Labor
Scheduling accuracy, deployment, breaks, clock-ins, and handoffs.
Restaurant profit is won in the details
Find the operational leaks costing your restaurant money.
Practical, operator-led consulting for independent restaurants that want tighter labor, better consistency, and stronger margins—without disrupting service.
Launched New Franchise Locations
A Decade in Restaurant Leadership
Where profit slips away
Small operational misses become expensive habits.
The audit turns day-to-day observations into a short, ranked action plan—so you know what to address first and what the improvement could be worth.
Food cost
Portion tools, prep discipline, waste patterns, and consistency.
Throughput
Bottlenecks affecting ticket time, capacity, and guest experience.
Execution
Cross-training, standards, order accuracy, and shift ownership.
A practical process
Observe. Quantify. Prioritize. Improve.
No generic binder and no unnecessary complexity. You get focused recommendations tied to how your restaurant actually runs.
- 01UnderstandWe start with your goals, numbers, and current pressure points.
- 02IdentifyWe isolate the highest-value operational leaks.
- 03ActYou receive clear priorities your managers can use.
Ongoing support
Choose the level of accountability your operation needs.
12-period partnership
$262.50 every 28 days
$782.50 due first: $520 onboarding + the first period. Then 11 more payments of $262.50. Twelve charges total; $3,670 total commitment.
- Four-hour onboarding and operating baseline
- One two-hour working session each period
- Action priorities, progress review, and accountability
- Relevant McBride digital tools included when useful
- Ends automatically after 12 period payments
Best starting point
6-period partnership
$280 every 28 days
$800 due first: $520 onboarding + the first period. Then 5 more payments of $280. Six charges total; $2,200 total commitment.
- Four-hour onboarding and operating baseline
- One two-hour working session each period
- Action priorities, progress review, and accountability
- Relevant McBride digital tools included when useful
- Ends automatically after 6 period payments
Weekly operator support
$1,105 every 28 days
$1,625 due first: $520 onboarding + the first period. Then 5 more payments of $1,105. Six charges total; $7,150 total commitment.
- Four-hour onboarding and operating baseline
- Four two-hour working sessions each period
- Rapid course correction and accountability
- Relevant McBride digital tools included when useful
- Ends automatically after 6 period payments
Affordable focused help
Two-hour restaurant operations session
$260 one timeTwo focused hours at the target $130 hourly rate for one clearly defined restaurant operations priority.
- Two hours of live working time
- One agreed operating problem or priority
- In person preferred; Microsoft Teams available
- Clear action recap
Half-day intensive
Four-hour restaurant operations intensive
$500 one timeFour focused hours for deeper operational review and problem-solving, priced slightly below the standard hourly target.
- Four hours of live working time
- Multiple related operating priorities
- In person preferred; Microsoft Teams available
- Written priorities and next steps
Manager development
Three-hour manager workshop
$390 one timeA live working session built around one agreed management priority—such as accountability, communication, labor ownership, shift leadership, or difficult conversations.
- Up to three hours of live facilitation
- In person preferred; Microsoft Teams available
- Topic and outcomes confirmed before the workshop
- Relevant internal-use materials included when useful
Hands-on execution
Restaurant implementation day
$1,040 one timeUp to eight focused hours helping the restaurant put agreed operational improvements into practice instead of stopping at recommendations.
- Up to eight hours of implementation support
- Pre-agreed operating priorities and boundaries
- On-site delivery preferred
- Action recap and next-step priorities
Only the three partnership plans above use recurring payments. One period is exactly 28 consecutive calendar days. Each plan has a fixed number of charges and ends automatically; it does not continue beyond the stated 6 or 12 periods. A client may cancel future charges at any time and receive the unused-whole-day refund, if any, defined in the Recurring 28-Day Payment Authorization & Prorated Refund Addendum. All other services and digital products remain one-time purchases. Term work is preferably in person when practical; Microsoft Teams may be used when the service and location allow it. The first 30 minutes of travel each way from Kirkland are included. Longer travel is $50 for each additional 30 minutes of round-trip travel, rounded up; disclosed parking and tolls are additional. Extra work requires written approval and is billed at $130 per hour in 30-minute increments. Final scope, travel, billing, and deliverables are documented in a signed Statement of Work before paid work begins.
Prepared. Evidence-first. Accountable.
Prepared before the visit. Specific after it.
I’m Josh McBride, a local restaurant operations leader with experience managing a roughly $2.8 million operation and teams of 30–40 people. My career began in franchise management at 18, including a year running two Subway locations. After college, I returned to restaurant leadership as a general manager with Panera, then helped lead the grand opening of Secret Burger Kitchen’s third restaurant in Kirkland, Washington.
My work is grounded in the operating details that determine restaurant profit: labor discipline, food-cost controls, deployment, accuracy, and management follow-through. I listen first, verify what is actually happening, and make recommendations only after the evidence supports them.
How we get results
A structured review from first conversation to follow-through.
The full diagnostic stays behind the scenes. What you should know is that every engagement follows a repeatable process built to turn real operating evidence into focused action.
- 01Define the targetWe agree on the operational problem and the 30-day result that matters most.
- 02Verify the operationWe use numbers, recent examples, and direct observation—not assumptions.
- 03Rank the prioritiesYou receive the highest-impact findings and a written corrective plan in practical order.
- 04Measure follow-throughActions have clear ownership, deadlines, and a scheduled check on results.
Written scope before work begins
Evidence separated from recommendations
Ranked action plan your managers can use
Measurement check after implementation
“I don’t sell guesses. I document what is happening, identify what matters most, and build a plan that can be measured on a real shift.”
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