What's the menu engineering? ?

Menu engineering is part marketing tool, there are different techniques and theories on where and how to position items within a menu to sell better and make it more appealing to customers.

For example opening a2 fold menu, the brain of the typical customers goes directly to the top right corner, therefore if you want to push sales of this particular item whether because you have over stock or it has good profit margins, you put it in that corner.

Also, menu engineering is how to categories the items on the menu, how to price them, how to add photos of dishes ....etc (it is a complex and vital practice)

There are many techniques and it is a scientific subject

Hi Menu engineering is something based on the Reuirment of the Consumers,  what  kind of course we need to plan & what is the portion size & Cost of RM & Selling price of the SKU 

Menu engineering is a marketing-oriented approach to the evaluation of current and future menu pricing, design and content decisions.  Menu engineering is a quantitative model designed to provide a basis for analyzing a menu’s success both in terms of attracting and maintaining clientele as well as in terms of profitability.  

Menu Engineering is the main base plan for making and planning the menu. starting from the consumers want, staffing budgeting restaurant presentation and food presentation.

Menu engineering is a step-by-step process through which management can evaluate current and future menu pricing, design and content decisions. The menu engineering approach requires that attention be focused on three critical elements: -

1. Customer Demand- the overall number of customers served.

2. Menu Mix - an analysis of customer preferences in menu item selection (related to demand elasticity).

3. Contribution Margin - an analysis of the contribution margin (gross profit) for each menu item (related to price elasticity).

The menu-engineering concept requires management to orient itself to the number of dollars that a menu contributes to profitability, not to merely monitor cost percentages. A pricing strategy that is based solely upon costs and cost mark-ups may be dangerously inaccurate and inadvertently be constraining a food service operator’s ability to maximize revenues and profits. Beware of the ‘cut & paste’ trend nowadays used by lots of individuals which does not reflect the actual process of menu engineering.

Menu engineering is the study of the profitability and popularity of menu items and how these two factors influence the placement of these items on a menu. The goal is simple: to increase profitability per guest.

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This is a term used in the hospitality industry (especially restaurants). 

It's related to how customers read the menu. 

This is a method to increase the customer's attention. For that items are categorized. 

The perception of the menu can be affected by subtle textual manipulation. 

Examples: - descriptive labeling of items to make you want the client to consume 

-the reference to money makes the customer want to save.

Menu engineering, also referred to as menu psychology, is an occupation that is entirely focused upon the building and structuring of menus. Menu engineers are generally hired on a contract basis to work on an existing restaurant's menu. Through various tactics including psychology, graphic design, marketing, and managerial accounting, these experts are able to craft a menu that encourages the sale of some items, while discouraging the sale of others.

The psychology behind menu engineering has to do with visual perception. A menu engineer places items that an owner wishes to sell more of within certain sections of a menu called "sweet spots." These menu items are often the first and last things that a customer views when looking at a menu. Thus, any item that a restaurant wants to sell more of will be placed towards the top and bottom of each page.

Managerial accounting also plays a large part in menu engineering. In order to increase a restaurant's profitability, a menu expert will calculate the costs associated with each item on a menu. In order to do this, food costs, labor costs, and packaging costs must be calculated. Once all items have been tabulated, those items that are more expensive are placed near the top or bottom of a menu.

Menu engineering is simply evaluating the profitability of existing menu in consideration with relevant situations the restaurant is facing at a certain time for the purpose of a sound decision making.

also known as menu psychology,menu engineering is an interdisciplinary field o fstudy devoted to the delibeate and strategic construction of menus.