Haiou Solutions works inside your restaurant to simplify the menu, schedule the right team, tighten inventory, keep your crew safe, and bring in more guests. You keep the margin we find.
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What we fix
Six levers that move a restaurant P&L
We start where the money leaks and work outward. Most clients need three or four of these, and we tell you which ones after the audit.
Menu
Menu simplification & engineering
Fewer items, shared prep, better placement. A tighter menu is faster on the line and cheaper to stock.
Item-level contribution margin
Cross-utilized ingredients
Price and layout redesign
Measured by: ticket time, margin per cover
Team
Team & labor optimization
Schedules built from sales per labor hour, not habit. Clear stations, cross-training, and shift roles that fit your volume.
Forecast-based scheduling
Station charts & cross-training
Overtime and turnover control
Measured by: SPLH, labor %, turnover
Safety
Safe labor & food safety
Fewer injuries, cleaner inspections, and fair labor practices that protect your crew and your license.
Burn, cut and slip prevention
HACCP & health-inspection readiness
Break, overtime & minor-labor compliance
Measured by: incidents, inspection score
Inventory
Inventory & COGS reduction
Recipe costing, par levels and actual-vs-theoretical tracking so you buy what you sell and stop paying for the trash can.
Plate costing for every item
Par levels & order guides
Vendor bids and waste logs
Measured by: food cost %, AvT variance
Guests
Guest attraction & retention
Local marketing that brings first-time guests in and gives them a reason to come back within 30 days.
Google profile & review response
Loyalty, catering & off-premise
Third-party delivery strategy
Measured by: covers, return visit rate
Sales
Sales growth
Raise the check average and the number of checks. Server training, daypart builds and promotions that pay for themselves.
Suggestive-selling training
New dayparts & bundles
Promotion ROI tracking
Measured by: check average, comp sales
28–32%Target food cost
≤ 60%Target prime cost
< 2%Waste & variance goal
90 daysTypical core engagement
Plate Lab · try it
Build a bowl. Watch what it really costs.
Every ingredient you add changes the plate cost. Set a menu price, then switch between eyeballed and measured portions to see where margin disappears on a busy line.
tap ingredients →
Food cost0%
Plate cost
Profit per bowl
1 · Base
2 · Protein
3 · Toppings
5 · How the line portions it
Ingredient costs are sample wholesale prices per portion. We cost your real recipes from your own invoices.
Menu engineering · try it
Every dish lands in one of four boxes
We plot each item by how often it sells and how much it earns per plate. Tap a dish to see what we'd do with it, then cut the dogs and see what changes.
Example menu: 12 items, 2,115 plates a week.
How an engagement runs
From audit to results in about 90 days
01Week 1–2
Audit
We pull POS, invoices, schedules and inventory counts, then work shifts with your team to see the operation firsthand.
02Week 3
Plan
You get a ranked action plan with the dollar value of each fix, so the biggest wins go first.
03Week 4–10
Implement
We rebuild the menu, schedules, order guides and training alongside your managers, on the floor and in the kitchen.
04Week 11–13
Sustain
Weekly scorecards and manager coaching so the gains hold after we step back.
Savings calculator
What could a tighter operation be worth to you?
Move the sliders to match your restaurant. We compare your costs to common industry targets and print the yearly gap.
Per location, all revenue
Target used: 30%
Target used: 29%
From guest growth and check average
HAIOU SOLUTIONS YEARLY PROFIT OPPORTUNITY
Food & bev savings
Labor savings
Profit on added sales
$0
Estimate only. Added-sales profit assumes a 15% flow-through margin. Your audit replaces these targets with numbers built from your own data.
Food cost and labor changes usually show up on the first full P&L after they go in, typically 30 to 45 days. Sales growth from marketing and training builds over the full 90 days.
Will simplifying the menu cost me guests?
We remove items that few guests order and that earn little. We check sales mix before and after, and we keep the dishes your regulars come for.
I'm a franchisee and can't change the menu. Can you still help?
Yes. Labor, waste, prep, portioning, scheduling, safety, guest service and local marketing are all in your control, and together they are usually the largest share of the opportunity.
What do you need from me to start?
Access to your POS reports, the last three months of invoices and P&Ls, your current schedules, and a recent inventory count. We handle the rest.
Do you replace my managers?
No. We train your managers and give them the tools and scorecards to run the new systems themselves after we leave.
Free profit audit call
Tell us about your restaurant
A 30-minute call to look at your numbers and tell you where we see the biggest opportunity. No cost and no obligation.