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  • Descriptor Title
    Hospitality Cost Control
  • C-ID Number
    120
  • Units
    3.0
  • Hours
    0000
  • Date of Last Revision
    12/19/2023 09:33:00 AM PST

General Description

Analyzing and managing: food, beverage, labor and other costs within a hospitality operation. Emphasis on problem solving, applying cost control techniques to maximize profits while managing expenses. Topics include: establishing standards, cost-volume-profit-analysis, forecasting, purchasing and storage controls, menu costing and pricing, theft prevention and labor control.

Prerequisites

No information provided

Corequisites

No information provided

Advisories

Financial Accounting (C-ID ACCT 110)

Content

  • Hospitality Operations
  • Control Process
  • Food and Beverage (F & B) Standards
  • Operating Budgets
  • Cost Volume - Profit Analysis
  • Menu as a Control Tool
  • Purchasing and Receiving Controls
  • Storing and Issuing Controls
  • Production and Serving Controls
  • Calculating F & B Costs
  • Control Analysis, evaluation and corrective action
  • Revenue Control
  • Theft Prevention
  • Labor Cost Control

Lab Activities

No information provided

Objectives

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Provide the knowledge and skills necessary to manage and make informed business decisions within a hospitality organization. Emphasis on controls and control systems applicable to purchasing, ordering, receiving, storing, issuing, production, and sales of food and beverage, as well as staffing in these areas.

Evaluation Methods

Quizzes, exams, projects, written assignments, portfolio

Textbooks

Planning and Control for a Food and Beverage Operation, Ninemeier

The Book of Yields, Lynch

Principles of Food, Beverage and Labor Cost Controls, Dittmer and Keefe

Food and Beverage Cost Controls, Dopson

Descriptor Administration

  • Public Review Needed
    No
  • Next Descriptor Review
    No information provided
  • Resubmission Requirements for Courses
    Descriptor changes were administrative only
  • Resubmission Deadline
    No information provided
  • Comments

    N/A

  • Notes

    No information provided

  • Keywords

    1st: 2/5-3/4/16, 2nd:11/23-12/16/16

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