See where the money went. Build a business that doesn't need you to hold every answer.
Every week, Sofrito organizes your sales, labor, purchases, receipts, and operating expenses, identifies the issue that matters most, and helps your team complete one measurable action.
Human-reviewedEvidence labeledBuilt for independent food businesses
For independent restaurants, food trucks, caterers, ghost kitchens, and small food-business groups.
Profit visibility is the wedge. Weekly action is the mechanism. Owner independence is the goal.
The problem
A $20,000 week. $15,000 in the account. Sound familiar?
Strong sales weeks that somehow end thin — and every answer about why lives in one place: your head.
The owner loop
you notice a problem→you firefight it→nothing gets documented→the team waits on you→the next leak starts→repeat
Every problem routes through one person. The business makes money, but you are the operating system.
What that costs you
Vendor prices move before your menu does — and nobody but you would notice.
Sales can rise while food purchases and uncategorized spending quietly absorb the gain.
Monthly reports tell you what happened after it already cost you.
Nothing you fix becomes a system, so you fix it again next quarter.
The margin for error
In this industry, small leaks aren't small.
2.8%
Median pre-tax income as a share of sales, full-service restaurants, 2024.
~65¢
Median share of every sales dollar going to food, beverage and labor in limited-service restaurants, 2024.
42%
Of operators said their restaurants were not profitable in 2025.
When the median restaurant keeps a few cents of every dollar, a two-point food-cost drift or one week of unplanned overtime eats a meaningful share of your profit. On $20,000 of weekly sales, a 4-point food-cost gap ≈ $800 — in one week (0.04 × $20,000).
Sources: National Restaurant Association, 2025 Restaurant Operations Data Abstract (survey of 900+ operators; 2024 fiscal data) and related NRA analyses (2025); USDA Economic Research Service, Food Price Outlook. Last verified August 2026. Industry medians are context, not targets — your menu, market, and operating model may justify different numbers.
What the weekly review does
See it. Systemize it. Solve it.
Three jobs, in that order, every week: find where the money actually went, name who it should run through, and cut it down to one action you can measure next Monday.
A sofrito is three ingredients doing three different jobs in the same pot. So is a week.
Onion · See it
"Where did the money go?"
Peels the week back layer by layer — sales, food, labor, expenses, cash, missing records — until the gap has a name, a source, and a calculation you can inspect. You cut an onion open to see what is inside it.
Pepper · Systemize it
"How should this run without the owner touching everything?"
Turns every finding into a routine: a task with a named owner, a schedule, a standard, and an escalation rule. What lived in your head becomes a system. Open a pepper and it is already divided into chambers — with people in them.
Garlic · Solve it
"What should happen next — and did it work?"
One prioritized action per week with an expected dollar effect, an assignee, and a due date. The next review says whether it worked. Garlic gets broken down until it is small enough to actually use.
See it → Systemize it → Solve it
The weekly review
Not a dashboard. A decision — inside a working workspace.
Week of July 20–26 · Reviewed by your Sofrito concierge · 82% of expected records received · Review confidence: moderate · Updated Mon 7:05 AM
Illustrative demo data — not a verified customer result
What happened
Sales increased by $1,220, but higher food purchases and uncategorized spending absorbed most of the gain.
Money affected
$1,140 of this week's spending cannot yet be attributed to the restaurant or the truck (estimated; calculation inspectable in Where It Went).
Known / unknown
VerifiedSales and payroll reports were received and reconciled.
Supported inferenceProtein purchases increased faster than sales.
UnknownSeven expenses still can't be assigned to the restaurant or the food truck.
What to do first
Separate restaurant and truck purchases for seven days. Until the $1,140 has a home, every other number is fuzzy.
What should stop depending on the owner
Receipt labeling moves to the shift manager, with a Sunday-close cutoff.
Sales
$20,146
↑ $1,220 vs last week · Verified
Food purchases
$6,240
31.0% of sales · Verified
Labor
$5,890
29.2% of sales · Verified
Uncategorized
$1,140
7 expenses · Unknown
Calculation
Illustrative: food and labor combined = (6,240 + 5,890) ÷ 20,146 = 60.2% of sales. Period: Jul 20–26. Sources: POS export, payroll report, 41 receipts. Excluded: 7 unassigned expenses. This review covers records received by the Sunday cutoff — missing items may change the conclusion.
This week's one action
Separate restaurant and truck purchases for seven days.
Expected effect: give the $1,140 a home and establish a repeatable labeling process. Measurement: next week's uncategorized total.
This week's owner-independence move
Assign receipt labeling to the shift manager and define the Sunday cutoff — the owner no longer reconstructs purchases personally.
11
Owner-held responsibilities identified
3
Being documented
2
Delegated with oversight
1
Operating independently
Latest system record
Receipt labeling · From: Owner → To: Shift manager · Frequency: daily · Trigger: any purchase · Standard: label venue + category before Sunday close · Evidence: labeled receipts in weekly submission · Escalation: unlabeled >$100 goes to owner · Owner still required: No.
Send it however you already have it. We will help organize it.
Watch responsibilities leave your plate — measurably.
No invented "independence score." Sofrito tracks observable facts: what only you can do today, what's documented, what's delegated, and what runs without you.
11
Owner-held responsibilities identified
3
Being documented
2
Delegated with oversight
1
Operating independently
Illustrative demo data. Every delegated responsibility gets a system record: owner, new owner, frequency, trigger, standard, evidence, escalation condition, and whether the founder is still required.
Each week ends with one question
What did the owner have to handle this week that someone else should eventually own?
Founding cohort
15 businesses. 90 days. $149 a month.
Concierge attention only works at small scale. Join the first cohort of the Sofrito Weekly Profit and Owner-Independence Concierge.
Founding cohort · Cohort 1
$149/ business / month
90-day founding engagement · 15 independent food businesses · priced per business or location, not per user.
Structured onboarding + financial and owner-dependency baselines
Data-intake setup — send it however you already have it
No bookkeeping, tax prep, payroll processing, or guaranteed savings — see exactly what's included and what isn't. Each cohort may be priced higher as Sofrito improves and proves its value; founding customers receive a clearly defined early-member benefit before purchase.
Fair questions
Straight answers.
Is Sofrito accounting software? A dashboard?+
Neither. It's a decision and accountability layer above the tools you already have. Dashboards display information; Sofrito helps you make and complete one better decision each week.
Can you guarantee savings?+
No — and be suspicious of anyone who says yes. We identify supported opportunities, show the math, recommend actions, and measure outcomes.
Do I need organized records?+
No. Send receipts, exports, and forwarded email however you have them — your concierge organizes it. Poor records lower confidence, and the review says so plainly.
Does Sofrito use AI?+
Software and AI help organize information and draft analysis, but material conclusions rest on verified data, transparent calculations, confidence labels, and human concierge review. AI is never presented as proof.
