Project engagements

Fixed-fee work, with a defined finish.

One-off engagements for independent restaurants, bars, bistros and coffee shops — scoped, priced and finished before any membership begins. After the free call and a flat-fee diagnostic, you get a written quote and timeline. No hourly billing, no open-ended retainer.

Operational & Financial Audit

from $4,000

You know something is off — food cost climbing, labour bleeding, covers dropping — but you can't see where. A two-week diagnostic that reads your P&L, menu mix and service flow and tells you exactly where the margin is leaking.

  • Full prime-cost review (COGS, labour, controllables)
  • Menu engineering and plate-cost analysis
  • Service-flow observation across at least two trading shifts
  • Written report with prioritised, costed action list
  • 60-minute walkthrough call with ownership

Concept & Reestablishment Strategy

from $12,000

A establishment that should be making more than it is. We rebuild the offer — menu, pricing, day-parts, positioning — so the top line and the margin move together instead of against each other.

  • Menu, pricing and mix re-engineering
  • Day-part and capacity planning
  • Brand-positioning and guest-journey review
  • Financial model with target prime-cost ratios
  • Implementation roadmap with 30/60/90-day milestones

Pre-Opening Build

from $18,000

You're opening a new establishment or relaunching an existing one. We stand alongside the build-out so the numbers, systems and team are ready on day one — not six months in.

  • Financial model and break-even plan
  • Menu, recipe and costing build-out
  • Operating procedures and roster design
  • Supplier setup and par-level planning
  • Team training and soft-opening run-throughs

Operational Takeover / Turnaround

from $25,000

A establishment in real trouble — a turnaround or a takeover where ownership needs a senior operator embedded to stabilise the numbers and the team before anything else can happen.

  • On-site leadership during stabilisation
  • Daily prime-cost and cash tracking
  • Roster, purchasing and waste controls
  • Team restructuring and retraining
  • Weekly owner reporting against a recovery plan

Fullest relationship

Initial Consultation + Full-Service Retainer

A establishment that wants a senior advisor on call across everything — strategy, operations and profitability — without paying separate project fees every time. The retainer is the fullest relationship we offer: an initial consultation and assessment, then ongoing full-service support month after month. It starts after the free 30-minute call.

$3,500 setup
+
$2,500/month

Ongoing, month to month

Start with a free call
  • Initial on-site assessment and written full-service plan
  • Monthly on-site visit and weekly remote check-ins
  • Prime-cost, P&L and menu review every month
  • Strategy, operations and profitability work as needed — no separate project fees while on retainer
  • KPI dashboard and quarterly benchmarking report
  • Priority response — same business day
  • One scope-change or mini-project per quarter included

Senior advisor day rate

$1,800/day

A senior advisor embedded with your team for a defined sprint — menu tasting, a launch week, a cost-reduction push. Booked in day blocks, minimum two days.

Success-fee option

For qualified turnarounds we'll share the risk: a reduced monthly fee plus a success fee paid only against documented, sustained margin improvement. We only take this on when we're confident we can move the number.

Discuss a turnaround

Already done the project? Keep the gains standing.

Membership is the monthly maintenance layer that follows an engagement — from 4% of daily sales, deducted from your POS.

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Pricing FAQ

How engagements are priced

Not sure which fits?

The free 30-minute call is enough to point you at the right scope — or to tell you honestly that you don't need us yet.