For multi-site restaurant groups
Which site is losing marginbefore month end?
Food cost moves through supplier prices, portions, waste and comps. A group number hides the site that leaks. Insyto reads each site's sales, purchases and waste, and shows where the gap is and what is driving it.
| Site | Sales, July | Food cost |
|---|---|---|
| Harbour Road | $96,400 | 29.6% |
| Mill Street | $81,200 | 30.1% |
| Quayside | $64,900 | 34.8% |
Ember & Salt is a fictional sample business.
Where the margin leaks
Four blind spots. Four fixes.
- 01
The group number looks fine. One site does not.
Insyto: Every site is read on its own, then side by side, so a five-point gap at one site cannot hide in the average.
- 02
Supplier prices creep up, an invoice at a time.
Insyto: Invoice prices are tracked by item and supplier. A rise shows the week it lands, with the dishes it touches.
- 03
Waste and comps get logged, then never read.
Insyto: Waste logs, comps and voids are added up by site and week and set against what was sold.
- 04
Food and labour eat most of the till.
Insyto: Food and labour are read against sales for each site and week, so prime cost is a number you see, not a guess at month end.
of each sales dollar goes on food and labour at the median restaurant.
National Restaurant Association.
A sample finding · fictional
Quayside's food cost is 34.8%, five points above the other two sites.
The evidenceOn $64,900 of sales, the gap to the other sites' 29.8% is $3,245 a month. Proteins are $2,180 of it: salmon invoices are up 9% since May, and 41 portions were binned in four weeks.
Open questionWhether portions are bigger at Quayside. Without recipe costs, the files show what was spent, not what was plated.
The files it reads
- POS sales by item
- Supplier invoices
- Stock counts
- Waste and comp logs
- Rotas and labour cost
- Recipe costs, if you keep them
Exports as Excel or CSV, or a connected Google Sheet or OneDrive file. No integration project.
Do I need recipe costs?
No. With them, Insyto can compare what each dish should cost with what was spent. Without them, it still reads sales, invoices and waste by site.
Is it for one restaurant or a group?
Both. A single site gets its own Brief; a group gets each site read separately and side by side. A different business can be its own Book.
Does it replace my inventory system?
No. It reads that system's exports and tells you what changed.
See what your own files say. Your first Brief within 48 hours of your files.