BBQ owner explains profit strategy from @earningearth

The owner of a BBQ restaurant answers a question about dealing with thin profit margins. She explains that due to fluctuating brisket prices, they have to be creative by trimming the briskets and using the excess fat and meat to create other profitable menu items like sausage, chili, and burgers, thereby offsetting the high cost of the primary product.

Creator: @earningearth on TikTok

Transcript

How do you deal with the razor thin margins of running a barbecue restaurant? We're at $37 a pound right now. That's really pushing it for the least amount of money we can, charge for, and brisket prices really fluctuate weekly. We do trim all of our briskets. We've had to get a little bit creative. Of course, the majority of people usually put the trimmings in the sausage. Right? That takes a whole lot, which is great. So then we put a chili on the menu. So we re grind the rest of our brisket t

Topics: Business, Restaurant, Food, Entrepreneurship

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