Stop being hard on yourself; it’s really, really tough out there for your restaurant business. Here’s why margins feel razor-thin: five cost buckets—labor, food, insurance, utilities, and financing/rent—have all spiked at the same time. Higher wages, volatile ingredient prices, steeper insurance premiums, soaring energy bills, and pricier loans and leases are squeezing every dollar on […] The post The 5 Biggest Cost Spikes Squeezing Restaurant Margins Right Now appeared first on Poa...