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Industry Associations

American Culinary Federation (ACF)  | Food & Beverage Association of San Diego  |  Hospitality Finance & Technology Professionals (HFTP)  |  National Association of College & University Foodservice (NACUFS)  |  National Restaurant Association (NRA)  |  New York City Hospitality Alliance  |

State Restaurant Associations: AL  |  AK  |  AZ  |  AR  |  CA  |  CO  |  CT  |  DE  |  DC  |  FL  |  GA  |  HI  |  ID  |  IL  |  IN  |  IA  |  KS  |  KY  |  LA  |  ME  |  MD  |  MA  |  MI  |  MN  |  MS  |  MO  |  MT  |  NE  |  NV  |  NH  |  NJ  |  NM  |  NY  |  NC  |  ND  |  OH  |  OK  |  OR  |  PA  |  RI  |  SC  |  SD  |  TN  |  TX  |  UT  |  VT  |  WA  |  WV  |  WI  |  

Industry Publications

Beverage World  |  Campus Dining Today  |  Catering Magazine  |  Cheers  |  Chef Magazine  |  Chef Educator  |  Cooking For Profit  |  Culinary Trends  |  Culinology  |  El Restaurante  |  Entrepreneurial Chef  | Food, Beverage, & Labor Cost Control Quarterly |  Food & Nutrition  |  Food Arts  |  Food Business News  |  Food Engineering  |  Food Processing  |  Food Management  |  Food Service Director  |  Foodservice Equipment & Supplies  |  Foodservice News  |  FSR Magazine  |  Government Foodservice  |  Healthcare Foodservice  |  Hospitality Technology  |  Las Vegas Food & Beverage Professional  |  Modern Restaurant Management  |  Nation's Restaurant News |  On-Campus Hospitality  | PMQ Pizza Magazine  |  Pizza Today  |  Prepared Foods  |  QSR  |  Restaurant Business  |  Restaurant Development & Design  |  Restaurant Finance Monitor  |  Restaurant Hospitality  |  Restaurant Start Up & Growth  |  School Foodservice & Nutrition  |  The National Culinary Review  |  Today's Restaurant News  |  Total Foodservice

Books

Return On Ingredients, Mark Kelnhofer, 2nd Edition | Amazon

The Restaurant: From Concept to Operation, John R. Walker, 7th Edition | Amazon

The Uniform System of Accounts for Restaurants, Laube/Shuster, 8th Edition  |  Amazon

Your Restaurant Sucks, Donald Burns, ISBN-13: 978-00999525142 | Amazon

Your Restaurant Still Sucks, Donald Burns | Amazon

Restaurant Prosperity Formula: What Successful Restaurants Do, David Scott Peters | Amazon

Performance Benchmarking

BDO  |  The Counter: Restaurant Industry Scorecards  |  Q4 2014  |  Q4 2015  |  Q4 2016  | Q1 2017 | Q2 2017 | Q3 2017Q4 2017  |  Q1 2018 | Q2 2018 | Q3 2018 | Q4 2018 | Q1 2019 | Q2 2019

Note: As of Fall 2019, BDO has ceased issuing The Counter on a quarterly basis and have moved it to an annual publication.

Bakertilly | Restaurant Benchmarks, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) | 2019 | 2020