2026 Profit Baseline Worksheet
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The Christmas Audit Begins
Use this sheet to capture where your operation really is today, so you can measure improvements from the next 11 days.
Use this sheet to capture where your operation really is today, so you can measure improvements from the next 11 days.
Before we plug leaks, we need to see the bucket. Use this 2026 Profit Baseline Worksheet to measure where your restaurant, bar, or hospitality operation is really starting from, so every gift over the next 11 days actually fixes something that matters.
Who this is for:
Takes about 20–30 minutes with your latest P&L and POS reports
For the next 12 days, we’re giving you a series of “profit gifts.” But if we don’t know where you are now, we can’t measure what they fix.
Today’s job is simple:
“We need to measure where you are now so every gift moving forward actually fixes something.”
This worksheet is Step 1 of a multi-step process: you establish a clear baseline today, then use the next 11 resources to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
Most operators skip this. They add tools, software, and SOPs without a starting line, so no one can tell if anything worked. Day 1 solves that.
This is for you if:
You run restaurants, bars, or hospitality venues (single or multi-location)
You’re an owner, CEO, CFO, COO, VP Ops, or Group F&B responsible for profit
You suspect money is leaking in COGS, waste, and variance but can’t see exactly where
You care about automation and AI only if it clearly ties back to profit and control
Not for people looking for generic “holiday marketing ideas.” This is about operations and profit.
In one focused pass, you’ll:
You run restaurants, bars, or hospitality venues (single or multi-location)
You’re an owner, CEO, CFO, COO, VP Ops, or Group F&B responsible for profit
You suspect money is leaking in COGS, waste, and variance but can’t see exactly where
You care about automation and AI only if it clearly ties back to profit and control
Not for people looking for generic “holiday marketing ideas.” This is about operations and profit.
In one focused pass, you’ll:
The worksheet is built to be easy to consume and immediately useful: no complex modeling, just the minimum numbers needed to make good decisions tomorrow.
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To get the most from Day 1, have this ready:
Latest P&L (last full month or last 12 months)
POS summary for sales by category (food, bev, etc.)
Any internal COGS / inventory reports you already use
If you’re missing something, don’t overthink it. Fill in what you can now. You can refine later.
In one focused pass, you’ll:
You run restaurants, bars, or hospitality venues (single or multi-location)
You’re an owner, CEO, CFO, COO, VP Ops, or Group F&B responsible for profit
You suspect money is leaking in COGS, waste, and variance but can’t see exactly where
You care about automation and AI only if it clearly ties back to profit and control
Not for people looking for generic “holiday marketing ideas.” This is about operations and profit.
Day 1 is the starting line:
This is one piece of a larger system, not a random worksheet.
Show how invoices, inventory, and purchasing all connect in one place
Highlight where your current process is leaking time and margin
Map what a simple 2026 rollout could look like for your venues