Multi-Location Operations & Growth

Systems, standards and organizational designs for scaling and sustaining quality across locations.


Playbook

Multi-Location Standardization Playbook

A practical, hands-on playbook for food service organizations growing to multiple locations. Helps teams decide what to standardize, create durable standards (SOPs, recipes, training), set governance and adaptation rules, pilot and roll out changes reliably, measure adoption and impact, and build a living best-practice sharing system. Includes ready templates and clear next steps for turning the playbook into interactive forms and a reusable domain toolkit.

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Journey

New Location Roll-Out Playbook

A practical, role-aware launch journey that guides teams from pre-build readiness through the first 90 days of predictable operations and improving profitability. Includes operational design checkpoints, a recruitment & training timeline, supplier onboarding and ordering guidance, a soft-open checklist, a focused menu tuning plan, neighborhood outreach ideas, daily metrics to monitor, and a structured 30/60/90 review framework with decision gates and sample targets.

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Model

Commissary & Central Kitchen Cost and Production Model

A practical spreadsheet model and guide to evaluate whether a central kitchen (commissary) will reduce costs and improve operations. Explains required inputs, key formulas (including break-even volume), interpretation of outputs, recommended sensitivity scenarios, utilization targets, common pitfalls, and next steps for piloting and data collection.

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