Food and beverage GP should be watched separately. A blended margin can look stable while food and beverage GP are moving in opposite directions.
Food and beverage GP is sales less the cost of those sales. Mix, wastage, discounts, comps and supplier prices all move food and beverage GP for different reasons. If the till and the purchase ledger are not coded, food and beverage GP becomes a guess.
What to monitor
Period versus prior period, and versus budget where you have one. A single week of food and beverage GP is rarely a strategy; three periods of movement usually is. Delivery commissions belong in the picture so food and beverage GP is not blamed for platform fees.
Management accounts at Aurex put food and beverage GP on the pack. Book a consultation.
