bar program, or multi-outlet.

What the cards are for

A plan the first time through, a reference every time after. Card 1 tells you whether a number is healthy. Card 2 tells you how to compute it. Card 3 tells you what to do when it moves. Card 4 tells you what changes if you are not in a restaurant.

Every number on these cards is taught in the book, with the reasoning and a worked example behind it.

About the book

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What it is

A day by day plan for the first ninety days in a new management job, across four phases: observe, win early, install systems, own the numbers.

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Who it is for

The manager taking the job for the first time, and the cook, server, or supervisor who means to.

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What is inside

Twenty chapters, twenty-eight figures, five appendices, and a threshold at the end of every chapter you can act on rather than interpret.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need the book to use these cards?

No. They are complete on their own. The book explains where each number came from and what to do when one moves.

Why are there two sizes?

Letter for North America, A4 for the rest of the world. Both print at 100 percent, so do not let your printer scale to fit.

Can I put these up at work?

Yes. That is what they are for.

Are these the same cards that are in the book?

Yes, the same content, laid out for a full sheet instead of a book page.

Get the complete guide, reasoning, and worked examples for every benchmark and formula in the book.

The New Restaurant Manager's First 90 Days

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