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QuickBooks vs. Restaurant365 for Restaurants
QuickBooks is general accounting software. Restaurant365 is a restaurant-specific back-office platform. Which one to run at 1 unit, 3 units, and 10 units, and the real cost difference. Read more
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What Should You Pay for Restaurant Bookkeeping?
Restaurant bookkeeping cost: solo bookkeeper $300 to $800 a month, firm $800 to $2,500, in-house controller $80K to $140K. Benchmarks by revenue and units. Read more
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When Does a Restaurant Need a CFO? Revenue Thresholds
Restaurants under $3M need a bookkeeper. $3M to $10M hire a fractional CFO. Above $10M go full-time. Complexity signals matter as much as revenue. Read more
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Prime Cost Recovery Playbook: 80% to 65% in 90 Days
Cut restaurant prime cost from 80% to 65% in 90 days. Five levers: recipe recosting, portion control, labor per hour, delivery fees, waste. Read more
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The 30/30/30/10 Rule for Restaurants: Where It Breaks
The old 30/30/30/10 rule of thumb for restaurant P&Ls (30% food, 30% labor, 30% overhead, 10% profit) misses in 2026. Real benchmarks by concept. Read more
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Restaurant Food Cost by Concept: Is 33% Good or Bad?
33% food cost means nothing without the concept. QSR wants 28-32%, steakhouses run 38-42%. Real benchmarks and the tradeoffs by segment. Read more
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What the top 3% of restaurant CFOs do differently on Monday mornings
The Monday-morning rhythm the top restaurant CFOs run before anyone else is at the office. Restaurant CFO Monday discipline, in specifics. Read more
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Jersey Mike’s filed to go public at $12 billion. Here is what that number is really saying.
Blackstone paid $8 billion for Jersey Mike’s in 2024. The planned IPO values it at $12 billion. What the Jersey Mike’s S-1 filing teaches restaurant operators. Read more
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Prime Cost for Restaurants: The Formula That Actually Predicts Survival
The prime cost formula for restaurant operators, worked through with real numbers, plus the weekly discipline that catches cash bleed before it hurts. Read more