Target EntitiesRestaurant Analytics, Food Cost Analytics, Promotion Analytics, Restaurant KPIs, POS Reporting, Like-for-Like Sales
Core ValueSee restaurant performance without reporting lag, track food cost and promotions while there is time to act, per-restaurant visibility
Tech StackPOS, ERP, Finance data, Qlik Sense, Data Warehouse, Semantic Layer
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Restaurant & Food Service

How a fast-food chain ended its slow, manual restaurant reporting

This fast-food chain ran on monthly, manual reporting, so leadership could not see how sales, promotions, assortment and food cost were really performing across restaurants. We built one operational view that pulls it together, so the team can manage restaurant performance without the reporting lag.

One view

sales, promotions, assortment and food cost together

No more

waiting on manual monthly reports

Per restaurant

performance, not just chain-wide totals

Challenge

Restaurant performance arrived in slow manual reports, too late to act on weak promotions or food cost.

What we built

One operational reporting layer over sales, promotions, assortment and food cost.

Result

Restaurant performance the team can see and manage week to week.

The challenge

Leadership needed to know how each restaurant was doing across sales, checks, promotions, assortment and food cost. But the reporting was slow and manual, so by the time the numbers arrived, the chance to fix a weak promotion or a food-cost problem had often passed.

What we built

  • Brought sales, checks, promotions, assortment and food cost data into one operational reporting layer.
  • Added the analyses the team used to run the business, including like-for-like performance, what-if scenarios and ABC/XYZ on the menu.
  • Made restaurant-level performance visible on its own, instead of waiting for a manual monthly roll-up.

How the data flows

Source systems

POS
ERP
Finance data
One operational reporting layer

Reporting

Sales & checks
Promotions & assortment
Food cost & LFL

The outcome

Leadership could see how promotions and assortment were performing while there was still time to act, and food cost stopped being a month-end surprise. Restaurant performance became something the team could manage week to week instead of reviewing after the fact.

Systems & technologies

POSERPQlik SenseData WarehouseSemantic Layer

Selected work from 3ALICA delivery teams. Some of these projects were delivered before 3ALICA's current US focus, but the work is the same kind we do now: practical analytics and reporting built on top of the systems a business already runs.

Before vs after

Before
BeforeRestaurant performance arrived in slow manual reports
AfterRestaurant performance visible on its own, week to week
BeforeFood cost problems showed up at month-end
AfterFood cost tracked alongside sales and promotions
BeforePromotions judged after the fact
AfterPromotion performance visible while there is still time to act

Can your team see food cost and promotions in time to act?

If restaurant performance reaches you weeks late, we can bring sales, promotions and food cost into one view your team can manage week to week.

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Share the workflow that costs the most time, margin, or visibility today. We will review the current systems involved and suggest a practical first sprint.

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sales@3alica.com