Marty begins with a paid Cash & Profit Review. Our team uses authorized access to your existing restaurant data to identify issues, propose owners and fixes, and provide supporting evidence. For restaurant labor cost control, the Review examines labor percentage, overruns, overtime, and the operating context around them; optional managed service can support ongoing manager follow-through.
Hidden labor leaks can appear in schedule-to-actual gaps, slow dayparts that stay fully staffed, overtime that accumulates across a week, and shifts that repeatedly run above the operator's target. When authorized systems and available data support the comparison, Marty's paid Review examines actual labor and sales by daypart and documents the exception and recommended action.
No. Scheduling platforms can already create schedules and may show actual labor and sales during a shift. Marty's paid Review focuses on examining exceptions and recommending next actions from the authorized data available; optional managed service can support manager follow-through. Connections are read-only, and Marty does not edit schedules or punches.
The paid Review examines authorized labor and sales records for the agreed period and documents findings and recommended actions. Optional manager notifications and follow-through can be discussed afterward when authorized systems provide timely data; the Review does not promise an automatic time-sensitive action.
Marty is your outsourced Chief Profit Officer for Restaurants. Start with a paid Cash & Profit Review of the data you authorize. For labor, we examine sales, worked hours and operating context to document issues, supporting evidence and recommended next steps.
Ask which records will be reviewed, how the team will check staffing context, and who will own the next action. Marty's Review delivers ranked findings, evidence, proposed owners, recommended fixes and an action plan. A suggested staffing change is not a verified saving.
Your team can run the plan. Optional managed continuation can support manager follow-through where the agreed scope and available data support it. Marty does not edit schedules or punches. Changes remain with your team.
Describe the locations in scope, the systems you use and the labor issue you want examined. Agree on scope, authorized access, timing and the fee before work begins.
Within seven days, you receive ranked findings by dollars and location, evidence supporting each finding, proposed owners, recommended fixes, a 30-day action plan, and a live leadership readout. You can run the plan with your own team; managed continuation is optional.
Labor percentage compares labor cost with sales. The ratio may rise because sales fell, labor cost increased, or both changed. Use consistent cost definitions and comparable reporting periods before drawing a conclusion.
Use the current schedule, worked hours, sales, and service requirements together. Choose a review time when a manager can still make a useful decision. First check when each report was last updated. Delayed data should not be treated as a live view of the shift.
Compare scheduled hours with worked hours for the same period.
Review sales and staffing by role and daypart.
Record the manager's explanation, including training, absences, events, and service needs.
Review overtime exposure with the payroll or scheduling owner.
Assign an action and review date while protecting coverage and service.
A variance is not an instruction to cut staff. Check sales changes, worked hours, role coverage, training, absences, events, and service requirements first. Lower labor percentage alone does not establish improved service or causal savings.
A restaurant review matched 7,327 scheduled shifts to actual time records across January-August 2026. It found 1,671 unscheduled hours, concentrated in cook and dish roles on Fridays and Saturdays. The plan proposed a closing-shift alert and a manager to review what kept the crew late. It did not establish that every extra hour could be removed.
Marty can take on the comparison of schedules, worked hours and sales in a paid Cash & Profit Review. We'd identify the closing shifts to discuss with your manager and recommend what to check next. Your team controls staffing changes. Ongoing help is optional and agreed separately.
Source: An anonymized Marty cash recovery plan dated September 4, 2026. Review window January-August 2026. No verified labor savings claimed.
The labor cost calculator can help organize sales, labor cost, and a comparison percentage. It is a starting point, not a validated benchmark. The paid Review examines authorized records, documents uncertainty, and recommends next steps. Optional monitoring and manager follow-through can be discussed afterward.