01 / ACCOUNTING
Accounting
- Product and menu costing
- Cash and inventory workflows
- Sales and operating-budget analysis
INDUSTRIES / CONSUMER BUSINESS & HOSPITALITY
A stronger business behind the customer experience.
Support for coffee, food, retail and hospitality businesses—from their operating model to their customer relationships.
Discuss your needsOverview
Consumer-business and hospitality planning connects product and menu costs with purchasing, service routines and marketing. We help coffee, food, retail and hospitality businesses develop a coherent offer and a practical way to deliver it.
HOW WE CAN HELP
Services for your industry.
General business services shaped around the operating needs of consumer business & hospitality.
02 / MANAGEMENT
Management
- Purchasing and stock planning
- Service and staffing workflows
- Supplier and launch coordination
03 / MARKETING
Marketing
- Brand and offer development
- Local and digital outreach
- Online customer journeys
BUSINESS & PROJECT CONTEXT
Capabilities in practice.
AP Coffee and Vic’s Place provide distinct coffee and restaurant business contexts. Vic’s Place is the DBA of Vic’s Resturant, LLC. Product economics, suppliers and customer experience connect this industry with Gaskin’s consulting practices.
Business
AP Coffee
Product and business development
Coffee sourcing, packaged retail and café planning connect product economics with purchasing, service delivery and the customer offer.
View profileBusiness
Vic’s Place
Existing restaurant business
The restaurant business brings menu economics, inventory, supplier responsibilities and customer experience into one operating context.
View profileEach business and project retains its own operating scope. The industry umbrella describes how the portfolio is organized.
2 selected examples.
Explore the business portfolioBUSINESS NEEDS / POTENTIAL OUTPUTS
Put the industry
perspective to work.
Typical questions and the work that can help answer them.
Connect the menu or product offer to margin
A product-cost view that brings purchasing, inventory, waste and pricing into the same conversation.
Prepare a more consistent customer experience
An operating plan for supplier coordination, service routines and the customer journey.
Build a coherent local and digital offer
Positioning, website content and customer-development priorities connected to what the business can deliver.
PERSPECTIVES
Related insights.
Analysis
One customer experience, several working businesses
The proposed operating model connecting AP Coffee, Vic’s Place, transportation and specialist services.
Analysis
What a coffee menu needs to earn
Connect product cost, preparation time, waste and customer demand before treating a popular item as a strong business decision.
Let’s discuss the next step.
Tell us what your organization is working to improve.