https://ggb.consulting/insights Evidence-led articles on the business of restaurants — launch, control, scale and systems — from a founder-led development consultancy in Dubai and the GCC. en https://ggb.consulting/insights/delivery-aggregator-economics https://ggb.consulting/insights/delivery-aggregator-economics Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT What delivery aggregators really cost a restaurant in the UAE, KSA and India — the full order P&L, commission tiers, own-channel mix, and the weekly read that protects margin. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/franchise-india-to-gcc https://ggb.consulting/insights/franchise-india-to-gcc Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Franchising from India to the GCC — what transfers and what must be re-based, the documentation a franchisee actually buys, and the staged corridor entry that protects the brand. Franchise https://ggb.consulting/insights/how-to-open-restaurant-dubai https://ggb.consulting/insights/how-to-open-restaurant-dubai Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to open a restaurant in Dubai — the operator's guide to feasibility, the cost architecture of opening, the licence pathway, timeline drivers and a launch built to profit. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/ramadan-seasonality-revenue-planning https://ggb.consulting/insights/ramadan-seasonality-revenue-planning Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Ramadan daypart inversion, the summer trough and tourist peaks — planning labour, purchasing and cash flow around the known GCC revenue curve. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-pnl-line-by-line https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-pnl-line-by-line Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The restaurant P&L, line by line — revenue mix, theoretical vs actual COGS, what hides in labour, and the three ratios that decide survival. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-pre-opening-45-days https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-pre-opening-45-days Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The last six weeks before opening decide the first six months — readiness workstreams, procurement discipline, training to competence, and the go/no-go board. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-prime-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-prime-cost Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant prime cost explained — the 60–65% ceiling, the weekly cadence and workbook walk that hold it, the classic failure patterns, and how to read it down the P&L. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-staffing-how-many-staff https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-staffing-how-many-staff Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT How many staff a restaurant needs — the covers-per-labour-hour logic, rosters built from forecast not habit, FOH/BOH ratios by format, and the overtime trap. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-aggregator-cut https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-aggregator-cut Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT What the aggregator's cut really does to restaurant margin — contribution per order, the delivery cost stack, and how to decide your channel mix deliberately. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-food-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-food-cost Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to read restaurant food cost the way a turnaround starts: the 32% ceiling, yield, portioning and purchasing discipline, and the weekly routine behind it. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-labour https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-labour Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant labour cost, read properly: the 30% ceiling, revenue per labour hour, and how to reshape a habit-built roster around the hours guests arrive. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-occupancy https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-occupancy Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Rent as a share of revenue is the occupancy read most operators never run — how to run it, why it beats the per-square-foot number, and the honest ways out. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-weekly-pnl https://ggb.consulting/insights/five-nights-weekly-pnl Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The 20-minute weekly P&L read that keeps restaurant costs closed once fixed — five lines, the published ceilings, one action a week, and a printed docket. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/multi-outlet-restaurant-control https://ggb.consulting/insights/multi-outlet-restaurant-control Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why multi-outlet restaurant groups lose visibility as they grow — and the operating disciplines that fix it: one daily read, variance by outlet, approvals that survive the founder's absence. Systems & AI https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-consultant-dubai https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-consultant-dubai Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a restaurant consultant in Dubai actually does across launch, turnaround, franchise and systems — how to judge one, what an engagement looks like, and the questions that separate operators from brochures. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-profitability-audit https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-profitability-audit Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to run a restaurant profitability audit — food cost, labour, rent and delivery commission against the typical GCC bands, what each line should carry, and when to bring in an auditor. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-turnaround-consultant https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-turnaround-consultant Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT When a restaurant needs a turnaround consultant, the red lines that say so, and what a structured 120-day reset actually involves — diagnosis, margin rebuild, control install — from a founder-led Dubai firm. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/ai-restaurant-operations-uae https://ggb.consulting/insights/ai-restaurant-operations-uae Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Where AI and automation genuinely help a multi-outlet restaurant operator — forecasting, consolidated reporting and variance detection — and where they don't. Systems & AI https://ggb.consulting/insights/how-to-franchise-restaurant-uae https://ggb.consulting/insights/how-to-franchise-restaurant-uae Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to franchise a restaurant in the UAE — the readiness framework: a proven unit, investor-grade economics, documentation and a paced rollout. Franchise https://ggb.consulting/insights/why-restaurants-fail https://ggb.consulting/insights/why-restaurants-fail Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why restaurants fail — the structural reasons operating restaurants close, told unsparingly from the turnaround chair, and the discipline that prevents most of them. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/how-we-measure https://ggb.consulting/insights/how-we-measure Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT How GGB measures a restaurant — the four diagnostic axes (food cost, labour, delivery economics, payback), how each is measured and why it is the right signal. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/india-restaurant-licence-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/india-restaurant-licence-cost Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT India restaurant licence cost — the cost categories of opening, the many authorities involved, the state-by-state reality, and the two numbers that actually decide survival. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-lease-fit-out https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-lease-fit-out Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant lease and fit-out — the rent-to-revenue ceiling, the clauses that sink operators, and why the lease is the one decision you cannot undo. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-staffing-cost-per-head https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-staffing-cost-per-head Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant staffing costs — why the real price per head is far more than the salary, what WPS and visas add, and how labour sits inside prime cost. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/singapore-restaurant-licence-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/singapore-restaurant-licence-cost Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Singapore restaurant licence cost — the cost categories of opening, the authorities involved, the rent reality, and the two numbers that actually decide survival. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/abu-dhabi-restaurant-licence-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/abu-dhabi-restaurant-licence-cost Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Abu Dhabi restaurant licence cost, explained — the real cost categories of opening a restaurant in the capital, the authorities you deal with, and the two numbers that actually decide survival. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/qatar-restaurant-licence-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/qatar-restaurant-licence-cost Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Qatar restaurant licence cost — the cost categories of opening in Doha, the authorities involved, the structure question, and the two numbers that actually decide survival. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/saudi-arabia-restaurant-licence-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/saudi-arabia-restaurant-licence-cost Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Saudi restaurant licence cost — the cost categories of opening in the Kingdom, the authorities involved, Saudization, and the two numbers that actually decide survival. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/sharjah-restaurant-licence-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/sharjah-restaurant-licence-cost Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sharjah restaurant licence cost — the real cost categories of opening in the emirate, the authorities involved, and the two numbers that actually decide survival. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/best-pos-systems-dubai-restaurants https://ggb.consulting/insights/best-pos-systems-dubai-restaurants Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to choose a restaurant POS in Dubai — the selection criteria that actually matter: reporting, inventory, multi-outlet consolidation and integration. Systems & AI https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-food-cost-control https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-food-cost-control Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant food cost control — theoretical vs actual food cost, where the variance leaks (portioning, waste, yield) and the weekly discipline to close it. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/menu-engineering-restaurant-profit https://ggb.consulting/insights/menu-engineering-restaurant-profit Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Menu engineering for profit — classify every dish into stars, plowhorses, puzzles and dogs by popularity and contribution margin, and price for mix. Turnaround https://ggb.consulting/insights/haccp-certification-dubai https://ggb.consulting/insights/haccp-certification-dubai Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT HACCP certification in Dubai — the requirements, the typical timeline and the step-by-step process for a documented restaurant food-safety system. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/cloud-kitchen-setup-dubai https://ggb.consulting/insights/cloud-kitchen-setup-dubai Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Cloud kitchen setup in Dubai — the costs, the licensing route and the delivery-margin economics that decide whether a delivery-only kitchen pays. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-startup-mistakes-dubai https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-startup-mistakes-dubai Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The most expensive mistakes first-time restaurant owners make in Dubai — from the wrong lease to no weekly P&L — and how to avoid each one. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/dubai-restaurant-licence-cost https://ggb.consulting/insights/dubai-restaurant-licence-cost Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Dubai restaurant licence cost, explained — the real fee categories of opening a restaurant, and what actually decides whether the business survives. Launch https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-profit-margins-uae https://ggb.consulting/insights/restaurant-profit-margins-uae Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT Restaurant profit margins in the UAE — the healthy cost structure for food, labour, rent and delivery, where margin leaks and the discipline that holds it. Turnaround