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Restaurants, outside of fast food and other large chain operation, probably average below this for various reasons (churn being a big one). I've heard that 5%
by ska 7y ago
Restaurants, outside of fast food and other large chain operation, probably average below this for various reasons (churn being a big one). I've heard that 5% is a good target.
In fact I suspect you can reasonably look at large chain operations as figuring out a way to reduce the factors that keep the average return lower than it "ought" to be...
- Mikeb85 7y agoNah 5% is shit (but also the average). I've been lucky to have been involved in some very profitable restaurants with margins more like 20%... When you set out to do a business plan, you should be looking at differentiation. Not producing a commodity with slim margins...
- ska 7y agoNah 5% is shit (but also the average) It can't really be both of those things. I'm sure there are outliers just like you describe, but not that many. 20% is pretty high margin in general for business.