Margin you can see weekly, not explain quarterly
You don't need another dashboard. You need the same cost basis applied to every location, refreshed inside the period, with the reason behind each movement attached.
- One comparable cost basis across every unit and brand
- Prime cost and margin trend without waiting for close
- Every number traceable to the transaction behind it
Airport food cost is 3.2 points above group. Beef usage explains most of the gap.
What usually stands between you and the number
Numbers arrive after they matter
Food cost lands weeks after the period it describes, when nothing can be done about it.
Units aren't comparable
Different count sheets and item lists mean the top and bottom performers may just be counting differently.
Nobody owns the gap
Without attribution, cost overruns become a discussion about effort instead of a specific corrective action.
What changes for leadership
- Group-level food cost, prime cost and variance by location
- Ranked location performance on a single standard
- Weekly variance instead of a period-end surprise
- Menu contribution visible by item and brand
- Cost anomalies routed to a named owner
- Board- and lender-ready reporting straight from the ledger
- Rollout of pricing and spec changes tracked to completion
- Roll-up into the SmartOPS OS suite for wider operations
The measurable difference
Instead of monthly hindsight
Same items, same UOM, same method
Drill from report to source record
Bring one period of real numbers
We'll show you what your own data looks like inside Margin — including the gaps we'd fix during implementation.
Tailored to your group's structure
Configured with you, not handed over
SmartOPS Margin is part of the SmartOPS OS suite.