Practical thinking for better food operations.https://souschef.io/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/food-company-p-and-l-in-5-easy-steps/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/food-company-p-and-l-in-5-easy-steps/A simple framework for forecasting product mix, sales volume, distribution, overhead, and profit in a new food business.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT2ForksCateringP&LProfit and Losshttps://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/forget-the-business-plan-use-the-faster-and-more-flexible-business-canvas/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/forget-the-business-plan-use-the-faster-and-more-flexible-business-canvas/A one-page business canvas can surface the customers, value, activities, resources, partners, revenue, and costs that matter most.Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT2ForksCateringBusiness planBusiness modelBusiness canvashttps://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/9-simple-steps-to-create-your-menu/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/9-simple-steps-to-create-your-menu/A straightforward guide to choosing, pricing, organizing, and presenting a menu for a new or evolving food business.Wed, 08 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT2ForksCateringMenu developmenthttps://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/simple-guide-starting-a-food-business/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/simple-guide-starting-a-food-business/Four practical areas to focus on when testing and building a food business: customers, costs, resilience, and a lightweight operating model.Thu, 25 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT2ForksCateringRecipesIngredientshttps://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/rapid-dish-development-the-7-steps-to-quickly-develop-a-new-menus/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/rapid-dish-development-the-7-steps-to-quickly-develop-a-new-menus/A structured process helped 2Forks move from developing one or two dishes a week to testing 10–20 while keeping cost and production constraints visible.Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTMenu developmenthttps://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/organizing-the-chaos-how-we-reduced-our-planning-time-by-80/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/organizing-the-chaos-how-we-reduced-our-planning-time-by-80/We turned a painful weekly planning meeting into an automated operational plan, leaving the team to focus on the exceptions that needed judgment.Tue, 23 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTPlanningSous Chefhttps://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/the-biggest-time-saver-for-our-kitchen-automated-shopping-lists/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/the-biggest-time-saver-for-our-kitchen-automated-shopping-lists/How a connected recipe and order system replaced hours of daily calculations and helped 2Forks reduce food waste.Thu, 18 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMTShopping listsHow we did ithttps://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/the-ultimate-recipe-manager-ingredients-labor-and-margins/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/the-ultimate-recipe-manager-ingredients-labor-and-margins/How 2Forks connected ingredients, prices, yields, labor, and recipes to understand the true cost of every dish.Tue, 16 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT2ForksCateringRecipesIngredientsHow we did ithttps://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/1-tool-to-organize-corporate-catering-orders/https://souschef.io/sous-chef-catering-blog/1-tool-to-organize-corporate-catering-orders/Putting every order in one place helped prevent missed changes, reduce errors, and create the operational backbone for a growing catering business.Wed, 10 Jun 2020 00:00:00 GMT2ForksCateringOrdersPartners