Consulting / Systems, SOPs & Reporting
The systems great restaurants run on. Built in days, not months.
Every operator knows they need written SOPs, real recipe cards, a training manual and numbers they can act on. Almost nobody has time to build them. We've built the capability to produce all of it fast, to a standard your team will actually use, and to keep it current as your business changes.
What we can build for you
If it's paperwork, a report or a process, we can build it.
Here's a partial list. If you don't see it, ask.
Cost and inventory
- Actual vs. theoretical food and beverage cost reports
- Recipe and menu item costing for every item on the menu
- Linking every POS button to a recipe
- Inventory count sheets organized by shelf-to-sheet order
- Par levels and prep lists built from sales
- Order guides by vendor and delivery day
- Vendor price tracking and price creep alerts
- Invoice audits against contracted pricing
- Waste logs and variance investigations
- Bar specs, standard pours and pour cost reports
Menus and kitchen
- Recipe cards with photos, specs and plating standards
- Menu engineering by margin and popularity
- Menu descriptions that sell
- Print-ready menu layouts
- Allergen and dietary matrices
- Seasonal menu rollout plans
- Catering and banquet menus with pricing
- Kitchen equipment schedules with real pricing
- Line check and temperature log templates
SOPs and training
- Written steps of service for every position
- Opening, mid-shift and closing checklists
- Operations manuals and employee handbooks
- Position training guides and quizzes
- Manager skills assessments and training plans
- GM hiring case studies and interview kits
- Job descriptions and onboarding packets
- SOPs in English and Spanish
- Pre-shift meeting notes and talking points
- Food safety and alcohol service procedures
Numbers and reporting
- Weekly KPI scorecards for every manager
- Daily flash reports
- Monthly P&L reviews with budget vs. actual
- Sales forecasts by day and daypart
- Labor models and schedule templates
- Multi-location dashboards
- Year-over-year and same-store sales analysis
- Pro formas, budgets and cash flow models
- Commission and service charge tracking
Guests and marketing
- Review analysis across Google, Yelp and OpenTable
- Review response drafts in your voice
- Guest surveys with segmentation and follow-up
- Personalized thank-you notes at scale
- Email campaigns for your reservation list
- Social media calendars and captions
- Website rebuilds built to show up in search
- Google Business Profile cleanup
- Competitor and local market scans
- Guerrilla and community marketing plans
Events, deals and admin
- Private event proposals and event orders
- Inquiry forms and follow-up sequences
- Wedding and corporate event packages
- Lease and contract summaries
- Vendor contract reviews and exit letters
- Due diligence request lists
- Pitch decks and investor materials
- Permit and city application packets
- Board, landlord and partner reports
How it works
Your knowledge, written down and working for you.
We start with what you already have: your recipes, your POS exports, your invoices, your reviews and how your best people actually do the job. We turn it into clean, usable documents and reports, built inside the tools you already run, like Restaurant365, Toast, OpenTable and Excel.
Then we keep it current. New menu, new hire, new location: the systems update with you instead of going stale in a binder.
Common questions
Systems FAQ
How fast can you build SOPs for my restaurant?
Much faster than you'd expect. A full set of service steps and opening and closing checklists can usually be drafted in days once we've seen the operation, then refined with your team.
We have recipes, but they're a mess. Can you help?
Yes. Send them in whatever shape they're in, handwritten included. We'll standardize them, cost them and get them loaded into your system.
Do we need new software?
Almost never. We build in what you already use.
