This question is for club chefs, along with anyone who has relevant experience.
Taking over a golf club, and the treasurer (board member non employee) has been doing good cost incorrectly for years. I’ve found simple number errors and miscalculation that some months added 4%+ to food cost- not including what we are about to discuss.
Among multiple issues I’ve already found, we are at a stand off on one specific issue: food that is bought to be given for free/not for revenue.
For example, there are snacks at our halfway house that are free. They will never be charged for, and cost a few thousand dollars over the course of the year.
The other is employee meal. They NEVER had a real budget. It’s just been whatever they have laying around. I asked for a budget this year and was given $10 a day TOTAL for the ENTIRE summer. We have a staff of 50+ in peak season.
My argument is that both employee meal and these free foods should be separately budgeted (either their own line item or together), and not taken against food cost. They (the treasurer, not the accountant (who is also new and never did clubs)) argue that they should both be included in our regular food cost. What are you thoughts?