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Field notes for multi-unit restaurant operators on daily visibility, useful alerts, and manager follow-through across locations.

Food Cost

Restaurant Inventory Count Checklist and Count Sheet

Use a restaurant inventory count checklist to check units, deliveries, transfers, and open packs. Copy the count sheet and review differences before approval.

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Food Cost

Restaurant Food Waste Log: Copyable Sheet and Review Steps

Copy a restaurant food waste log with quantity, reason, and review fields. Track discarded food, avoid duplicate entries, and check what remains unexplained.

September 2026
Cash Recovery Plan

What four restaurant cash reviews found inside labor, food and void reports

Findings from four anonymized restaurant reviews, covering missing food invoices, closing labor, discounts and cash reconciliation. See what to check next.

September 2026
Research

The State of Lost Restaurant Profit 2026: Data, Benchmarks, and What Multi-Unit Owners Are Recovering

Lost profit costs the restaurant industry $100 billion annually. Benchmarks from Marty's analysis of 50+ multi-unit groups, by category, by segment, and by what operators are actually recovering.

August 2026
Buyer's Guide

Tools to Find Lost Restaurant Profit: Match Tool to Problem

Match labor, inventory and cash problems to the records and tools needed to investigate them. Compare R365, Nory, Toast IQ and a scoped Marty review.

August 2026
Definition

Where Do Restaurants Lose Profit? (And How to Detect It)

Lost restaurant profit is the gap between revenue earned and revenue kept, caused by preventable failures in labor, food cost, vendor billing, and POS gaps. The average multi-unit restaurant loses 8–12% of revenue annually.

August 2026
Integration

How Marty Connects to Your POS, Scheduling, and Payroll

Marty reads your restaurant data read-only and turns it into daily cash recovery. See which systems it connects to and how.

July 2026
Integration

How to Connect 7shifts to Marty

Setup steps, what scheduling data Marty reads, how your access is secured, and what you get every morning.

July 2026
Migration

Switching from MarginEdge to Marty

How the two differ, what Marty does that reporting tools do not, and how to make the change without disruption.

July 2026
Comparison

Olo Manages Orders. Marty Recovers the Margin.

Olo maximizes order volume. Marty recovers the margin you're missing on every order.

February 2025
Comparison

Clover Runs Your POS. Marty Recovers Your Margin.

Clover reports what happened. Marty delivers the recovery actions with dollars attached.

January 2025
Comparison

Square Runs Your POS. Marty Recovers Your Margin.

Square processes transactions. Marty finds the dollars left on the table between them.

December 2024
Labor Cost

How to Reduce Restaurant Labor Costs | Marty

Review schedules, timecards and sales before cutting restaurant labor. Find the cause of extra hours, assign a fix and check service stays on track.

November 2024
Labor Cost

The Restaurant Overtime Problem: Why It Creeps and How to Stop It

Overtime rarely comes from one bad decision, it comes from dozens of small ones that compound silently.

October 2024
Food Cost

Why Is Restaurant Food Cost So High? | Marty

Check counts, invoices, recipes and waste before blaming high food cost. Use a practical review to separate record errors from operating problems.

November 2024
Food Cost

Restaurant Vendor Overbilling: How to Catch It Before It Compounds

3-7% of vendor invoices contain pricing discrepancies. At scale, that's tens of thousands per year.

October 2024
Food Cost

Restaurant Food Cost Variance: Find the Cause | Marty

Compare actual and theoretical food cost. Check counts, invoices, recipes and waste, then trace the variance before changing portions or prices.

November 2024
Operations

Restaurant Comp Fraud: Patterns, Detection, and Prevention

When comp patterns deviate from location norms, there's often fraud hiding in the numbers.

October 2024
Operations

Restaurant Cash Handling: Check Gaps Before Blame | Marty

Trace cash gaps through checks, drawer counts and deposits. Review voids and discounts with evidence before drawing conclusions about restaurant theft.

September 2024
Labor Cost

The Restaurant Overstaffing Problem: How to See It Before the P&L Closes

Overstaffing feels like good service. It shows up as thin margins.

November 2024