Matt WamplerCEO & Co-Founder, ClearCOGS · CEO & Co-Founder, ClearCOGS 🔪

Tuning the Ferrari" - How Groucho's Deli Uses ClearCOGS for Predictive Prep

31 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment of the "Tuning the Ferrari" case‑study, the speaker explains how Groucho's Deli breaks down every menu item to the ingredient and sub‑modifier level, then combines real‑time point‑of‑sale data with historical sales trends to generate highly accurate demand forecasts. The process is likened to tuning a high‑performance car: it requires deep understanding of the brand’s serving conventions (cases, slices, ounces) and close collaboration with franchisee power users. These franchisees are invited into the tuning loop, providing feedback that not only refines the model but also turns satisfied users into product evangelists. The speaker highlights the team’s openness to suggestions and the excitement surrounding the partnership.

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And you're taking all of your recipes down to the actual ingredient level, to the submodifier level, if you will. And then, and then take bringing in that real-time sales data and then all your historical sales data to build these accurate predictions, right? And then it's really about tuning the Ferrari. So like, you got to spend a lot of time understanding the brand and how they operate and how they take cases or slices or ounces and how does that work within their system. So I've invited a couple of our power users that have been asking for this, franchisees. Wow. And so they're part of the process with us, 'cause I mean, if they're happy, they will become evangelists as well. So I mean, we've been really excited and the team has been amazing to work with and very open to the feedback and suggestions we've been giving them.