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Is your labour line too heavy?
Labour is the second-largest controllable cost, and it drifts when it is scheduled to comfort, not covers. Enter three numbers and see your sales per labour hour and where the wage line really sits.
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Sales per labour hour
The core productivity number — how much revenue each hour of labour actually produces.
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Labour cost % of revenue
Where your wage line sits against the typical range, so you know if it is heavy.
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Where to tighten
Whether the fix is scheduling to covers, the menu mix, or the roster itself.
Results, measured
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Premium engagements are confidential — that discretion is part of what you're buying. What we show openly is exactly how a GGB result is measured; the named, classified outcomes we walk you through in conversation.
Food cost %
Theoretical vs actual, by item and by outlet — usually the fastest margin to recover.
Labour vs sales
Productivity per shift measured against revenue, not a blanket headcount cut.
Delivery economics
Channel mix and menu pricing rebuilt around real aggregator commission.
Payback
Every intervention measured against the capital and the time it takes to return.
Questions
- What is a good sales-per-labour-hour figure?
- It varies widely by format — a fine-dining room and a quick-service counter are not comparable. The value is in tracking your own number over time and scheduling to protect it, not in a single benchmark.
- What labour cost percentage should I aim for?
- Typical full-service labour runs in the mid-20s to low-30s as a share of revenue — indicative only. What matters is whether yours is trending up unwatched, and whether the roster is built to covers rather than to comfort.
- How do I count monthly labour hours?
- Add up the scheduled hours across all staff for a typical month — roughly headcount times average hours. It does not need to be exact to show whether productivity is healthy.
- How does GGB fix a heavy labour line?
- By scheduling against forecast covers by daypart, matching the roster to real demand, and giving you a weekly read so the wage line is seen — and corrected — before month-end.