Restaurant Consulting Questions Operators Ask Before Getting Started

Foodi is a restaurant operations company. Foodi Tracker scores your week and ranks every fix by dollars, and the Foodi Ops team sets up your systems, trains your managers and keeps an analyst on your numbers.

Both. Foodi Tracker is the software: enter last week's five numbers (Sales, Labor, Overtime, Purchases and Comps) on any day you choose, and it scores your week, ranks every fix by dollars and builds next week's plan. First month free, then $59 a month per location. Foodi Ops is the team: full Craftable implementation, manager training and weekly oversight from a dedicated Foodi Ops lead.

Foodi is built for independent restaurant operators and growing restaurant groups that want more control over food and beverage cost, labor, purchasing, bar programs, profitability, and operational performance. Foodi is particularly valuable for multi-location operators who need a consistent way to compare locations and hold teams accountable.

No. Foodi can support single-location operators as well as growing restaurant groups. However, the more locations you operate, the more valuable consistent benchmarking, centralized visibility, and standardized operating discipline become.

Foodi can help operators monitor the areas that have the greatest impact on restaurant profitability, including food and beverage cost, labor, prime cost, purchasing, inventory, bar and cocktail programs, menu and beverage profitability, vendor pricing, operating variance, and location performance. The exact scope depends on your restaurant and the systems available.

Foodi Tracker is Foodi's weekly profit tool. Enter last week's five numbers (Sales, Labor, Overtime, Purchases and Comps) on any day you choose, and Foodi Tracker gives you a Health Score out of 100, your top fixes ranked by dollars, and next week's plan. It works with any POS, in English or Spanish.

No. Data without action doesn't improve a restaurant. Foodi is designed to identify meaningful problems, prioritize them by potential impact, and turn them into clear operating actions. The goal is to answer: “What should we fix next?”

Foodi can help identify issues such as rising food and beverage costs, labor inefficiencies, vendor price increases, purchasing inconsistencies, high pour cost, menu items and cocktails with weak economics, location-level performance differences, inventory issues, and other operating variances.

No. Foodi Tracker works with any POS, because you enter the numbers your systems already produce. If you want a full back-office system, Foodi Ops includes Craftable implementation at no extra charge.

Yes. Craftable is the system Foodi recommends because managers actually adopt it, and Foodi Ops includes full Craftable implementation and manager training. Foodi's founder has run Craftable for 8 years. Foodi is an independent company. Foodi Ops includes Craftable implementation and manager training.

Foodi Tracker works with any POS, because you enter the numbers it already produces. Foodi Ops also works from Craftable, Restaurant365, MarketMan, your accounting software or spreadsheets.

No. Most restaurant operators don't have perfect data. Part of the Foodi process is understanding the quality and structure of the information you're already working with, establishing a baseline, and identifying where better operating discipline or data quality is needed.

Request access to Foodi Tracker for your Health Score, ranked fixes and next week's plan. When you want a team on it, book a free 20-minute profit review. Foodi Ops then implements Craftable, trains your managers and runs the weekly rhythm with you.

Implementation time depends on the size, complexity, number of locations, and condition of your existing data. A straightforward restaurant can move quickly, while a larger restaurant group may require a more structured implementation. We'll establish the implementation plan during the initial assessment.

Foodi is designed to reduce the amount of manual analysis your team has to do—not create another administrative burden. Your team will still need to provide information, follow agreed operating processes, and act on recommendations, but Foodi is designed to make the priorities much clearer.

Managers enter the weekly numbers in Foodi Tracker, and owners get the Health Score, the ranked fixes and the plan. With Foodi Ops, general managers and kitchen managers are trained to run the day-to-day systems: counts, ordering, recipe costing, and scheduling to forecast. In multi-location groups, leadership also gets the cross-location view.

Foodi creates a consistent operating framework across your locations so you can compare performance, identify outliers, and focus attention where it matters most. Instead of reviewing every location the same way, your team can quickly see which locations require attention and why.

Yes. From your second location on, every location is measured on the same scorecard every week, ranked against the others, and rolled into one group view, so you can see which store is off target and by how much. It's included — no upgrade needed.

The new location gets the same setup, manager training and weekly tracker, and it joins your scorecards and benchmarking from its first week. Foodi Ops: $2,000 a month for the first restaurant, $1,500 for each additional restaurant in the same concept. Month to month, no setup fee.

Foodi focuses on the controllable costs that decide restaurant profit — food and beverage cost, labor, purchasing, bar and cocktail programs, menu economics, inventory and operating discipline. We find the opportunities, put a dollar value on them when the data supports it, and give your team clear priorities every week.

The timing varies by restaurant. Some opportunities can be identified quickly, while others require changes to purchasing, recipes, labor practices, pricing, or management processes. Foodi is designed to create an ongoing operating rhythm rather than a one-time analysis.

No. Foodi does not guarantee a specific financial result. Restaurant performance depends on many factors, including sales, pricing, labor decisions, purchasing, management execution, and market conditions. Foodi's role is to identify opportunities and help your team act on them more consistently.

Start with Foodi Tracker. Your first month is free, and it shows your biggest fixes in dollars before you pay anything. If you want a team on it, the free 20-minute profit review shows what Foodi Ops would be worth. Everything is month to month.

Foodi Tracker: First month free, then $59 a month per location. Foodi Ops: $2,000 a month for the first restaurant, $1,500 for each additional restaurant in the same concept. Month to month, no setup fee. Full Craftable implementation and Foodi Tracker are included with Foodi Ops. Cancel anytime.

No. Foodi Tracker has no setup fee, and Foodi Ops includes full Craftable implementation, recipe and cocktail costing, vendor integration and hands-on manager training at no extra charge.

Yes. Start Foodi Tracker or Foodi Ops with one location and add more anytime. Foodi Ops: $2,000 a month for the first restaurant, $1,500 for each additional restaurant in the same concept. Month to month, no setup fee. Cross-location scorecards turn on with your second location.

No. Foodi is month to month, and you can cancel anytime. We'd rather earn your business every month than lock you in.

With Foodi Ops, you get a dedicated Foodi Ops lead: an operator who reviews your numbers every week and works with your managers. Foodi's founder, Marco Coleman, built the method from 18+ years in restaurant operations and oversees the quality of every Foodi Ops account.

Most consultants deliver a report and leave. Foodi gives you a tool that scores every week and a team that stays in it with you: problems flagged in dollars while the month is still open, and managers trained to run the systems themselves. When a manager leaves, we train the next one. And because it's month to month, Foodi has to earn your business every month.

Foodi works with restaurants nationwide. Weekly reporting is delivered remotely, so your location is never the barrier. We're based in Houston, Texas, with in-person support across the Houston area. We also work with restaurants in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio.

Yes. The weekly work — reviewing invoices, sales, labor, and your P&L — is done remotely, and your Foodi Tracker report arrives every week. Manager training happens by video call, and on-site visits can be arranged. See how remote restaurant consulting works.

If you know your restaurant has opportunities around food and beverage cost, labor, purchasing, inventory, bar programs, menu and cocktail profitability, or multi-location performance—but you don't have a clear, consistent system for finding and prioritizing them—Foodi may be a strong fit.

In 20 minutes, a Foodi Ops lead looks at your invoices, menu costing and labor schedule, then sends a one-page read with your three biggest opportunities. Free, no commitment. From there, you decide whether Foodi Ops makes sense.

Yes. Foodi works alongside your bookkeeper, accountant or operations team. We don't replace your books — we turn the numbers into weekly priorities your managers can act on and help your team focus on the highest-dollar issues.