The rescue lane
Losing money right now? You've reached the right room.
No countdowns, no theatre — a founder-led read of your numbers, first in the queue. Run the sixty-second severity check below, or put what you know on the table now.
Rescue requests are read first. The founder replies personally, typically within one business day (Sun–Thu, GST) — sooner when the numbers are on the table.
The 60-second severity check
60-second severity check
Three structural lines against the red-lines the rescue playbook trusts — food >38 · labour >35 · aggregator commission >25. On-device until you choose to send it.
Only the figures you type, on this device — nothing is stored or sent unless you deliberately choose to send it. Not financial or investment advice.
No mystery, no pitch deck
What happens in the first 72 hours
A rescue starts with reading, not selling. This is the exact sequence — the same one behind the 90-day turnaround door, compressed to triage speed.
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Your message is read first
Rescue requests jump the queue. The founder reads your severity check and whatever P&L lines you can share — even rough figures make the first response count.
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A direct conversation
WhatsApp or a call — what is bleeding, what is recoverable, and whether GGB is the right hands for it. This first read costs nothing and commits you to nothing.
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Stop-the-bleed priorities
The two or three moves with the fastest margin effect — menu pricing, roster shape, channel mix — sequenced against your numbers, not a template.
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The decision point
If the structure warrants it: the 90-day reset frame, the same P&L discipline the turnaround door installs. If it does not need us, you hear that honestly too.
Straight answers
- My restaurant is losing money — what should I do first?
- Read the three structural lines before touching anything else: food cost as a share of revenue, labour as a share of revenue, and the aggregator commission on delivery orders. When one of them is structurally past its red-line (food above 38%, labour above 35%, aggregator above 25%), no amount of marketing fixes the losses — the cost structure has to be reset first. The 60-second severity check on this page reads all three, on your device.
- How fast does GGB respond to a rescue request?
- Rescue requests are read first. The founder replies personally, typically within one business day (Sun–Thu, GST) — sooner when the numbers are on the table. The fastest route is WhatsApp with your severity read attached.
- What does the rescue review cost?
- The severity check and the first conversation are free and carry no obligation. A full engagement is scoped only after the numbers have been read — and only if the read says GGB can genuinely move them.
- What numbers should I have ready?
- Last month's revenue, food purchases, payroll, rent, and your aggregator statements. Rough figures are fine — the point of the first call is direction, and precision follows once the P&L is on the table.
- Can every restaurant be rescued?
- No — and an honest read says so early. Some models are structurally broken: a lease the revenue can never carry, a channel mix that loses money on every order. In those cases the honest advice is to change the model, the site or the lease — not to spend more operating harder inside broken math.