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Revenue, costs and margins,
updated every night.

The P&L for the current month, with revenue from the POS, costs from invoices and the time clock, margin by department. Not after the quarter closes: as of yesterday, with a comment on what moved it.

Updated to the day beforeBy month and by departmentWith the why behind every variance
P&Lupdated last night, 3:30 AM AugustJuly
ItemAmount% of revenuevs July
Revenue$0100%+ 5%
Ingredients− $26,92032.2%+ 0.8 pt
Staff− $24,91029.8%− 0.3 pt
Rent and utilities− $8,64010.3%=
Other costs− $3,7404.5%− 0.4 pt
Costs$076.8%+ 0.1 pt
Operating margin$023.2%− 0.1 pt
Revenue from the POS, costs from invoices and the time clock: no estimates
Today

The P&L arrives when it's no longer useful.

The accountant closes it quarterly, with accounts designed for the IRS. Meanwhile you don't know whether August paid off: you know the POS was full and the invoices were many. You find out the margin in October, and in October you can't change August.

  • Three months later

    August's margin in October.

  • Tax books

    "Service costs" doesn't tell you whether it's gas or the accountant.

  • One single margin

    You don't know which department lifts it and which drags it down.

The quarterly P&L
Refers toApril–June
Received onOctober 14
Bar margin?
AugustHow did it go? We'll see
Where it comes from

Three lines out of four write themselves.

Revenue comes from the POS, raw materials from reconciled invoices, staff from the time clock. Only rent, leases and depreciation are set by you, once, and spread across the months. The night does the rest.

Where every line comes from4 sources
Revenue31 POS closes, by department$83,610
Ingredients38 reconciled invoices, by center$26,920
StaffTime clock and contracts, with contributions$24,910
Rent, leases, depreciationSet once, spread across the months$8,640
Three automatic sources and one you set once a year

It's not the tax return: it's what you need to decide.

A management P&L, by month and by department, with percentages of revenue and a comparison with the previous month. The tax books is still done by the accountant, from the already reconciled data you send them.

  • Every line opens up

    From the margin to the invoice or the POS close that produced it.

  • Every night

    The current month, updated to the day before.

By department

Not one margin, three.

Revenue by department from the POS, costs by department from cost centers, staff from schedules: every department has its own P&L. The bar earning 46% and the dining room earning 40% are no longer hunches.

  • Revenue from the POS

    By department, every closing.

  • Costs from the centers

    Assigned line by line, every night.

Margin by department, August3 departments
Kitchen
Revenue$54,200
Ingredients$18,420
Staff$16,800
Margin35%
Bar
Revenue$18,400
Ingredients$4,960
Staff$5,010
Margin46%
Dining room
Revenue$11,010
Consumables$3,540
Staff$3,100
Margin40%
The bar earns more than the kitchen: it was a hunch, now it's a numberOpen the bar
Bar, August: margin 46%+ 3 pt vs July
Coffee and breakfast$6,900
Happy hour$8,100
Wine by the glass$3,400
Happy hour sales grew 18%: that's where the margin went up.
The why

The number, and what moved it.

A P&L that says 23.2% is of little use without the why. Every night the Agent writes what moved the margin compared with the previous month: revenue, raw materials, staff, departments. In four lines, with the decision that follows.

  • Every variance with its cause

    Not "raw materials + 0.8", but "pancetta and oil".

  • With the proposal

    What to do, not just what happened.

  • Written by the Agent

    Every night, for the morning report.

What moved the margin, AugustComment
+ $3,980Revenue + 5% vs JulyCovers + 4%, check average + 1%: a full Augustrevenue
− $1,240Raw materials + 0.8 pointsPancetta and extra-virgin olive oil: two price increases, the carbonara and the calamaricosts
+ $410Staff − 0.3 pointsSchedules closer to covers: Saturdays no longer run overstaff
+ $320Bar + 3 margin pointsHappy hour + 18%: the most profitable department is growingdepartments
$19,400Margin 23.2%, in line"The pancetta price increase cost you 0.8 points: the carbonara at $13 makes them back"margin
Twenty minutes

Let's look at August's P&L together

We connect the POS and the invoice inbox, set up rent and leases, and the next morning the month's P&L is there: by department, with the comparison and the why. Free and no strings attached: if it's not for you, we'll tell you ourselves.

  • We connect the POS and the invoice inbox
  • We set up rent and leases, once
  • The P&L, the next morning
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