The Problem

Your Restaurant Is
Leaking $10K–$50K
a Year.

It's not one big thing. It's a hundred small ones — hidden in your processing statement, buried in your POS settings, and sitting in features nobody turned on.

Average annual profit leaked
by restaurants we audit
$27,400
If you're processing around $40,000+/month, odds are you're in this range too.
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1
Leak #1
Processing Fees Nobody Explains
Your processor is quietly taking thousands a year in markups, surcharges, and junk fees — all buried in statements designed to be confusing.

Every time a customer taps their card at your restaurant, three parties take a cut: the card-issuing bank (interchange), the card network (Visa/Mastercard), and your processor. The first two are fixed — every processor pays the same interchange. The third one? That's where you're getting taken.

Most processors use confusing pricing models — tiered rates, "qualified" vs "non-qualified" buckets, and pages of line items — specifically because it makes it harder to see what you're actually paying. The less you understand your statement, the more they make.

2.5-4%
Effective rate most restaurants pay — many could be under 2%
73%
Of restaurant owners have never compared their processing rates
$4,800
Average annual overpayment we find on a $50K/month volume

Here's what a typical restaurant's processing fees actually look like — and which ones are negotiable, avoidable, or outright junk:

Fee Monthly Annual
Interchange (goes to bank)
Fixed — every processor pays this
$785.10
$9,421
Processor markup
🚩 This is where you're overcharged
$340.21
$4,083
Non-qualified surcharge
🚩 Extra charge on rewards/corporate cards
$156.80
$1,882
PCI compliance fee
🚩 Should be $0-$50/yr, often $300+
$24.95
$299
Statement, batch, monthly min
🚩 Pure junk fees — nickle and diming
$47.50
$570
Equipment lease
🚩 Leasing a $400 terminal for $89/mo
$89.00
$1,068
Avoidable fees / year — $7,902

Red flags on your processing statement:

🚩 Any line item labeled "non-qualified" — you're being surcharged on 40%+ of modern cards
🚩 PCI compliance fees over $100/year — many processors charge $300+ for something that should be free
🚩 Equipment lease payments — you're paying $1,000+/year for hardware worth $400
🚩 An effective rate above 2.5% — if you're processing $25K+/month, you should be well below that
🚩 Monthly minimum fees — a penalty for not processing enough, often unnecessary
🚩 Annual fee or "account maintenance" — a pure junk fee with zero value

Want to know exactly what you're overpaying? Upload your statement — we'll do the math.

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2
Leak #2
A POS Setup Nobody Optimized
Your POS was installed and left on default. Your staff works around it instead of with it — and it costs you time, money, and accuracy on every single order.

Here's what usually happens: a POS sales rep installs your system, runs through a 30-minute training, and leaves. The menu is set up "close enough." The workflow is whatever the default was. The reporting tools go untouched. And your staff develops workarounds for every friction point instead of fixing the system.

The result? Every order takes longer than it should. Mistakes go to the kitchen and come back as comps. Your inventory numbers don't match reality. And you're making decisions based on gut feeling instead of data — because the data is there, but nobody's looking at it.

The Default Setup

What We Usually See

Menu organized by when items were added, not by how orders flow
Modifiers missing or incomplete — staff enters custom notes that kitchen misreads
No coursing or order timing — apps and entrees fire simultaneously
Comp/void requires manager but there's no pattern tracking
Reports exist but nobody runs them — or knows they exist
Staff trained by other staff, not by the system — workarounds compound
After Optimization

What It Should Look Like

Menu organized by station and order flow — 2-3 taps per item max
Complete modifier sets — forced choices eliminate kitchen errors
Course sequencing so apps fire first, entrees fire on trigger
Auto-alerts on comp/void patterns — catch shrink before it compounds
Automated daily reports to your phone — sales, labor, waste, trends
Staff trained on the actual system — speed and accuracy from day one

The cost of "good enough" is enormous. An extra 15 seconds per order across 200 daily orders is 50 minutes of lost labor — every day. A 3% comp rate instead of 1% on $50K/month is $12,000 a year in food walking out the door. These aren't hypotheticals. These are the numbers we see in real audits, at real restaurants.

15-30s
Saved per order with an optimized menu layout and modifier system
20%+
Reduction in comps/voids with proper workflow and tracking
$8,400
Average annual savings from POS workflow optimization alone
3
Leak #3
Revenue Features You're Not Using
Your POS has built-in tools designed to increase your average ticket, bring customers back, and capture revenue you're currently giving away. Nobody turned them on.

Modern POS systems aren't just cash registers. They're marketing platforms, loyalty engines, and revenue optimization tools — but only if you use them. Most restaurants use about 20% of what their POS can actually do. The other 80% sits there, doing nothing, while you leave money on the table every single day.

Here are the features most restaurants already have — and aren't using:

💳

Suggested Tip Prompts

Switching from "enter custom tip" to suggested 18/20/25% prompts increases average tips by 30-50%. Your staff makes more, retention improves, and it costs you nothing.

Impact: +$8,000–$15,000/year in staff tips
⭐

Loyalty & Rewards

Built into most modern POS systems. Customers earn points, you get their contact info and visit data. Regulars visit 20% more frequently when enrolled in a loyalty program.

Impact: +15-25% repeat visit frequency
🎁

Gift Cards

Digital and physical gift cards are a profit machine: 10-15% of gift card value is never redeemed, and gift card users spend 20% more than the card value on average.

Impact: +$5,000–$20,000/year depending on promotion
📱

SMS & Email from Your POS

Your POS already captures customer data — use it. Automated birthday offers, weekly specials, and win-back campaigns drive visits without lifting a finger.

Impact: +2-5 extra visits/year per customer
🍟

Upsell Prompts & Add-Ons

"Would you like to add fries?" built into the ordering screen. Suggestive selling at the POS level increases average ticket by 5-12% with zero staff training required.

Impact: +$15,000–$36,000/year on $50K/month volume
🛵

Direct Online Ordering

Stop giving 15-30% to DoorDash. Your POS likely has built-in online ordering — same functionality, zero commission. You keep the margin and own the customer.

Impact: Save $12,000–$30,000/year in app commissions

The Math on a Single Lever: Suggested Add-Ons

Monthly card volume $50,000
Average ticket $38
Tickets per month ~1,316
Average add-on acceptance rate 25%
Average add-on value $3.50
Additional annual revenue $13,818

That's one lever. Most restaurants have 3-5 of these sitting dormant in their POS right now. Stacking just two or three of them can add $20,000-$50,000+ in annual revenue — without a single new customer walking through the door.

The Total Impact

Add It Up. That's Your Money.

Here's what a typical restaurant processing $50K/month is leaving on the table — across all three leaks.

💸
$7,900
Saved per year by cutting junk fees and switching to competitive rates
🖥️
$8,400
Saved per year from POS optimization — faster orders, fewer comps, tighter ops
📱
$18,000
Added per year from activating just 2 revenue levers (add-ons + direct ordering)
Combined annual impact: $34,300 per year · based on $50K/month volume
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You Can't Fix What You
Can't See.

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