The Restaurant Ops Playbook
The Commissary Trap: Why Central Kitchens Become Cash Graveyards Without Predictive Production
Why Restaurant Software Fails at Complex Recipes: The Multi-Layered Prep Problem Nobody Talks About
The Two-Hour Tax: How Manual Prep Planning Steals Your Best Labor Every Single Day
The Six Month Implementation That Never Ends: Why Restaurant Tech Timelines Keep Slipping
The Bakery Forecasting Problem: Why Bake-to-Order Concepts Need More Than Spreadsheets
From Two Locations to Ten: What Breaks When Your Restaurant Grows Faster Than Your Systems
The 30-Year-Old System Running Your Restaurant Empire: Why Legacy Tech Modernization Cannot Wait
The Growth Paradox: Why Well-Run Restaurants Still Hit an Operations Ceiling
The Integration Trap: When Setting Up Your Tech Stack Takes Longer Than Running Your Restaurant
The Build-It-Yourself Ceiling: Why Homegrown Restaurant Systems Stop Working
The Enterprise Rollout Problem: When Your US Team Is Ready but Your Global Team Is Not
The Labor Equation Nobody Talks About: When Delivery Drivers Eat Your Kitchen Hours
Beyond the Four Walls: Why Stadium and Venue Food Operations Need a Different Playbook
The Hour You Can’t Afford: Why Manual Prep Planning Is Costing More Than You Think
Your Pars Update Quarterly. Your Demand Changes Daily. That Is the Problem.
Three Years of Evaluating, Zero Years of Saving: The Cost of the Cautious Technology Cycle
The Private Equity Growth Mandate and the Technology Gap Nobody Talks About
Your Restaurant Is a Manufacturing Plant. Why Are You Still Running It Like It’s 1985?
The Adoption Problem: Why Most Restaurant Technology Pilots Fail and How to Design One That Won’t
Forecasting and Inventory Management Are Two Different Jobs. Stop Asking One Tool to Do Both.
When Sales Cover Up Everything: The Hidden Inefficiencies Inside High-Volume Restaurants
When Institutional Knowledge Becomes a Liability: The Hidden Risk in Tenured-Run Kitchens
Restaurant Scheduling AI Is Improving. The Complexity Trap for Franchisees Has Not Gone Away.
The Role of Logistics in Cutting Food Waste for Restaurants
Food waste is one of the most significant problems facing the restaurant industry today. According to the US Department of …
From Farm to Table: Using AI to Strengthen the Supply Chain for Local Ingredients
Guest Blog by: Jose Chavez, Chef and Blog Growth Expert Have you ever wondered how fresh, local food makes it to …
Introducing ClearCOGS Labor Forecasting
Cut Labor Costs by 11% with Smart Budgeting For years, restaurants have battled the same problem: too many staff on shift, …
Super Bowl vs Valentines Day: When do restaurants stand to lose the most money?
Falling within the same week for the past 3 years, the Super Bowl and Valentines Day both send shockwaves through …
ClearCOGS Deploys AI for Clear Forecasting
by Adam Wahlberg | Jan 14, 2025 When Matt Wampler, co-founder of ClearCOGS, a company that provides AI-powered forecasting tools for restaurants, ran Jimmy …
Start-Up Spotlight: ClearCOGS Takes the Guesswork out of Restaurant Ops with Predictive Data
by Anna Wolfe The founders saw an opportunity to support restaurant operators by turning data into the much-needed answers they need …
ClearCOGS Tackles Food Waste with Groundbreaking Emissions Study
Food waste is an enormous global issue. In the U.S. alone, around 38% of all food goes uneaten, amounting to …
Digital Hospitality: Empowering Restaurants Through AI Integration with Matt Wampler of ClearCOGS
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6V61I40cTNI5nb3nla3MzK?si=cbca4174543a46dd
York University Student Union, Trading Insight May 2024: c-AI-tering
By Tom Mountain, Director of Commercial Operations and Development published by NUS (National Union of Students) charityUniversity of York Students’ …
DeliveryRank: ClearCOGS 2024: A Restaurant’s BF
Original Article With a shared recognition of the long-unaddressed needs of restaurant operators, Matt Wampler and Osa co-founded ClearCOGS. Matt’s journey …
JUICER – 2024 FODC Insights: Leading the Future of Digital Dining
2024 Food on Demand Conference Insights: Leading the Future of Digital Dining – by JUICER, The restaurant industry is undergoing a monumental …
Forward Fooding: 2023 – FOODTECH500
#362 – ClearCOGS ClearCOGS uses machine-learning and AI to build a proprietary “crystal ball” to empower restaurant operators with specific tools …
Closed Monday: AI-Driven Demand Prediction in the Food Industry w/ ClearCOGS CEO, Matt Wampler
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0orZb6fglyLaVslkDuNAuo?si=E0U8YCq3R82P5Pp_-ntLoA
Single Tree Nation:????️Unlocking the Future of Food with ClearCOGS
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7M2zsCPwH0IHC8NLLCceZH?si=z0DavYi7S_mnOQedf7-1Hw
Harnessing Restaurant Technology with AI: A Conversation with Matt Wampler of ClearCOGS
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lpDmESW33XnYjf5tQfZly?si=a8uuMDbjR8aYt6QB-KqjHA
Revolutionizing Restaurant Management: The Strategic Advantage of Partnering with Predictive Analytics Vendors
In the complex and ever-evolving world of the restaurant industry, effective decision-making is critical for success. The crux of these …
ClearCOGS: Filling the Needs of Restaurants in 2024
January 9th, 2024 As the restaurant industry embraces the transformative wave of AI and technological advancements, ClearCOGS emerges as a pivotal …
Restaurant AI: A Look Into 2024 Trends
January 9th, 2024 As we edge closer to 2024, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not just reshaping, but revolutionizing the restaurant industry. …
