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NewThe weekly brief: what moved, store by store

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Practical guides for franchisees and franchisors on making stores more profitable, and what’s new in AI COO.

7Places profit hides in a store

How to make your store more profitable

Seven places profit hides in a franchise restaurant, the number to watch for each, and the weekly habit that keeps it.

+Median store: prime cost 59.4%
−Bottom quarter: 64.1%
·The gap is the program

Field operations

How to improve franchisee profitability across your system

59.7%Prime cost, last week

How to calculate prime cost (and bring it down)

2.7 ptsActual over theoretical

Food cost and loss

How to lower food cost with actual vs theoretical variance

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TopicsUnit economics3Labor2Food cost and loss2Sales channels2Guest experience1People3Franchise development2Field operations3Getting started1Product updates4

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AudiencesFranchisees18Multi-unit operators21Franchisors15

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TypeGuide17Article2Product update4

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7Places profit hides in a store

How to make your store more profitable

Sep 24, 2026 · 8 min read

+Median store: prime cost 59.4%
−Bottom quarter: 64.1%
·The gap is the program

Field operations

How to improve franchisee profitability across your system

Sep 23, 2026 · 7 min read

+Castle Rock up 13.7% on the week
−Provo orders down 6.2%
·Across 21 of 23 stores

Product updates

The weekly brief: what moved, store by store

Sep 22, 2026 · 2 min read

59.7%Prime cost, last week

How to calculate prime cost (and bring it down)

Sep 18, 2026 · 6 min read

·Item 19: 142 of 186 units
·Median, not average
·Open 12+ months

Franchise development

How to read Item 19 in a franchise disclosure document

Sep 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Away Sep 14–21? Reply OK and I'll hold your texts.

Product updates

GMs can text the days they're away

Sep 15, 2026 · 2 min read

2.7 ptsActual over theoretical

Food cost and loss

How to lower food cost with actual vs theoretical variance

Sep 11, 2026 · 6 min read

−Provo: hourly labor 4.1 pts over median
·Agreed: one fewer closer Tue–Thu
+Four weeks on: 1.2 pts over

Field operations

How to run franchise field visits that improve performance

Sep 9, 2026 · 6 min read

You keep leading with discounts. Labor is the one I care about.

Product updates

Tell AI COO when the brief missed

Sep 8, 2026 · 2 min read

Every store should knowwhat to do today.

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