● Trusted by 340+ chains • 12,400 locations optimized

Scale every location without chaos.

Chain Restaurant Solutions is the growth partner for multi-unit brands. We design kitchens that pump 40% more covers, cut food cost 3-7 points, fix labor turnover, and build SOPs your GMs will actually follow.

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+18.4%Avg EBITDA lift in 12 months

-31%Food waste after 90 days

42 daysAvg new unit launch sprint

4.8★Operator rating, 620 reviews

Modern chain restaurant dining hall full of guests

🔥 500+ kitchen designs📦 National purchasing power📋 SOPs in 14 days

What we do — end to end

One partner for your entire chain stack

Stop juggling 11 vendors. We own the outcome: profitable, replicable units. From first pro forma to location #200, we plug in where you hurt most.

01 • Growth

Site Selection & Unit Economics

Heatmaps, cannibalization models, rent-to-revenue guardrails, pro forma that banks believe. We kill bad sites before they kill you.

02 • Build

Kitchen Design & Construction

Throughput-engineered kitchens, equipment specs, ventilation, make-table flows. 320 sq ft that performs like 500.

03 • Margin

Procurement & Supply Chain

Group purchasing, broadliner renegotiation, commissary strategy, spec standardization. Save 8-14% on COGS.

04 • Menu

Menu Engineering & LTO Engine

Stars, plowhorses and dogs analysis, prep-time cuts, LTO calendar that drives 12% comp lift without breaking the line.

05 • People

Hiring, Training & Retention

4-day GM bootcamps, video SOPs, tip-pool models, turnover cut from 140% to 68% on average.

06 • Systems

Tech, POS & Franchise Ops

POS, KDS, inventory, labor scheduling, franchise manuals, royalty audits and field support rhythms.

Chain Restaurant Solutions team in kitchen

About us — operators first

Built by chain operators, not consultants in suits

Chain Restaurant Solutions was founded in 2008 by two multi-unit franchisees who were tired of generic advice. Today we're 85 operators, chefs, industrial engineers and former VPs of Ops from Top 200 chains.

We’ve opened 1,100+ units across QSR, fast-casual, pizza, chicken, tacos, coffee and ghost kitchens. We know the difference between a SOP that looks good in Notion and one that survives a Saturday dinner rush with two call-outs.

Mission: make great food replicable at scale without burning out teams.
Method: diagnose in 7 days, pilot in 1 location, roll out to all with video + coaching.
Promise: if we don’t find 3x ROI in audit, we tell you not to hire us.

17years scaling chains

340+brands served

1.1kunits opened

85operators on staff

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Playbooks that print money

Pick your bottleneck, we bring the fix

QSR Sprint

Drive-Thru 90-Second Guarantee

Dual-lane design, expo re-layout, headset scripts. From 184s to 92s average.

FIX MY DRIVE-THRU →

Fast Casual

Labor 22% Without Service Drop

Cross-training matrix, peak-only stations, smart scheduling. Save $180k/unit/year.

CUT LABOR COST →

Pizza & Delivery

30-Minute Delivery at Scale

Hot-hold science, dispatch zones, third-party fee renegotiation.

SPEED DELIVERY →

Franchise

Franchisee Compliance 98%

Scorecards, field visits that coach not punish, royalty growth without lawsuits.

ALIGN FRANCHISEES →

Case: 47-unit burger chain +$4.2M in 9 months

We re-spec’d beef blend, renegotiated buns + fries, cut 11 SKUs, rebuilt fry station. Food cost 31.4% → 26.1%. Ticket time -38%. See full breakdown →

Case: 22-unit taco brand launches in 42 days/unit

Modular 1,400 sq ft prototype, ventless equipment package, 9-day training. CapEx -24%, opening sales 2.1x pro forma. How we did it →

How it works

From chaos to cloneable in 90 days

7-Day Chain X-Ray — Free

We mystery-shop 3 locations, audit P&L, labor, food cost, speed of service. You get a 23-point leak map with dollar impact. No fluff.

Pilot in 1 Flagship — Days 8-30

Fix one kitchen, one schedule, one menu. Film everything. Prove P&L lift before you spend a dollar on rollout.

Rollout System — Days 31-60

Video SOPs, GM bootcamp, field coaches, scorecards. Every GM knows exactly what good looks like on Monday 8am.

Scale & Guardrails — Days 61-90+

Purchasing leverage, LTO calendar, quarterly audits. We stay as your fractional VP of Ops until your team can run it solo.

Proof, not promises

Numbers our clients brag about

31.4% → 26.1%Food cost, 47-unit burger chain

Spec consolidation + prep centralization + waste cameras.

184s → 92sDrive-thru time, 33-unit chicken QSR

New window flow + dedicated expo + timer gamification.

140% → 68%Crew turnover, 58-unit pizza group

4-day onboarding, clear career ladder, shift-lead pay bump funded by overtime cut.

“They rebuilt our kitchen flow on a Tuesday and by Friday we did +73 covers with two fewer people. I’ve never seen anything like it.”

— Maria Gonzalez, COO, 38-unit Fast Casual Brand, Texas

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FAQ

Operators ask, we answer

We already have 10 locations — are we too small?

Perfect size. 5-30 units is where chaos peaks and systems pay fastest. We build foundations so location #30 doesn’t break you.

Do you take equity or just fees?

Both. Fixed sprint fees for audits and kitchen design, monthly fractional ops, and selective equity partnerships for breakout brands.

Can you work with our franchisees?

Yes — 60% of our work is franchise systems. We coach, scorecard and lift compliance without legal wars.

How fast will we see ROI?

Pilot P&L lift in 30 days, chain-wide in 90. Average client sees 3.8x fee return in year one from COGS + labor alone.

Do you redesign kitchens in operating restaurants?

Weekly. Night and Sunday installs, phased so you never close lunch. Most retrofits done in 5-9 days.

What markets do you serve?

US nationwide + Canada, UK and GCC for 20+ unit groups. Remote audits anywhere.

Free 30-min chain audit • $1,500 value

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