Menu Engineering & Recipe Costing

Menu Engineering — Find Hidden Profit | GGB

THE PROBLEM

You have 47 items. Some sell well. Some don’t. But you don’t know which are making money versus keeping you busy.


That signature dish everyone loves? Might be costing you 45% food cost. Those “boring” sides? Might be your most profitable items.


Your menu is either your primary profit driver or your biggest margin leak. Right now, you don’t know which.

THE SOLUTION

We classify every item: Star, Puzzle, Plowhorse, Dog. Then re-engineer—repositioning, repricing, redesigning—to guide guests toward high-profit items naturally.
Combined with exact recipe costing and kitchen SOPs, we drive your gross margin up 5-10 percentage points.

FROM THE PRINCIPAL
            “In 28 years, I’ve never seen a menu that couldn’t improve by at least 5 points. The secret isn’t raising prices—              it’s understanding which items your guests love that also make you money, then making those items impossible              to miss.”
            — P. Dayaparan, PMP | Founder, GGB Consultancy

THE MENU MATRIX

Category Popularity Profit Strategy
★ Stars High High Promote & Protect
Plowhorses High Low Re-engineer Cost
Puzzles Low High Promote More
Dogs Low Low Remove or Revamp

CLIENT SUCCESS — All-Day Diner, Dubai

Metric Before After Change
Food Cost 34% 26.8% -7.2 pts
Menu Items 62 48 Simplified
Annual Profit Impact + AED 180K

“GGB found AED 180,000/year in profit we didn’t know we were leaving on the table.” — Owner who reduced food cost by 7.2 points


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PRESENT YOUR SITUATION.

OPTION 2 — SPEAK TO THE PRINCIPAL OPTION 1 — RUN YOUR NUMBERS FIRST
For comprehensive menu re-engineering Start costing your top items
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Will you just raise prices?

A: No. Pricing is one lever. Greater gains often come from portion optimization, ingredient swaps, layout redesign.

Q: Does this work for beverages? 

A: Yes—beverages often have more profit opportunity.

Q: What’s the investment? 

A: Menu engineering from AED 18,000. Multi-outlet: AED 35,000-55,000.

Q: Do you work with small operators? 

A: Yes. Single-concept menu engineering from AED 18,000.

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