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Cash flow and daily control

50 Essential Restaurant Formulas — by PlatePlatform


10 formulas for cash flow and daily control

  1. Break-even sales = fixed costs / contribution margin %.
  2. Daily operating cash = cash collected - daily outflows.
  3. Cash gap = projected cash - minimum required cash.
  4. Delivery commission = delivery sales x commission %.
  5. Delivery margin = delivery sale - variable cost - commission.
  6. Cash runway days = available cash / average daily outflows.
  7. Discount ratio = discounts / gross sales x 100.
  8. Void rate = voided checks / issued checks x 100.
  9. Cash variance = theoretical cash - actual cash.
  10. Weekly liquidity = expected inflows / expected outflows.

A healthy operator dashboard shows sales, average check, shift labor, waste, delivery net, and cash every day.