Profit isn't missing, it's leaking out.

25 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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Restaurant owners often have a profit gap: the difference between expected profit and what actually lands. If you're doing $100,000 in monthly sales at a 15% target, you should pocket $15,000 but only see $5,000, that's $10,000 leaking every month. The leak usually comes from dozens of small problems, not one big one.

Questions this video answers

Monthly revenue × target profit percentage − actual profit (the difference is the monthly loss).

15%

$100,000 sales → $15,000 expected profit at 15% vs $5,000 actual → $10,000 monthly leak → $120,000 yearly leak.

70 hours per week.

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My God, independent restaurant owners. You are probably leaking more profit than you realize. Now, this one's gonna hurt, but here's the thing. You need to hear it. You're not making less money because you need more sales. You're making less because you're leaking profit. It's called the profit gap. I'll tell you right now, it is one of the biggest blind spots in the industry. Now here's how you calculate. Take your monthly revenue, multiply it by your target profit percentage. Let's say you want a 15% if you're aiming to grow. And then you subtract that from your actual profit. That difference, that's your monthly loss. So I'll give you a great example. $100,000 in sales at 15% should be $15,000 in profit. But if you only made 5,000, you're leaking $10,000 every single month. That's $120,000 a year. Here's the thing, you're working 70 hours a week and losing six figures without realizing it. And I'll tell you right now, it's not the food cost or labor alone. It's kind of like death by a thousand little cuts. If you want to start winning, you have to measure it, you have to track it, you have to fix the leaks. If you want more hands on help with this, reach out to me and let's talk before you bleed out.