How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success

Re:How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry... by Simulacra on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:23PM (#36902826)

Perhaps it's just me, but I always think the longer the menu the more food gets wasted.

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Re:How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry... by LudwigNagasena on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:10AM (#36903034)

The bigger your throughput is the less food gets wasted because the variance of food needed for a day decreases. One restaurant with a big menu would be more efficient than two smaller restaurants with smaller menu.

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Re:How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry... by ahstilde on Friday July 28, 2023 @12:19AM (#36903076)

In an industry with famously low margins, wasting food is literally throwing away cash.

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Re:How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry... by shalmanese on Friday July 28, 2023 @04:57AM (#36904450)

The Cheesecake Factory has 2.5% food waste [0] compared to 4 - 10% in the rest of the industry [1].

[0] https://aviyer2010.com/2012/09/05/the-cheesecake-factory-and... [1] https://www.upkeep.com/learning/how-to-calculate-restaurant-...

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Re:How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry... by HWR_14 on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:12AM (#36906281)

This tends to be true. But not in this case.

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