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The Restaurant Industry Outlook Report: 2023 Edition

Toast’s inaugural Restaurant Industry Outlook Report — powered by input from nearly 1,000 restaurant decision makers — captures key learnings from 2022 as well as what operators expect to see in 2023. The insights cover opportunities, challenges, and tactics for restaurant success.

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Welcome to Restaurant Resource Center

Here you will find short video clips, eBooks, and templates designed to help you better run your restaurant business.

Management

Technology

Staffing & Hiring

Marketing

Metrics & Finance

Industry Trends

Marketing

Restaurant Marketing Plan

Use this restaurant marketing plan to create a custom marketing plan for your restaurant, outlining your marketing strategy, planned marketing activities, marketing budget, anticipated results, and more.

Management

Restaurant Employee Handbook Template

Use this template to help establish restaurant employee rules and guidelines and build a custom restaurant employee handbook. It's where your staff will go to learn all of the HR policies for your restaurant, and much more.

Management | Staffing & Hiring

Restaurant Training Manual Template

Use this restaurant training manual template to create a custom training manual for your restaurant, outlining staff expectations, functions of their role, rules, and other employee specific policies.

Management

Restaurant Opening and Closing Checklist

A restaurant opening and closing checklist can provide guidelines to take some of the stress out of front-of-house (FOH) staff management.

Metrics & Finance

Restaurant Profit Margin Calculator

Use this free Restaurant Profit Margin Calculator to help consistently capture and track your profit margin.

Management

Opening a Restaurant Checklist

So many things go into opening a restaurant. With this free PDF checklist, you'll set your new restaurant up for success.

Metrics & Finance

Restaurant Metrics Calculator

Use this free calculator to calculate the key restaurant metrics needed to understand the health and success of your business.

Management | Menu & Kitchen

Kitchen Opening and Closing Checklist

Ensure your back of house runs like a well-oiled machine with this customizable kitchen opening and closing checklist.

Management | Menu & Kitchen

Par Sheet Template

Seamlessly track inventory with the help of this customizable par inventory template.

Management | Menu & Kitchen

Recipe Card Template

Use this template to create recipe cards that will enhance your back of house training and stabilize your profits by cutting down on waste and incorrect portioning.

Metrics & Finance

Restaurant Invoice Automation Guide

Use this Restaurant Invoice Automation Guide to learn more about your restaurant invoices, the value within, and how to consistently and accurately tap into it to make smarter decisions.

Management | Menu & Kitchen

Back of House Management Guide and Resource Kit

This guide and resource kit will help you develop an efficient back of house management system to ensure quality and consistency in your restaurant’s kitchen.