fsSTRATEGY Tool Kit

Effective business strategy is based on fact-based research and the use of sound decision-making principles. While gut-feel is often reliable for seasoned operators, business decisions can become clouded by past experiences and personal preferences. Our team has developed a Tool Kit of foodservice related aids that enhance and speed up the opportunity for success and support informed business decisions.

1. Attractions, Institutions and Accommodation

fsIN-SITE
A proprietary program designed to assist in the identification of the optimum foodservice concepts for a given location.

fsMANAGEMENT METHOD
A decision making methodology that assists in determining the optimum management arrangements for foodservice operations in facilities where foodservice is not the primary purpose – lease, contract management, franchise, self-operation.

2. Foodservice Operators

fsSTRATPLAN
A streamlined methodology in which we facilitate the development of a practical and living strategic plan that can be used to guide business execution in the foodservice industry.

fsSITE SELECT
A site selection methodology that can be customized for your specific chain.

fsMARGIN MANAGER This package includes:
	•	Menu Engineering for restaurants and Servery Engineering for institutions. These tools identify optimum placement of menu/servery sections and the placement of items in each section.
	•	Menu Explosion for all foodservice operations, which provides an ongoing theoretical food, cost percent target based on actual purchase prices and menu item popularity.
	•	Labour Matrices for all foodservice operations, which identified optimum levels of staffing based on interval sales data.

fsSERVICE PLUS
A “Service Excellence” program designed to enhance customer service success.

3. Growers, Processors, Distributors and GPO’s

fsVALUECHAINS
A systematic procedure used to identify and develop strategic opportunities for food growers and processors to enter the foodservice industry. This market-driven process assists government, quasi-government and trade associations with development of foodservice market opportunities for their constituents.

fsGOTOMARKET
A streamlined methodology in which we facilitate the development of a practical and living strategic actionable plan that can be used to guide the development of business opportunities for food growers and processors in the foodservice industry.

4. General Tools

fsSHOPPER
A web-based data collection and management system used for customized research.

fsCAPEX
A capital expenditure model that calculates mid level foodservice facility costs. Whether you are starting with an empty lot or a finished building shell, we use fsCAPEX to generate preliminary estimates that are tailored to your concept. Based on national building cost averages, fsCAPEX adjusts to reflect cost factors in over 930 North American locations.