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How Your Restaurant Menu Affects Order Wait Times
In this episode of Restaurant Business with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the hidden link between menu design and kitchen throughput. They explore how a single menu change at a 12-unit Italian chain — swapping a three-cheese baked pasta for a simpler dish — shaved 90 seconds off average ticket times without hurting sales. The hosts break down the concept of weighted average cook time, why items with long prep times and low margins are profit killers, and how operators can use menu engineering software to identify bottlenecks. They also discuss real-world examples like how a popular brunch…
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