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Case Study: Benchmarking Meals Per Labor Hour (MPLH)
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Speaker Slide
Jean Ronnei, SNS
Senior Consultant
ProTeam Foodservice Advisors
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Employer:
Partners:
Affiliation or Financial Disclosure
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• Understand why tracking Meals Per Labor Hour (MPLH) is important
• Defining MPLH
• Learn how to calculate MPLH Meal Equivalents (MEQs)
• Planned Productive Labor Hours (PPLH)
• Case Study: Benchmarking MPLH
Why Done
Surprise Results
Objectives
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•Financial success of the SN program
•Monitor the efficiency of operations
•Determines appropriate staffing levels
•Developing Labor budget
Understand why tracking MPLH is important
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Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) Definition
The number of meal equivalents (MEQs) served
per labor hour represents the primary measure
of productivity and production.
Defining Meals Per Labor Hour (MPLH)
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MPLHs are calculated based on actual productive, paid
labor hours assigned to a site.
# of Meals or Meal Equivalents (MEQs)
÷ # of Planned Productive Labor Hours (PPLH)
Rushing, K. (2017). Essential KPIs for School Nutrition Success. Hattiesburg, MS: Institute of
Child Nutrition, Applied Research Division.
How to Calculate MPLH
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• MEQ is the conversion of different meal services (i.e., breakfast,
supper, and snacks) and non-program food sales to the equivalent
of one federally reimbursable student lunch for comparison
purposes.
• A federally reimbursable student lunch is the standard unit of
measurement.
• MEQs are used in many KPIs.
Rushing, K. (2017). Essential KPIs for School Nutrition Success. Hattiesburg, MS: Institute of
Child Nutrition, Applied Research Division
Meal Equivalents (MEQs)
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(1) Lunch or Supper (student or adult) = 1 MEQ
(1) Breakfast = 0.67
(1) Snack = 0.33
Non-program food sales ÷ Free lunch reimbursement rate
+ current USDA Foods value
Rushing, K. (2017). Essential KPIs for School Nutrition Success. Hattiesburg, MS: Institute of
Child Nutrition, Applied Research Division
MEQ Values
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Institute of Child Nutrition (ICN) Definition
PPLHs include the amount of labor planned by an SN
program for managers, kitchen staff, and cashiers. Paid
hours for substitutes are included, but not paid hours for
sick, personal, or holiday leave.
Productive Labor Hours (PPLH)
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Insert chart
MPLH Sample Calculation
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Number of Meals or MEQs = 41,643
÷ Number of Paid Productive Labor Hours = 2,289
= 18.19 MPLH
MPLH Sample Calculation
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What factors influence how many labor
hours a school need?
Factors that Affect MPLH as a productivity measure
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• 14-18 MPLH
⎻ If the MPLH for a site is inside this range, adjustments are
likely not necessary
• If MPLH is 18 or above
⎻ No adjustment is needed
• If MPLH is below 14
⎻ Labor hours may need to be adjusted
Industry Guideline for MPLH
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Eastern Carver County, MN
•Director aware that labor hours in similar districts were
lower
•Were ECCs high schools not as efficient?
•What might she learn from an on-site observation
• Similar district comparison study
Case Study: Benchmarking MPLH
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ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE AND VARIABLES
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ENROLLMENT, ATTENDANCE AND PARTICPATION RATES
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February 2017 Participation Data
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•Who mops kitchen
•Who washes café tables
during meal service
•Who washes café tables
after meal service
# Daily menu choices
# Cashier positions
# Entrees
# Lunch periods
Other Survey Data Collected
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Significant variance between all 8 high schools
• MPLH: 14.9 - 19.8
• Regularly scheduled staff: 8 - 19
• Daily labor hours: 37.5 - 91.25
• Cashier positions: 3 - 6
• Lunch entrée choices: 5 - 10
MPLH Survey Results
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•MPLH variances are to be expected
• Tracking data is key
• Site managers are key
⎻ Understand MPLH
⎻ Track and report
⎻ Held accountable for results
Conclusions
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Eastern Carver County, MN
Institute of Child Nutrition
⎻ http://theicn.org/documentlibraryfiles/PDF/20170404023743.pdf
Thank You!
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• This session provides one (1) CEU
⎻ Key Area: Administration-3000
⎻ Key Topic: Case Study: Benchmarking Meals Per Labor Hour
(MPLH)
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