The Meals Per Labor Hour report allows managers to determine how many meals the staff creates per hour. Before the report can be generated, Meal Conversion Factor and A La Carte Factor must be specified for each site, along with the serving period for calculation of the Total Meal Equivalents. Meal Equivalents (MEQs) are set up in the Meals Per Labor Hour section of the System Options screen (Admin > Definitions/Setup > Global > System Options).
The report includes:
•Total Meals Served: Includes all student meals, adult meals, and second meals. The data is retrieved from the POS or Daily Entry, depending on which is in use. Quantities sold are pulled from the POS.
•Total A La Carte Income: Includes student and adult a la carte dollars. The data is retrieved from the POS or Daily Entry, depending on which is in use.
•Total Meal Equivalents: Calculated using (Reimbursable/Meal Conversion Factor for serving period) + (Total A La Carte Income/A La Carte Conversion Factor for serving period) Meals Equivalents (MEQs).
•Labor Hours Used: Calculated using Total Minutes/60 minutes per hour Daily Entry.
•Meals Per Labor Hour: Calculated using Total Meal Equivalents/Labor Hours Used Total MEQs.
Note: Dollar values are determined from POS Items – Unit Cost.
You can select multiple serving periods. To select multiple periods, click on the period in the Serving Period drop-down list to add it to the selection box. To remove an item, click the X beside the entry.
Report Criteria
You can specify the following criteria for running the report:
•Export to the screen or to a PDF file.
•Run the report for Schools or School Groups.
•Filter by School/School Group and Serving Period.
•Sort by Name, Meal Count, or Balance.
•Specify a date range.