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Tonight's service board, for a neighborhood restaurant.

A template an owner could open at the pass: sales and labor cost by hour, a labor-percent gauge, what's 86'd or running low, prep and waste for tomorrow, and who's on shift tonight.

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Restaurant Template Tonight
LIVE 7:42 PM

Service snapshot as of 7:42 PM, dinner service, 70 seats. Hours through 7 PM are actuals; 8–10 PM are forecast.

Sales so far $5,890 Forecast close: $9,950
Covers so far 132 of 210 forecast tonight
Labor, blended so far Labor percent gauge Blended labor cost is 15.2 percent of sales so far tonight, inside the 18 percent target. 15.2% Target 18% or under
Average check $22.40 Food and beverage, before tax

Sales and labor cost by hour

Sales Labor cost Forecast
Sales versus labor cost, 4 PM to 10 PM Bars show sales by hour, a line shows labor cost by hour. Sales rise from 420 dollars at 4 PM to a peak of 2,640 dollars at 7 PM, the current hour, then are forecast to fall to 560 dollars by 10 PM. Labor cost holds between 210 and 360 dollars across the evening, so labor percent eases as sales climb and rises again as the room empties. NOW 4 PM 5 PM 6 PM 7 PM 8 PM 9 PM 10 PM 7 PM Sales $2,640 Labor $360 · 13.6%

4 PM: $420 sales, $210 labor, 50% of sales. 5 PM: $980 sales, $260 labor, 26.5%. 6 PM: $1,850 sales, $310 labor, 16.8%. 7 PM, now: $2,640 sales, $360 labor, 13.6%. 8 PM forecast: $2,100 sales, $360 labor, 17.1%. 9 PM forecast: $1,400 sales, $310 labor, 22.1%. 10 PM forecast: $560 sales, $210 labor, 37.5%.

Kitchen list

  • 86'dHalibut specialSince 6:40 PM
  • LowBurrata6 portions left
  • LowLuxardo cherriesReorder this week
  • 86'dGluten-free bunSince 5:15 PM

Who's on

  • LineMarcus3:00–11:00 PMOn shift
  • LinePriya4:00–10:00 PMOn shift
  • PrepDeshawn1:00–7:00 PMOff at 7
  • ServerSofia4:00–10:00 PMOn shift
  • ServerAlex4:00–9:00 PMOn shift
  • HostJamie4:00–9:00 PMOn shift

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What this screen shows

This is a template tonight-service board for a 70-seat restaurant. It is a snapshot at 7:42 PM during dinner service. Sales so far are $5,890 across 132 covers, against a forecast of $9,950 and 210 covers by close. Blended labor cost so far is 15.2% of sales, under an 18% target. A chart compares sales and labor cost hour by hour from 4 PM to 10 PM, with 7 PM marked as the current hour and the three remaining hours marked as forecast. A kitchen list shows two 86'd items and two low-stock items, with tabs to switch to tomorrow's prep list and tonight's waste log. A staffing strip lists six people on shift by role: two line cooks, one prep cook finishing at 7, two servers and one host. An "Ask the board" box shows a sample answer to "What should I cut or add tonight?" All figures on this page are examples.