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Every brief started as a question an operator asked: a price test, a delivery audit, the biggest brunch day of the year. The finding sits up top, the numbers underneath. Most recent first.

The Deposit, Decomposed

90 days to Aug 8, 2026

What a delivery platform's weekly deposit nets out to, lane by lane. A multi-unit pizza franchisee, 43 stores, 90 days of statements.

  • 1On promoted orders, the promo stack costs more than the commission22.0% vs 18.4%
  • 2The median error-charge clawback is $5.21 — a lane only automation can work$12,564
  • 394.5% of marketplace downtime is the store's own pause button, not the platform's1,328 h
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The Bench Read

Ten fiscal weeks · worked demonstration

Who to coach, on what, and what is store process rather than person. A worked demonstration of the bench instrument, on synthetic data.

  • 1One shift leader carries a third of the gap — the counterfactual is a ride-along, not a write-up7.4 of 22.8 pp
  • 2The midday process fails under every leader who works it52.3%
  • 3Every graded leader is trending up — and the grade says both halves out loud56.1 → 68.3
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Not Where the Promises Break

Fiscal P7 2026

Controllable waste, hot-shelf promises, and the production clock. A multi-unit pizza franchisee, two markets, one fiscal period.

  • 1The reopened store makes 21% of the fleet's controllable waste — and it's still climbing$9,327
  • 2The fleet makes its waste at ten in the morning and breaks its promises after six at night$10.84 / $100
  • 3One in five hot-shelf promises broke in P712,649
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Mother's Day Yield

Mother's Day 2026

Eight-tops, deuces, and the table-versus-seat tension on the year's biggest day. A multi-unit brunch operator, sixteen locations, one calendar day.

  • 1An eight-top earns $142 per table-hour, +159% versus a deuce$142
  • 2A deuce earns $27.50 per seat-hour, +86% versus an eight-top$27.50
  • 3Chairs and kitchen bound the floor, not tables — +45% more guests through the same table count+45% chairs
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