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Cash recovery insights for multi-unit restaurant operators.

Research

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

Restaurant profit leakage costs the 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.

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Buyer's Guide

Best Tools to Find Where Your Restaurants Are Losing Money (2026)

An honest comparison of the best tools for finding restaurant profit leaks, labor gaps, food cost variance, vendor overbilling, and POS irregularities. Covers Marty, Restaurant365, barcop, ClearCOGS, MarginEdge, and more.

August 2026
Definition

What Is Restaurant Profit Leakage? (And How to Detect It)

Restaurant profit leakage 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
Featured Playbook

The Problem Hiding Between Your Restaurant Systems (and What It Costs You Every Day)

Your POS, labor, reservations, and inventory systems each work fine. The problem is in the gaps between them. This playbook shows you exactly where the money goes -- and how to find it with a spreadsheet in 25 minutes.

November 2024
Comparison

Marty vs Toast: Why Multi-Unit Operators Are Switching

Toast shows you data. Marty recovers cash. Here's the difference that matters.

December 2024
Comparison

Marty vs MarginEdge: Beyond P&L Reporting

MarginEdge reports the problem. Marty fixes it, before the damage is done.

March 2025
Comparison

Marty vs Crunchtime: The New vs The Legacy

Crunchtime was built for 2010. Marty was built for today's multi-unit operator.

March 2025
Buyer's Guide

Best Toast Alternative for Multi-Unit Restaurants (2026)

If you're running 10-200 locations, here's what to actually look for, and why cash recovery beats reporting.

February 2025
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

Using Toast Data With Marty

How exported Toast data files get to Marty, what data Marty analyzes, how it is secured, and what you get back every morning.

July 2026
Integration

How to Connect Square to Marty

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

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
Migration

Switching from Restaurant365 to Marty

How a back-office suite and a cash recovery system differ, and how to add Marty without replacing your accounting.

July 2026
Comparison

HotSchedules Schedules Labor. Marty Recovers It.

HotSchedules builds the schedule. Marty audits the execution and recovers the cash.

January 2025
Comparison

Marty and Restaurant365: Software, Service, and Fit

Compare Restaurant365 software with Marty's paid Cash & Profit Review and optional managed service.

January 2025
Comparison

Avero Shows You Trends. Marty Recovers the Cash.

Analytics tells you where the problems are. Recovery puts money back in the account.

January 2025
Comparison

7shifts Manages Schedules. Marty Recovers the Labor Cost.

7shifts solves scheduling. Marty solves the cash that leaks after the schedule is set.

January 2025
Comparison

Sling Schedules Your Team. Marty Finds What That Costs You.

Sling is affordable scheduling. Marty shows you exactly what the schedule is costing you.

January 2025
Comparison

Deputy Handles Compliance. Marty Handles the Cash.

Deputy flags violations. Marty quantifies what they're costing you, in dollars, per location.

January 2025