StretchLearn Course
The operating math that turns a busy restaurant into a profitable one
Course Overview
Most restaurants fail on math they never tracked, not on bad food. This course teaches the operating disciplines that separate a 3 percent margin from a 12 percent one: prime cost control, theoretical-vs-actual food cost, demand-based scheduling, menu engineering, and a one-page daily flash report. Every concept comes with formulas, real benchmark numbers, named tools, and worked dollar examples you can apply on your next shift.
Learning Outcomes
Calculate food cost percentage, labor cost percentage, and prime cost, and compare them to industry benchmarks
Build a theoretical food cost from recipe costing and reconcile it against actual usage to find variance
Engineer a menu using contribution margin and popularity to classify every item as a Star, Plowhorse, Puzzle, or Dog
Schedule labor against forecasted sales using sales-per-labor-hour and a target labor percentage
Measure and improve table turn times, covers per seat, and revenue per available seat hour
Produce and read a one-page daily flash P&L that catches profit leaks within 24 hours
Curriculum Preview
Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.
Food is usually a restaurant's largest controllable cost. This module teaches recipe costing, food cost percentage, and the theoretical-versus-actual reconciliation that exposes waste, theft, and over-portioning.
Labor is the second half of prime cost and the most controllable cost in real time. This module covers labor cost percentage, sales-per-labor-hour, and building schedules from a sales forecast instead of habit.
Your menu is a sales tool, not a list. This module teaches contribution margin, the Stars-Plowhorses-Puzzles-Dogs matrix, and pricing and design tactics that steer guests toward your most profitable dishes.
Capacity and visibility close the loop. This module covers table turn times, revenue per available seat hour, and the one-page daily flash report that lets you catch profit leaks within 24 hours.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.