How Does Your Restaurant Stack up to the National Average?

• Salaries and wages account for 28% to 30% of expenses in full-service and limited-service restaurants
  
• Median sales at full-service restaurants with check of less than $15 were $8,480 per seat
  
• The average daily seat turnover for full-service restaurants with average checks of $15-$25 was 1.2
  
• Median total sales per square foot for full-service restaurants with average checks of $25 or more were $300 per square foot
  
• Limited-service (quick service and quick/fast casual) restaurants average daily turnover is 4.1

Thought for the Day

"There is only one thing about which I am certain, and that is that there is very little about which one can be certain."
     - Somerset Maugham, 1965

Christopher J Tallino, President

After graduating from Johnson and Wales University, with degrees in both Hotel and Restaurant Management and Culinary Arts, Christopher joined Houlihan's Restaurant Group. For 14 years Christopher was Executive General Manager for several locations in the greater Philadelphia area. In 2002 Christopher joined the HRI Services team. Christopher opened the Philadelphia office and in 2004 joined the Boston office. Christopher brings a great deal of experience in restaurant business management and in the field of culinary arts.