With food costs accounting for up to a third of the cost of sales, it is crucial that businesses understand the fundamentals of food cost management. Chefs Niall Hill and Mark Anderson join host Ruth Hegarty for this fast-paced discussion on controlling food costs and share their advice on: 

• Smart purchasing 
• Menu development and innovation 
• Margin erosion 
• Yield analysis 

Resources: 

You will find practical tools to help you control your food costs in Fáilte Ireland’s Breakfast Innovation Toolkit on the COVID-19 Support Hub. A full transcript of this discussion is available on failteireland.ie/podcasts. 

Panellists: 

Ruth Hegarty (egg&chicken consulting) is a consultant and facilitator focused on food, farming and sustainability in business and policy. 

Niall Hill of Niall Hill Foods is a chef and food consultant serving clients in foodservice and food production. 

Mark Anderson is Culinary Director in Ireland for workplace catering company Gather & Gather. 


Listen to a particular topic: 

02:27 – Smart purchasing 
04:59 – Working with the seasons 
09:00 – Engineering menus 
12:11 – Margin erosion 
15:49 – Yield analysis