Grow your restaurant advisory firm
Add CAM review to a wider restaurant cost plan.
Keep food, labor, and POS work separate. Landlord charges need their own files.
Restaurant.org published 2024 site cost survey medians. The source says these figures help managers.
They are not standards or goals.
That warning matters. A ratio can guide attention. It cannot prove a lease error.
See the Practice Growth hub. It maps other firm growth paths.
Add a clear offer
Start with leased restaurant sites. Then check the file state.
The site cost audit offer gives you a scope card. It keeps food and labor outside the CAM review.
A restaurant lease guide says some leases add CAM costs. Taxes and insurance may also sit beside base rent.
The signed lease still controls each client file.
Rank group files
Multi-site work needs one row per site and year.
Use the restaurant CAM control board. It tracks files, dates, owners, and stops.
Do not mix one site's lease with another bill. Keep each evidence path clear.
Explain ratio changes
A site cost ratio blends sales and site costs.
The ratio bridge splits those parts. It then tests CAM changes against the lease.
This keeps a sales drop from causing a false claim.
Check costs before prices
Menu pricing needs clean cost inputs.
Use the lease cost pricing gate. It marks each input by source status.
Patrick Accounting advises restaurants to use actual item costs. Its method also calls for clean stock data.
Your team still owns menu mix and price choices.
Browse the franchise consultant resource hub. It holds more client service guides.
Visit the franchise consultant page. It explains the wider firm path.
Where CAMAudit fits
Restaurant advisors choose the client and review scope.
CAMAudit reads supplied lease and CAM files. Its report links approved findings to source lines.
Your firm reviews and signs the branded CAM audit. You then guide your client.
CAMAudit may prepare a dispute letter draft. This is a draft for your review.
It is not legal advice. Have counsel review before sending.
Use the service line guide to build the offer.