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Restaurant Acronyms, Terms, Titles

Restaurant acronyms, terms, abbreviations often heard in business with a few of my own to spice it up a bit.

A Architecture & Engineering
AGM Area Manager
ADA Americans with Disabilities Act
AM Assistant Manager
AFH Accident Free Hours
AOP Annual Operating Plan

ARMS

Automated Restaurant Management System

   
   
BDP Best Demonstrated Practices
BER Business Expense Report
BI Business Intelligence
BOH Back of House

BPE

Business Process Engineering
BPM Business Performance Management
BPM

Business Process Engineering

   
   

CAPEX

Capital Expenditure

CBT

Computer Based Training

CE

Construction Engineer

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CLI

Customer Loyalty Index

COGS

Cost of Goods Sold 

COL Cost of Labor
COLA Cost of Living Adjustment

COO

Chief Operating Officer

COP

Controllable Operating Profit

COS

Cost of Sales

CMC

Customer  Mania Center

COV

Company Owned Vehicle

CPM

Corporate Performance Management

CREST

Consumer Reports on Eating Skew Trends

CRI

Crew Readiness Inventory

CRM

Customer Relationship Management
   
   
DBA Doing Business As

DBMS

Database Management System

DELCO

Delivery Carryout Restaurant

DMA

Designated Marketing Area

DSC

Delivery Service Challenge

   
   
EAI Enterprise Application Integration
EDRM Electronic Document & Records Management System
EEO

Equal Employment  Opportunity 

EXPERT 

Staff Training program

EOD  End of Day
EPM Enterprise Performance Management
ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
   
   
FAT   Faith And Trust
FM  Financial Manager
FMS

Field Management System

FOH

Front of House

FRS

Field Reporting System

FT  Full Time 
   
   
G

General and Administrative

GCP 

Guest Coupon Program

GFC 

Gross Field Contribution

GM General Manager
GSGS 

Guest Service Guest Supervisor

GSR

General Service Requisition

GSR 

Guest Service Representative

   
   

HH 

House Holds

HR 

Human Resources

HRL

Human Resources Leader

   
   
IDP 

Individual Development Plan

IRR

Internal Rate of Return

IT 

Information Technology

   
   

KPI

Key Performance Indicator

KSA

Key Skill Area

KPI Key Performance Indicator
   
LLC  Limited Liability Company 
LLP Limited Liability Partnership
LOB Line of Business

LSM 

Local Store Marketing

   
   
MAD Make A Decision
MAD Make A Difference
MAKE Michael Always Knows Everything

MO

Management Orientation

MOM Managers On Mission
MOM

Management Operations Manual

MOM Managing Other Managers
MIT

Manager in Training

MRD

Made Ready Discard

MUST 

Multi-Unit Supervisory Training

   
   
NOPAT

Net Operating Profit after Taxes

NPS 

New Price Strategy

NRA 

National Restaurant Association

NRN

National Restaurant News

NSL

New Spec Logic

   
   

OMD 

Organization & Management Development

OPT 

Other People's Time 

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Act

OT  Over Time 
   
P&A 

Promo and Allowance

P

Profit and Loss

PA

Performance Appraisal

PBR   Period Business Review
PCA

Product Cost Analysis

PL  Profit & Loss
PM

Preventative Maintenance

PMF

Performance Management Form

POP Point of Purchase
POP People Ordering Pizza
POS

Point of Sale

POV

Personally Owned Vehicle

PPP

Personal Pan Pizza

PSA

Per Store Average

PT Part Time
   
Q-TIP
Quit Taking It Personally
QA Quality Assurance 
QAR 

Quality Assurance Review

QC Quality Control 
QCM 

Quality Control Manager

QSC 

Quality Service Cleanliness

   
RACES
Really Awesome Challenges Everybody Sees
R&I 

Restaurants & Institutions Publication

R&T 

Research & Technology

RBD

Restaurant Based Delivery

RER

Relocation Expense Report

RFSM Restaurant and Food Service Management 
RGM

Restaurant General Manager

RMA

Return Merchandise Authorization

ROI 

Return on Investment

ROM

Restaurant Operations Manager

RRC 

Restaurant Readiness Coach

RTC

Restaurant Training Coach

RSC Restaurant  Support Center
   
   
SaaS Software as a Service
SM

Service Mark

SOA

Service Oriented Architecture

SOS

Speed of Service

SRS

Single Restaurant System

STOP Superb Training Overcomes Problems
   
   
TM  Trade
TNT Today Not Tomorrow
TRP

Target Rating Point

TRSG

Tricon Restaurant Services Group

TTT

Train the Trainer

   

UFOC

Uniform Franchise Offering Circular

USDA

United States Department of Agriculture

USP Unique Selling Proposition
   
   

VC

Variable Cost
   
   
WAD Wonder And Doubt
WPSA

Weekly Per Store Average

WOTC

Worker’s Occupation Tax Credit

   
YTD   Year to Date