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The Restaurant Financial Model: How the P&L Actually Works
Master the P&L structure restaurant operators need to understand. Learn which metrics drive profit, how to calculate them, and why most operators miss the critical insights. Read more
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Blackstone Took Chips Off the Table at Jersey Mike’s. It Did Not Exit.
Blackstone sold a slice of Jersey Mike’s at a below-entry valuation and kept the majority stake. What that means for restaurant operators. Read more
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Prime Cost Recovery Playbook: When You’re Above 65% and Need to Get Back
The sequenced levers to pull when prime cost creeps above 65 percent. Real numbers, real examples, no filler. Read more
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How Same-Store Sales Are Actually Calculated (And Why the Number You See Isn’t Yours)
What SSS actually measures, how public chains compute it, why traffic and check split matter more than the ratio itself, and Q2 2026 chain-by-chain benchmarks. Read more
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The Restaurant Labor Cost Benchmark Everyone Quotes Is Wrong (Here’s the Real One)
Real 2026 labor benchmarks by concept, Q2 disclosures from 12 public chains, and the four rules for comparing your labor cost to a public peer honestly. Read more
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Wendy’s Just Admitted It Broke Its Value Equation. Every Restaurant CFO Should Read the Quote.
Wendy’s CEO Bob Wright just admitted the chain broke its own value equation. The financial fallout, and the four lessons every restaurant CFO should take. Read more
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Stripe vs Square vs Chase for Restaurant Merchant Services (2026)
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Bottom line: For a single-location restaurant already on Toast, Square, or Clover, the POS-bundled… Read more
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Marqii vs Uberall vs Yext for Restaurant Local Listings (2026)
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Bottom line: For under 10 locations, Marqii is the cheapest per-unit and does the… Read more
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Punchh vs Thanx vs Toast Loyalty: Restaurant Loyalty (2026)
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Bottom line: Loyalty only earns its keep if it moves repeat-visit frequency by at… Read more
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Homebase Payroll vs SurePayroll vs 7shifts Payroll
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Bottom line: For under 50 employees, Homebase Payroll is the cheapest sane pick if… Read more
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Gusto vs Toast Payroll vs Rippling for Restaurants (2026)
Free: The Restaurant Financial Health Checklist. The 6 numbers a chain CFO tracks weekly, plus 30 yes/no questions you can run against your P&L in 15 minutes. Written by a former chain CFO. Instant PDF. Send me the checklist Unsubscribe anytime. Bottom line: Gusto fits an independent group of one to five units that wants… Read more