Dish-level engineering
Every item mapped by popularity against contribution, so the menu is redesigned around what actually pays.
Profitability
Hospitality profitability consultancy — protect margin, not just revenue
Most venues do not have a revenue problem. They have a margin problem hidden inside a busy week — dish mix, pricing drift, over-buying and unmanaged labour hours.
Symptoms
You are probably here because
These are the patterns that bring owners to this conversation.
- —Gross profit moves month to month with no clear reason
- —Price rises have been absorbed by suppliers, not passed through
- —Best-selling dishes are the worst performing on margin
- —Labour cost climbs faster than covers
What changes
- ✓Margin per cover understood at dish level
- ✓Purchasing consolidated with negotiated specifications
- ✓A weekly margin report an owner can read in five minutes
The work
How we approach it
Pricing architecture
Price bands, anchors and portion logic rebuilt so increases land without damaging perceived value.
Cost of sales control
Supplier consolidation, spec discipline, yield testing and waste routines that hold once we leave.
Engagements
What you can buy
Defined scope, defined deliverables. Fees are quoted and agreed in writing before anything starts.
Venue Diagnostic
A ranked list of where profit is leaking and what to fix first.
- —P&L, rota and till data review
- —Menu and pricing margin analysis
- —Ranked opportunity register with payback order
- —90-minute findings session
Margin Rebuild
Menu, pricing and purchasing reset so gross profit holds under pressure.
- —Dish-level engineering matrix
- —Rebuilt pricing architecture
- —Supplier consolidation and negotiation plan
- —Waste and yield control routines
FAQs
Questions owners ask
How quickly can margin improve?
Menu, pricing and purchasing changes are usually the fastest levers because they do not require capital. Structural change to format or brand takes longer and is planned separately.
What data do you need?
Trading P&L, till or PoS item-level sales, purchase invoices or supplier statements, and rota or payroll hours. If some of that is missing, the first job is making it available.
Related
Other solutions
Let's talk about your venue's next chapter
A free 30-minute virtual consultation, held at any date and time that suits you — in your own time zone. After that, video consultancy is charged hourly for discussion-based advice; offline project work is quoted separately.