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Restaurant KPI Calculator 2026
An operational guide to the 10 core metrics of modern restaurant management: RevPASH, average spend per cover, occupancy, table turnover, no-show rate and its real cost, food cost, labor cost, prime cost, and customer LTV. For each KPI: formula, 2026 benchmark, worked example for a 50-cover venue, levers to improve it, common pitfalls. Includes: Excel workbook with pre-built formulas, traffic-light dashboard, 12-month trend tracker.
10 KPIs
The core metrics of restaurant management 2026
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What's inside
- Visual map: the 10 KPIs organised into 4 families (Revenue, Capacity, Cost, Customer) with cause-and-effect arrows
- RevPASH and average spend per cover: how to calculate them, and why RevPASH is the most underused metric in restaurants
- Occupancy and table turnover: read them by time-slot, not by day
- No-show rate and the real cost of no-shows: the number most restaurants calculate wrong
- Food cost, labor cost, prime cost: how they fit together and why one without the others is meaningless
- Customer LTV in restaurants: how to segment guests into occasional, regular, loyal
- 90-day implementation roadmap: which KPIs to track first and in what order
- 7 anti-patterns to avoid when measuring a restaurant
- Bundled Excel: traffic-light dashboard, tab per family, 12-month trend tracker
Who it's for
- Independent restaurateurs ready to move from gut feel to data
- Floor managers and service leads who report numbers to the owner
- F&B consultants running operational audits
- Aspiring restaurateurs writing their business plan
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