We provide guidance to chain restaurants, multi-unit retailers, franchisors, as well as private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds -- relating to prospective investments, major initiatives (capital and operational), technology, and transformation within food service and retail verticals.
Profit Objective's Consulting Expertise
Restaurant Industry
Restaurant Industry
Restaurant Industry
Our restaurant expertise spans publicly-held and privately-owned chain restaurants. Today, more than ever, strategic and technological decisions, as well as digital footprints, define food service brands. Visit our restaurant section for the latest on transformation now underway within the restaurant industry.
Franchise Industry
Restaurant Industry
Restaurant Industry
Franchising can be an excellent expansion vehicle for certain brands; it can also be inappropriate for others. We are experts in the strategic, operational, and logistical design of franchise systems. Please visit our franchise section for insights on this specialized way of growing your business.
Multi-Unit Retail
Restaurant Industry
Multi-Unit Retail
We understand the sculpting of a multi-unit, retail brand, and the need to balance "bricks-and-mortar" alongside a potent online infrastructure. Building a retail brand was never more challenging and requires a holistic approach that focuses on both these dynamics.
Consultants to Private Equity, Venture Capital, Hedge Funds
We offer in-depth guidance and perspective (as restaurant, food service, and franchise industry experts) to private equity, venture capital, and hedge funds, as they pursue specific investment projects and initiatives relating to:
- Analysis of contemplated investment strategies
- Analytical and operational input on Mergers & Acquisitions
- Post-acquisition strategy & integration support
- Change and Project Management protocols and oversight
- Technological transformations (review of "tech stacks," online ordering, kitchen automation/robotics, POS systems, etc.)
- Menu mix, pricing strategies, and consumer perception of nutritional messaging
- Digital marketing ecosystems and supporting technology
- On-demand delivery as the latest driver of the restaurant industry
- Cloud/Ghost Kitchens strategies, "test fits," analytics, and deployment project management
