Independent Restaurant Consulting

Your Toast & xtraCHEF system should be working for you — not against you.

A tiny 3% variance in your food costs can mean the difference between a profitable month and a net loss. We optimize your back-of-house tech stack to reveal your real margins, track your inventory accurately, and instantly protect your bottom line.

The Problem

You bought the software. The data is still a mess.

Inaccurate inventory deductions

Recipes aren't tied to real sales, so counts drift week over week and nothing reconciles.

Mismapped vendor invoices

Items get double-created, units get mixed up, and price changes slip through unnoticed.

No real food cost visibility

You see a number in xtraCHEF — but you don't trust it, so you don't act on it.

What I Do

Three ways I get your system telling the truth.

System Audit & Cleanup

A top-to-bottom review of your Toast and xtraCHEF setup — identifying mismapped items, broken recipes, and duplicate vendors, with a clear remediation plan.

Recipe & Inventory Mapping

Build out your highest-volume recipes with correct units, waste factors, and vendor pricing so inventory deductions actually match reality.

Ongoing Monthly Maintenance

Monthly invoice review, price-change flagging, and reconciliation so your food cost number stays trustworthy — not just accurate on day one.

Packages

Straightforward engagements.

Start with a cleanup, then keep it clean. Every plan is scoped to your operation.

The Launchpad

$5,000–$7,500flat, one-time

A comprehensive, top-to-bottom technical architecture build. We clean up years of broken data, align your vendor mappings, and build out your core high-volume recipes so your inventory and Actual vs. Theoretical (AvT) cost-tracking functions flawlessly.

  • Full system audit & technical remediation plan
  • Vendor, item, and unit-of-measure database cleanup
  • Core high-volume recipe mapping (up to 40 items)
  • End-to-end integration proof of concept (Invoice -> Sale -> Inventory)
  • Full system handover documentation

The Autopilot

$1,200–$2,000per month

Ongoing database maintenance and invoice exception resolution to ensure your data stays pristine, your inventory remains accurate, and your food cost numbers stay trustworthy after the initial buildup.

  • Weekly invoice mapping review & error resolution
  • Vendor price-change flagging & cost-increase alerts
  • Real-time inventory reconciliation support
  • Direct email & priority phone support

Prime Cost Partner

$2,500–$4,000per month

A true fractional operational partnership. Everything in Autopilot, plus deep-dive variance analysis and strategic leadership insights to actively reverse profit losses and protect your bottom line.

  • Everything in Autopilot maintenance
  • Monthly Actual vs. Theoretical (AvT) variance deep-dive
  • Executive owner-level food & liquor cost profitability report
  • Labor & operational cost-leakage analysis
  • Monthly strategic alignment session (in-person or remote)
Why It Matters

A 2% drop in food cost on $1M in revenue is $20,000 back in your pocket.

That's the difference between software that costs you money and software that pays for itself many times over.

About

Hands-on. Detail-oriented. In your data, not above it.

I'm a Florida-based restaurant systems consultant working directly with independent operators using Toast POS and xtraCHEF. My background is in the weeds of back-of-house data — recipes, invoices, inventory counts, variance reports — the unglamorous work that makes food cost numbers actually mean something.

I work with a small number of restaurants at a time so every client gets real attention, not a ticket queue.

Get Started

Book a free 20-minute call.

We'll talk through your current Toast & xtraCHEF setup and where the data is breaking down — no pitch, no pressure.

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