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Bruno's restaurant turns one
A year ago Bruno opened his restaurant with twenty seats, and tonight, after the last guest has gone, he goes through the numbers with his business partner. Learn to take stock of a year in business - turnover, fixed costs, staff, supply chains and bottlenecks - and to set prices that are fair to your guests and to you.
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Business partner
So, der letzte Gast ist gegangen. Lass uns Bilanz ziehen.
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Translation
Right, the last guest has gone. Let's take stock.
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Business partner
Erfreulich: Wir schreiben schwarze Zahlen, und freitags sind wir fast immer ausgebucht.
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Translation
Good news: we're in the black, and on Fridays we're almost always fully booked.
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Business partner
Eben nicht. Der Gewinn ist mager, weil die Fixkosten und vor allem die Personalkosten so hoch sind. Die Gewinnspanne ist hauchdünn.
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Translation
That's just it - we can't. The profit is meagre, because the fixed costs and above all the staff costs are so high. The margin is wafer-thin.
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Business partner
Das sollst du auch nicht. Aber die Einkaufspreise sind um ein Fünftel gestiegen, und unser Lieferant aus Brandenburg ist chronisch überlastet.
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Translation
Nor should you. But the purchase prices have gone up by a fifth, and our supplier from Brandenburg is chronically overstretched.
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Bruno
Ja, die Lieferkette ist unser größter Engpass. Wir bräuchten wohl einen zweiten Lieferanten.
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Translation
Yes, the supply chain is our biggest bottleneck. We'd probably need a second supplier.
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Business partner
Und wir müssen die Preisgestaltung überdenken. Wer so knapp kalkuliert, wirtschaftet auf Dauer nicht rentabel.
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Translation
And we need to rethink our pricing. If you calculate that tightly, you won't run a profitable business in the long run.
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Bruno
Gut, lass uns die neuen Preise gemeinsam festlegen. Und das Mittagsgeschäft müssen wir ankurbeln, da ist die Auslastung ja eher mau.
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Translation
Fine, let's set the new prices together. And we need to boost the lunchtime trade - occupancy is pretty poor then.
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Words and Phrases
- die Bilanz balance sheet
- die Fixkosten (pl.) fixed costs
- der Einkaufspreis purchase price
- die Lieferkette supply chain
- der Engpass bottleneck
- die Preisgestaltung pricing
- die Führungskraft manager
- die Personalkosten (pl.) staff costs
- der Stammgast regular
- die Auslastung occupancy
- die Gewinnspanne profit margin
- wirtschaften to manage
- ankurbeln to boost
- festlegen to set
- rentabel profitable
- wirtschaftlich economic
- ausgebucht fully booked
- schwarze Zahlen schreiben to be in the black
- der Umsatz takings
- der Gewinn profit
- das Personal staff
- der Lieferant supplier
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