Know your prime cost every week, not when the P&L shows up. Free tools, remote help, or on-site support.
The OpsEdge Prime Cost System
Prime cost (food, beverage and labor as a percent of sales) is the biggest number on your P&L that you actually control. It rarely blows up. It creeps a point at a time, and most operators find out weeks later when the P&L lands.
The Prime Cost System gives you a weekly number, a clear target, and the right level of help to hit it, from free tools to an on-site audit.
See where you stand in two minutes. The calculator gives you your prime cost percent, the breakdown, and what closing the gap is worth in a year. The weekly sheet keeps it in front of you every Monday.
Use the free calculator Get the free weekly sheetGo line by line. Prime cost is three numbers, and each has its own guide and calculator: food cost (calculator), pour cost (calculator) and labor cost (calculator). The prime cost guide ties them together, and the benchmarks page shows the target range for your concept.
Do it yourself
$34 to $89
Remote help, anywhere in the US
$495 one time
$595 a month, 3-month minimum
On site, Charleston to Savannah
From $3,000
Tell us about your operation. Fill in the short form below. Within one business day you get an invoice and a secure link to upload your reports.
Send 4 weeks of numbers. Sales by category, food and beverage purchases, beginning and ending inventory, and payroll including taxes and benefits. Standard POS and payroll reports are fine.
Get your findings in 7 days. A written report, your numbers in a weekly tracking sheet, and a 60-minute call on what to fix first.
The full weekly system for labor cost, food cost and schedules in restaurants, bars and clubs, from the author of The New Restaurant Manager's First 90 Days. Coming soon. Join the waitlist for the launch date and a reader discount.
Four weeks of sales by category, food and beverage purchases, beginning and ending inventory counts, and payroll reports that include taxes and benefits. If you are missing a count, we work with what you have and show you how to fill the gap.
About an hour to pull the reports, and the 60-minute call. Coaching takes about 15 minutes a week to enter your numbers.
Yes. We work from the standard sales, purchase and payroll reports every system produces, so there is nothing to install or connect.
Yes. The Remote Review and Coaching are fully remote and open to operators anywhere in the US. On-site work is based in the Charleston to Savannah corridor.
Yes. Your reports are used only for your review and are never shared.
Start the Remote Review with the form below, or use the free calculator first.
Use the free calculator
