Restaurant Planning, Reporting and Analysis Software
Restaurant success demands speed, precision, and complete visibility across every unit and channel. The most competitive operators align labor planning, food cost management, inventory control, and financial performance to turn data into action fast.
Solver's AI-powered xFP&A solution unifies your operational and financial data on a single platform. Get the visibility and intelligent insights needed to control prime cost, optimize unit performance, and drive profitability across your portfolio.
Key Challenges Facing Restaurant Organizations
Restaurant organizations struggle with multi-unit complexity, disconnected operational systems, and razor-thin margins that make fast, confident financial decisions nearly impossible.
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Multi-Location and Franchise Complexity
Consolidating financials across dozens or hundreds of locations, tracking same-store sales versus new unit builds, and managing franchise royalty reporting requires far more than spreadsheets can handle. Manual processes slow decision-making and limit visibility for operators, franchisors, and PE sponsors.
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Disconnected Data Across Every System
POS, inventory, labor management, supplier, and ERP systems rarely talk to each other. Finance teams are left manually stitching together data from multiple sources, creating delays, errors, and blind spots between the office of finance and day-to-day operations.
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Margin Volatility and Rising Input Costs
With food and labor costs surging 35% combined over five years and profit margins averaging just 3-9%, restaurants have little room for error. Without driver-based planning and real-time prime cost visibility, operators are constantly reacting to cost overruns rather than getting ahead of them.
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Inflexible Planning for a 13-Period Business
Restaurant budgeting and forecasting runs on unique cycles, dayparts, and seasonal patterns that generic FP&A tools were not built for. Spreadsheet-driven processes cannot keep pace with menu mix changes, wage shifts, or demand fluctuations across a growing portfolio.
How Restaurant Organizations Benefit from Solver
Faster, More Accurate Planning for Multi-Unit Operators
Run driver-based budgets and rolling forecasts across every location on a 13-period calendar. Reduce the time it takes to consolidate, review, and finalize plans across your entire portfolio.
Unit-Level Prime Cost and Contribution Margin Control
Track combined food and labor costs by unit, period, and menu category in real time. Identify where margin is leaking and take action before it impacts your bottom line.
Single Source of Truth Across Finance and Operations
Eliminate the gap between the office of finance and your GMs, district managers, and operations teams. Everyone works from the same data, in the same platform, at the same time.
AI-Powered Insights with Solver Copilot
Ask questions in plain language about prime cost, labor efficiency, and unit-level performance. The Analysis Agent surfaces trends, anomalies, and actionable insights instantly.
Transform Your Restaurant Operations
Restaurant leaders need accurate, timely reporting to make confident, intelligent decisions. Solver unifies POS, labor, inventory, and financial data into powerful reports and dashboards, powered by AI, that drive smarter planning and faster action.
Plan with Confidence Across Every Unit
Access reports on unit-level P&L, labor scheduling, and prime cost performance. Model scenarios across locations and concepts to identify adjustments before they impact your bottom line. Solver Copilot helps surface risks and opportunities you might otherwise miss.
Understand True Costs and Protect Margins
Go beyond gross margin to analyze food cost, labor cost, and overhead by unit, daypart, and menu category. Identify cost drivers and margin leakage as input costs fluctuate and supply disruptions hit.
Align Finance and Operations Around Prime Cost
Break down silos between ERP, POS, labor management, and procurement systems. Give finance teams, GMs, and district managers a shared view of true unit economics that accounts for all restaurant costs, staffing, and capital so every decision is informed by the full picture.
Solver Marketplace Templates for Restaurants
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See how retail leaders protect margins and accelerate growth with extended financial planning and analysis (xFP&A).