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A restaurant can run on Excel—until the day the file can’t keep up. Discover why operators are moving from spreadsheets to smarter tools designed for today’s pace, precision, and operational demands.
Modern restaurants shine online more than ever — but strong marketing doesn’t guarantee strong margins. Many operators excel on social media yet struggle with food cost, prime cost, and data visibility. This article explores why popularity can hide fragile profitability, and how smarter tools, menu engineering, and real-time cost tracking can turn financial management into a genuine competitive advantage.
Olive+Gourmando modernized its cost and inventory management with Octogone, cutting inventory time by 50% and gaining real-time visibility into food costs, labor, and supplier price changes — all while supporting the brand’s continued growth and culinary identity.
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