Professor Elam

Wed April  6, 2016

Olive Garden's last quarter sales are up 6.8%.  

How did they do it?  I will be teaching Managerial Accounting in Summer II and this is a great example of what we study in that class.

Olive Garden

simplified the menu

installed order tablets on the tables ( is a waiter another job classification in danger?)

now it takes seven minutes less to complete the meal experience

emphasized take out orders which are now 11% of the overall business

Managerial accounting emphasizes efficiency. Improving productivity is how one does more business in the same location with the same staff.