It is especially important to test for the 80/80 rule if you have just acquired a food service business or started a new
food service business. It is important to also test for the 80/80 rule if you have recently changed the product mix
in an ongoing business or if there has been a change in how you serve food. For example, you may have started
selling more hot prepared food products or extra seating is being provided to customers outside in good weather,
thereby increasing the percentage of food served for consumption at your place of business.
Evaluation for the 80/80 rule is done on a location-by-location basis. Thus, if you own multiple locations, one loca-
tion may fall under the 80/80 rule and another location may not. Each location must be considered separately.
Combination locations such as restaurant-bakeries may be treated differently. (See the Appendix, for more informa-
tion on how to test for the 80/80 rule.)