Consolidated accounts, central kitchen controls, and group financial visibility.
When expanding past 2 or 3 outlets, informal venue-level accounting breaks down. We centralize multi-unit finance, run group procurement audits, standardize POS recipes across locations, and provide outlet-by-outlet benchmarking.
Where Operations Falter
Hospitality businesses generate hundreds of daily transactions across food, beverage, and labour. When systems are informal, profits quietly disappear through three common gaps:
Decentralized purchasing and lost volume discounts
Individual store managers ordering independently from local suppliers lose volume buying power and pay differing prices for identical goods.
Complex inter-company transfers and central prep costs
Central baking or prep kitchens delivering semi-finished goods to satellite outlets create internal accounting chaos without defined transfer pricing.
Lack of side-by-side outlet performance visibility
Owners cannot easily compare wage percentage, food cost percentage, and prime cost between Outlet A and Outlet B to pinpoint operational leaks.
How Cerullo Resolves It
We do not deliver theoretical slide decks. We install operational controls, verify your recipe costs on site, and manage monthly finance and staffing:
Centralized chart of accounts and group reporting
We harmonize all outlet POS databases and accounting ledgers into a single group chart of accounts with automated consolidation.
Commissary transfer pricing & cost allocation
We establish formal internal billing rates between central production kitchens and retail branches, ensuring accurate unit-level P&Ls.
Outlet benchmarking and KPI comparative reviews
Every month, we present an executive deck highlighting cost variance, labour productivity per cover, and beverage contribution by branch.
Operational Deliverables
What we build, establish, and hand over to your management team:
- Group consolidated balance sheet and monthly P&L
- Outlet comparative scorecard (COGS %, Labour %, RevPASH)
- Central procurement vendor contracts and price watch register
- Inter-unit inventory transfer protocols and internal invoicing
- Recruitment pipeline for Area Managers, Head Bakers, and Controllers
Looking for vetted culinary or management talent?
Our recruitment practice sources, screens, and places Head Chefs, Restaurant Managers, Sous Chefs, and floor staff.
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WhatsApp usCan you help us transition our individual branches into a holding company structure?
Yes. Together with our corporate structuring practice, we advise on holding company incorporation, inter-company licensing, and shared services agreements for multi-unit groups.
What POS and ERP systems do you support for multi-outlet groups?
We work extensively with hospitality POS systems (including Lightspeed, Micros, Simphony, Revel, and Posist) integrating directly with Xero, QuickBooks, and Sage for central finance.