The proof
What a Profit Leak Audit actually looks like.
A section-by-section walkthrough of a real ROME audit on a sample restaurant — the same engine, the same screens, the same math your restaurant would get.
Sample Sample audit of a fictional restaurant built from realistic synthetic data. Your audit uses your real numbers.
The full plan, in one ladder
$11,961/mo operational fixes + $7,276/mo pricing & growth plays = $19,237/mo full plan
Westport flagship. The headline below is the operational rung; the ranked plan spans the whole ladder.
Section 1
The headline: what the audit found
Net recoverable from the core operational fixes
$11,961/mo
◈ Westport flagship · operational fixes only · 92-day window scaled to 30 days$143,532 per year · 5.8% of sales · the sum of 6 quantified leaks
One sample restaurant, one location, one recent window of its own POS data — and $11,961 a month quietly leaking through pricing, prep, pours, and scheduling. Every dollar of it is itemized below.
How we calculated this →
Data sources · Every input is a real row in the sample restaurant’s point-of-sale exports — checks, order lines, menu costs, labor shifts — over the recent 92-day reporting window. Nothing is modeled from industry averages.
Monthly basis · Leaks are measured over the window and scaled to a 30-day month (window total × 30 ÷ 92 days) — a monthly average, not a calendar-month actual. The headline is the sum of the quantified leaks.
Honesty · These are estimates of operational opportunity, not guaranteed recovery — what you capture depends on the actions you take. Every figure in the product carries its math one click away.
Section 2
The biggest leak
Fajita platters underpriced for protein cost
$8,214/mo
The fajita family runs a 54% margin — the worst-margin high-volume group on the menu at 8,397 sold. A $3 reposition across the family recovers margin on the highest-protein-cost plates you sell.
The math · $3.00 reposition × 2,738 fajita plates/mo = $8,214/mo
This is what a leak looks like in ROME: a named problem, the dollars it costs each month, and the exact arithmetic behind the figure — never a vague “you should tighten up.”
Section 3
Menu engineering: every item earns its place, or doesn't
Star — high volume, high margin
Enchiladas Verdes
1,906 sold this window · 75% margin
A genuine star — protect it and feature it; this is the plate the menu is built around.
Plowhorse — high volume, thin margin
Fajitas Steak
2,773 sold this window · 51% margin
A classic plowhorse — sells constantly but earns too little per plate — the classic candidate for a careful reprice or re-cost.
Puzzle — high margin, low volume
Mole Poblano
470 sold this window · 75% margin
A puzzle — earns well but nobody orders it — promote it, reposition it, or let the menu make the case.
Dog — low volume, low margin
Tableside Guacamole
931 sold this window · 51% margin
A dog — takes up prep, inventory, and menu space without paying rent — cut it or rework it.
ROME classifies the whole menu this way from real sales and real plate costs — with a concrete promote/reprice/rework call for each item, not just a chart.
Section 4
Labor: sales per labor hour, day by day
Sales generated per labor hour, by weekday, over the reporting window.
The mismatch is visible at a glance: Saturdays generate $53 of sales per labor hour while Mondays manage $31 — yet the schedule barely changes. That gap is where the staffing findings (and their dollars) come from.
Section 5
The ranked action plan — top 5 of 15 moves
Shown: the 5 highest-impact moves by dollar impact — these five: $15,606/mo of the $19,237/mo full plan (operational fixes + pricing & growth, all 15 moves). The rest are in the full plan below.
Fajita platters underpriced for protein cost
Moderate · High confidence · Menu
Nudge prices on your high-volume "Plowhorses" (Fajitas Steak, Fajitas Pollo, Taco al Pastor)
Quick win · Medium confidence · Pricing
Launch a win-back to your 559 dormant customers
Moderate · Medium confidence · Customer
Prompt Tableside Guacamole on Taco al Pastor orders (attach rate 10%)
Quick win · Medium confidence · Service
Perishable over-prep & slow-mover spoilage
Moderate · High confidence · Purchasing
Full plan: 15 moves worth $19,237/mo = $11,961/mo operational fixes + $7,276/mo pricing & growth plays ◈ Westport flagship · full plan
Not a dashboard to interpret — a to-do list ranked by payoff, each move carrying its effort, confidence, and the evidence behind it.
Section 6
The 30-day roadmap: quick wins first
Week 1 — quick wins
- House margarita pour cost at 44%$848/mo
- Tableside guacamole underpriced for labor$607/mo
- Dinner overstaffed on Mon/Tue$504/mo
- Avoidable weekend kitchen overtime$475/mo
Weeks 2–4 — bigger moves
- Fajita platters underpriced for protein cost$8,214/mo
- Perishable over-prep & slow-mover spoilage$1,313/mo
Sequenced so the easy money lands first — the Week 1 fixes fund the patience for the bigger moves.
Section 7
What it takes: four exports, nothing else
- Sales / orders
- Order line items
- Menu & plate costs
- Labor shifts
The four CSV exports your point-of-sale system already produces. Column-by-column guide: the SpotOn export guide.
No new hardware. No new staff logins. Nothing changes about how your restaurant runs.
Section 8
What you receive
Your Profit Leak Audit
Every leak named, dollarized, and backed by its math — like the excerpts above, on your real numbers.
Live dashboards
Explore every check, item, daypart, and location — every total traceable to the transactions behind it.
The daily briefing
A plain-language read on your restaurant — the handful of things worth your attention, before any chart.
Ask ROME
A conversational AI advisor grounded in your data — ask anything about your numbers and get the why behind it.
Sample Sample audit of a fictional restaurant built from realistic synthetic data. Your audit uses your real numbers.