Sectors

Four formats, four different sets of numbers

A restaurant, a bar, a bistro and a coffee shop fail on different things. We work to the economics of your format — not a generic hospitality template.

Warm restaurant dining room set for evening service

Restaurants

Independent and fast-casual restaurants doing $1M–$8M where the menu, the roster and the cost structure have to agree with each other — and with the covers that actually arrive.

Read the Restaurants brief

Moody cocktail bar back bar with brass shelving and bottles

Bars

Cocktail bars, late-night kitchens and high-volume pours where the room is full six nights a week and the beverage cost tells a different story.

Read the Bars brief

Specialty coffee shop counter with espresso machine and pastry case

Coffee Shops

Specialty coffee groups and single shops where milk, bean yield, food attachment and peak-hour labour decide whether the morning pays for the afternoon.

Read the Coffee brief

Warm bistro dining room with marble bar and green panelling

Bistros

Neighbourhood bistros and wine bars that pack the weekend and lose money Monday through Thursday, with a prep and labour model built for a peak that arrives twice a week.

Read the Bistros brief