RESTAURANT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Your books can be accurate and still not tell you what each menu item actually costs, whether your food cost is where it should be, where your prime cost is headed, or which areas of the operation are quietly eating into margin.
TrueCount offers stand-alone restaurant financial management projects designed to answer specific questions, improve the systems behind your numbers, and give you information you can actually use.
Bring me in for the project you need. Keep your current bookkeeper if you want.
Restaurant Financial Management for Independent Restaurants
What is Restaurant Financial Management?
Restaurant financial management connects your accounting numbers with the day-to-day financial systems that affect restaurant profitability. It can include food and beverage cost analysis, recipe costing, inventory systems, prime cost reporting, vendor price review, cash controls, and management reporting.
TrueCount Services works with independent restaurants on focused financial management projects and ongoing support. You do not need to replace your current bookkeeper or CPA to use these services.
MORE THAN CLEAN BOOKS
Accurate Books Are Only
Part of the Picture.
Accurate books tell you what happened. They do not automatically tell you what each menu item costs, what your food cost should have been, which items contribute the most dollars, or where operational variance may be eating into margin.
These services focus on the financial information and operating systems behind the bookkeeping, including food cost, inventory, menu profitability, labor, and prime cost, so you can see what is happening inside your restaurant and make better decisions with the numbers you already have.
WAYS I CAN HELP
Choose the Project Your Restaurant Needs.
These services can be hired individually. You don’t need an ongoing bookkeeping agreement, and each project is scoped around your restaurant.
Restaurant Financial Systems Review
$500 fixed fee
A comprehensive review of the financial systems behind your restaurant, including how sales, purchasing, payroll, accounting, and other key information flow together. I’ll identify what’s working, where information is getting lost, and what I recommend addressing first.
Best for: Owners who know something could be better but aren’t sure where to start.
Cash-Control System Setup
Starting at $500
Create a clear process for managing cash from the register to the safe to the bank, including till counts, deposits, petty cash, cash over/short tracking, and supporting documentation.
Best for: Restaurants that handle cash and need better consistency and accountability.
Inventory Count System Setup
Starting at $300
Set up or rebuild a practical inventory system for consistent food and beverage counts. I’ll organize items, storage areas, count units, pricing, and calculations so your team has a clear, repeatable way to complete inventory and track its value over time.
Best for: Restaurants that don’t have a reliable inventory count sheet, are working from an outdated or disorganized spreadsheet, or need a simple system without investing in inventory software.
Prime Cost Reporting Setup
$500–$750
Bring food, beverage, and labor costs together so you can quickly see your restaurant’s prime cost and understand how it is changing over time.
Best for: Owners who know their sales but can’t quickly tell you their food cost, labor cost, or prime cost percentage.
Vendor Price Review
Starting at $300
I’ll review selected vendor invoices and purchasing activity to identify price increases, unusual changes, cost creep, and products that may be worth renegotiating, substituting, or investigating further.
Best for: Restaurants that want to catch creeping food and beverage costs before small increases become expensive problems.
Food Costing & Menu Profitability
Custom Project Pricing
Build a complete picture of what your food menu actually costs using current purchase prices, recipes, portions, yields, and preparation methods. Includes recipe and plate costing, theoretical food-cost percentages, contribution dollars, and identification of items that may need pricing or operational attention.
Best for: Restaurants that don’t have reliable recipe costs, aren’t fully using their existing costing software, or want to know which menu items are actually contributing to profitability.
NOT SURE WHICH SERVICE YOU NEED?
Start With the Problem, Not the Service.
You don’t need to know whether you need a financial systems review, prime cost reporting, food costing, or something else. Tell me what’s frustrating you, what information you wish you had, or what you’re worried may be falling through the cracks.
I’ll help you figure out what makes sense for your restaurant. If one of these projects isn’t the right answer, I’ll tell you that too.
No obligation. No need to change bookkeepers.
SIMPLE, FOCUSED PROJECTS
Here’s What Working Together Looks Like.
01
Tell Me What’s Going On
We start with a conversation about what’s happening in your restaurant, what you’re trying to improve, and what information you already have.
02
I Scope the Project
I’ll determine what work makes sense for your restaurant and give you a clear scope and price before anything begins.
03
I Complete the Project
I review the information, build or improve the system, and explain what I find in plain language.
04
You Decide What's Next
Use the system yourself, work with your existing bookkeeper, or talk with me about ongoing support. There’s no obligation to continue.
MORE THAN CLEAN BOOKS
One Project Can Be the Starting Point.
Sometimes a focused project solves the problem. Other times, it uncovers areas that need regular attention.
If you want ongoing help after the initial project, I can also provide monthly bookkeeping and financial management support. Depending on what your restaurant needs, that might include monitoring prime cost, reviewing theoretical versus actual food cost, maintaining recipe and menu costing, watching for changes in vendor costs, reviewing financial reports, and helping you understand what the numbers are telling you.
You decide how much support you need.
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