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About Clear Profit Partners

Built inside restaurant businesses.

Clear Profit Partners works with owners and finance and operations leaders of multi-unit restaurant groups. We have worked in restaurant ownership, franchise expansion, purchasing, finance and development. That operating background shapes how we examine costs, evaluate decisions and define the work ahead.

Experience in figures

  • 3 Founding partners
  • 70+ Years of combined restaurant and hospitality experience
  • 60+ Restaurant openings across the founders' careers

The experience behind the firm

Experience carrying the P&L.

The firm was founded by three partners whose combined careers include restaurant openings, franchise growth, ownership, operations, purchasing and transactions. We have signed leases, made payroll and been responsible for restaurant results.

Where that experience was earned

Across the decisions that shape a restaurant group.

Our perspective comes from decisions made on different sides of the same restaurant business.

  1. On the brand side

    Experience leading national franchise expansion from a corporate office and overseeing new restaurant development.

  2. On the operator side

    Experience owning and operating franchised locations, managing purchasing and vendor contracts, leases and payroll, and answering for the unit P&L.

  3. On the financial side

    Experience evaluating acquisitions, arranging financing, and owning, growing and selling restaurant businesses.

Our work

Four areas. Different decisions.

Each practice addresses a distinct set of questions. The right assignment depends on what your group needs to decide or change.

  • Cost Recovery Audit

    Review vendor charges, missed credits and contract terms to distinguish billing questions from supported recovery opportunities.

    Explore Cost Recovery Audit

  • Restaurant Consulting

    Examine operating performance, location-level costs and the decisions that affect restaurant margins.

    Explore Restaurant Consulting

  • Buy & Sell Advisory

    Support the evaluation, preparation and decision-making involved in buying or selling restaurant businesses.

    Explore Buy & Sell Advisory

  • Workforce Benefits

    Review everything a group offers its hourly teams, from everyday perks to coverage, against its cost and use at each location.

    Explore Workforce Benefits

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Start the conversation

Tell us what you are trying to solve.

Whether you are reviewing unexplained costs, operating performance, an acquisition or your workforce program, start with the decision in front of you. We can discuss the scope and proposed fees before paid work begins.