Restaurant Reports and Analytics

The Restaurant Dashboard shows the metrics that matter: covers (guests served), revenue per cover, average table turnaround time, food cost percentage, labour cost percentage, and waste-to-revenue ratio. These update in real time during service. The Daily Brief summarises yesterday's performance with highlights and areas for attention — for example covers were up 12% but food cost rose to 34%.

The Item Performance report shows every menu item ranked by revenue, quantity sold, and margin. Identify your stars — high volume, high margin — and your dogs — low volume, low margin. Use this to make menu engineering decisions: promote stars, reprice or remove dogs, and investigate items that sell well but have thin margins. Filter by date range to compare lunch versus dinner performance.

The Hourly Revenue chart shows when your restaurant is busiest and when it is quiet. Use this to align staffing, prep schedules, and purchasing. If Friday 7-9pm generates 40% of weekly revenue, that is where your best staff and fullest prep should be. AskBiz's Anomaly Detection alerts you if a typically busy hour unexpectedly drops — a signal to investigate.

If you operate multiple locations, the Consolidated Restaurant report compares all sites side by side. See which location has the best covers, lowest waste, highest revenue per cover, and best labour efficiency. Use benchmarks to share best practices between sites — if one kitchen runs 28% food cost while another runs 35%, investigate the gap.