Food Cost & Guest Recovery Tool
Restaurant Waste, Spill, Comp & Remake Log
Capture the daily losses that quietly become food-cost, training, service, and accountability problems.
Do not use this form to punish people. Use it to find patterns: bad portions, product quality, unclear recipes, equipment failure, rushed training, poor communication, or a guest-recovery decision that should be understood.
Record the cause, not just the loss. A useful log can distinguish a one-time accident from a repeatable operating problem.
Date: __________ Manager: __________
| Time / station | Item / amount | Type: waste, spill, comp, remake | Estimated value | What happened / cause | Immediate correction | Follow-up owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Weekly review questions
- Which item, station, shift, or cause repeats?
- Is the issue product, recipe, portion, training, communication, equipment, or an approved guest-recovery decision?
- What is the smallest corrective action that would prevent recurrence?
- Who will verify that the correction worked?
Connect weekly findings to Restaurant Food Cost Control and the Manager Log & Shift Handoff Form.
Gravity Elite v1.0
Use the controlled working form
Download the complete Elite form pack or the editable operational workbook. Digital access remains free during Founding Year.