86'D — Smarter Kitchens

Resources

Learn the numbers behind the plate.

The resource center is being built out category by category. Below is the structure we’re publishing into — each guide and calculator ships when it’s genuinely useful, not before.

Categories

  • Inventory

    Counting, par levels and shrink

  • Food waste

    Measuring and reducing what you throw away

  • Restaurant profit

    Prime cost, break-even and margin

  • Menu engineering

    Stars, plowhorses, puzzles and dogs

  • Restaurant marketing

    Specials, socials and local reach

  • Food truck operations

    Events, routes and tiny storage

  • Restaurant technology

    POS, integrations and data

  • AI for restaurants

    Where it helps and where it doesn't

Free tools in progress

  • Food cost calculator
  • Menu profit calculator
  • Food waste cost calculator
  • Break-even calculator
  • Recipe cost calculator
  • Prime cost calculator
  • Labor cost calculator