Cogswell IQ delivers weekly prime cost intelligence and a consultant's action plan — tailored to your restaurant, your margins, your operation. No generic software. A real expert in your corner.
Most independent operators know something's off — but between running the floor, managing staff, and keeping guests happy, there's no time to dig into the numbers.
Food cost plus labor — the two biggest levers in your business. Most operators can tell you roughly, but not accurately, and not week to week.
Toast, SYSCO, your payroll system — every number you need exists somewhere. But pulling it together into a clear picture takes hours you don't have.
Online benchmarks and software dashboards don't know your concept, your labor model, or your market. You need analysis built for your restaurant — not an industry average.
The simplest possible workflow — you spend 5 minutes uploading, we do the rest.
Drop your weekly sales export, labor report, and any vendor invoices into your secure portal. Takes about 5 minutes.
Your data is processed through our proprietary restaurant intelligence engine — prime cost, food cost, labor, variances, and trends calculated instantly.
Your consultant reviews every number, adds context, and writes 3 specific action items tailored to your operation that week.
By Monday afternoon, you have a clear, readable report — with your metrics, trends, and exactly what to focus on for the week ahead.
Every weekly report includes all of the following — no add-ons, no upsells.
Food cost %, labor cost %, prime cost %, total revenue, CoGS, and labor dollars — calculated precisely from your actual data. Not estimates. Not benchmarks.
Every report starts with a note from your consultant. Plain-language interpretation of what the numbers mean for your specific operation that week.
Not general advice — three concrete, prioritized actions to take this week. Tied directly to what your numbers are showing. Ranked by impact.
See how your prime cost, food cost, and labor are trending week over week. Spot problems early before they become margin disasters.
Every report is saved in your portal. Access any past week instantly — useful for comparing periods, spotting seasonal patterns, or sharing with ownership.
Have a question mid-week? Launching a new menu? Making a vendor switch? Message Joe directly — included with your subscription.
No contracts. Cancel anytime. All plans include the full weekly reporting service.
More than 3 locations? Contact us for custom pricing →
I built Cogswell IQ because I saw the same pattern over and over: independent operators doing real volume, working incredibly hard, and still feeling like the money wasn't there at the end of the week. The problem was almost always in the numbers — food cost creep, labor running loose, a vendor invoice that slipped through. Things that are fixable once you can see them clearly.
Cogswell IQ combines restaurant operations expertise with purpose-built intelligence tools to give independent operators the kind of weekly financial visibility that used to be reserved for big chains with full accounting teams.
Tell us about your restaurant and we'll take a look at your numbers — no cost, no obligation. You'll walk away with at least one concrete thing to improve, even if you don't sign up.