Restaurants and food service
The yearly P&L of a casual restaurant in Dubai
The prompt
An illustrative casual dining restaurant in Dubai has 80 seats. It turns each seat 1.5 times at lunch and 2 times at dinner. The average guest spends AED 120 and the restaurant opens 360 days a year. Food and drink cost 30 percent of sales, labour 28 percent, rent is AED 1.2 million a year, and other costs are AED 1.5 million. What are its sales and profit?
Before you reveal anything, plan your own structure and first move on paper. Then reveal one part at a time and compare.