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Meka3211
Seasoned Ace
9 years ago

How To Make Money Running A Restaurant?

I am having a blast with this game. I have a 4.5 star restaurant. But I am losing money. It's bad...my Sims are working like 12 hour days & not making a profit. I haven't figured out the formula yet. I think I need to use a higher markup. My chef is level 6. I have the ingredients perk and I really don't understand it. I'm spending a fortune on ingredients. I'm using the one that's Fresh Organic. Maybe I should keep at Standard. I guess it's a balancing at.

I'm curious to know how everyone else is doing with their restaurants and if they're making money? If so, do you have any tips? I need all the help I can get lol.

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  • Also forgot to add that the reason I pay high wages is because I can't be bothered to keep checking up on the staff! Its lazy and eats into profits, but my Sim is pretty happy with 1.500 Simeolans a day. Occasionally its more.
    I find that low paid staff leave if you arnt constantly praising them or giving speeches. They get good then leave, which means hiring new staff who dont know what they are doing, which lowers ratings and eventually...profits! Also (in my game) constantly stopping to talk to them leads to glitches, and also takes time away from my sim welcoming and checking up on customers for those extra perk points.
    I praise my staff once every few sim days and I don't even check the management panel. They all seem pretty content and keep the customers happy with me doing very little. Just waiting for the new guy to drop his first plate! Haven't had that happen on a long while...
  • EA_Rtas's avatar
    EA_Rtas
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    6 years ago
    Hey there, it's awesome you're popping your experience in here, unfortunately this thread has been inactive for quite some time so I'm going to go ahead and close this off. If you have any questions about necroposting you can read this thread here : Necroposting

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