How We Work: The Forensic Setup

We don’t expect your historical data to be perfect, because it never is. Whether your invoices are trapped in stacked PDFs, messy CSVs, or unorganized POS exports, our initial 4-week engagement includes a manual data alignment phase. We rebuild your recipes and map your raw data into our proprietary ecosystem.

The goal? To move your business from retroactive guessing to automated, forward-looking margin protection.

1. Full Recipe Rebuilds & Live Price Cascades

We don’t just look at what a dish should cost; we look at what it costs today. We rebuild every single menu item from scratch. When an ingredient price fluctuates on your weekly production cost sheet, that price change automatically cascades through your entire menu. If the wholesale cost of short ribs climbs, your menu matrix flags it instantly.

2. The Popularity vs. Profitability Matrix

Using the exact architecture from our master reporting template, “Mise Client -“, we plot every dish into a live performance quadrant:

• Stars: High volume, high margin (e.g., your Lemongrass Chicken). We protect these recipes at all costs.
• Plowhorses: High volume, low margin.
• Puzzles: Low volume, high margin.
• Dogs: Low volume, low margin.

3. Automated Cost & Popularity Flags

Your eyes shouldn’t have to scan hundreds of rows of data to find a leak. Our system triggers an automatic Cost Flag or Popularity Flag the moment a dish drops below its target gross profit percentage or falls out of your top sales rankings.