Edesia / Free operating tools
Restaurant calculators.
Checklists with a next step.
Work through the numbers and operating questions behind a better restaurant. Get a usable worksheet, save progress on your device, and print or download your plan. No registration required.
Restaurant Health Checklist
Review restaurant cash flow, food cost, labor, and management controls. Build a practical restaurant turnaround action list.
Use the free toolStartup & openingRestaurant Pre-Opening Checklist
Plan restaurant opening tasks across concept, menu, purchasing, staffing, training, and mock service. Save a printable pre-opening checklist.
Use the free toolFractional COORestaurant Owner-Dependency Assessment
Identify restaurant decisions that still depend on ownership. Build a delegation plan for managers and fractional restaurant operations leadership.
Use the free toolMulti-location & expansionRestaurant Expansion Readiness Checklist
Review second-location readiness across restaurant recipes, management, training, purchasing, and unit reporting. Create an expansion action plan.
Use the free toolFood & labor cost reductionRestaurant Food Cost & Variance Calculator
Calculate restaurant food cost from opening inventory, purchases, closing inventory, and food sales. Compare actual and theoretical food cost.
Use the free toolKitchen workflow & efficiencyRestaurant Kitchen Bottleneck Worksheet
Review kitchen workflow from receiving to expo. Record observed bottlenecks, assign owners, and create a kitchen efficiency action list.
Use the free toolMenu engineering & pricingMenu Item Contribution Calculator
Calculate menu item ingredient cost percentage, contribution per sale, and total contribution across sales volume. Compare dishes for menu engineering.
Use the free toolCulinary & menu developmentIngredient Cross-Utilization Planner
Map ingredients to dishes and identify ingredients used by only one menu item. Build a practical restaurant menu development worksheet.
Use the free toolTechnology & AIRestaurant Manual-Work Audit
Estimate weekly and monthly staff hours spent on repetitive restaurant administration. Build a restaurant technology and automation review list.
Use the free toolSOPs & staff trainingRestaurant SOP & Training Checklist
Check restaurant SOP coverage for opening, closing, recipes, inventory, service, and managers. Assign procedure owners and build a training action plan.
Use the free toolPut your worksheet to work.
Every tool connects to a relevant consulting service. Use the results to prepare a more focused conversation about your restaurant.