Find menu items to cut using sales and margin
The problem
A long menu means more stock, more waste and slower service. Comparing what sells with what makes money shows what can go.
What AI does
AI sorts your menu by how well each item sells and how much it makes, using your till data and costings, and shows which items to look at first. What stays or goes is your call.
Time
The steps, in short
- Download sales by item for a normal trading period.
- Bring in the margin on each item from your costings.
- Have AI group the items and list the ones to review.
- Decide what to change, keeping regulars' favourites in mind, and update allergen information if recipes change.
A short sample prompt
Here are sales by item at my café for [period], with the margin on each. Group the items by sales and margin, and list the ones worth reviewing first, with a short reason. Use only my data. Data: [paste]
In the full playbook
- 4 steps in full
- The exact prompt to copy
- A check-before-you-send list (3 points)
- UK notes with official sources