one step up

and two steps back.

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working after the day is done. looking over our company's monthly review (i think i screw up spelling and punct., but it looks right regardless) while wathing NBA and NFL at a bar down the street. we have things in order, number-wise, and somehow food sales are up 5% compared to last year, while alcohol is down (overall sales, that is). i always find it odd that we don't track alcohol in these reports. they are what drive our business, after all.

i guess i'm just trying to refocus myself. it's crunch time, for a good while (cause god only knows when we're gonna stop sweating this economy thing), and we're doing good so far. yes, sales have fallen off, but we've maintained the ability to not only stay within budget, but finally get ourselves some breathing room.

and i am patting myself on the back, because i found these things myself and, as was the case two weeks ago, drop us from over 35% food cost (very bad) to under 31% (under by over .5%!) within twenty minutes. understand the system, report honestly, and make sure that what you have is reported truthfully. it's not that hard.