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Most small operators are running blind. They find out their real food cost at month-end — when it's already too late to do anything about it. The C.O.R.E. System gives you complete visibility and control over the four numbers that decide whether your business is actually profitable.
Control costs. Protect profits. Drive performance.
Get started with C.O.R.E. →You don't know your real food cost until the month-end shock
You're over-ordering every week but can't see exactly where stock is going
Your recipes aren't costed — every dish is a guess at margin
You have no idea which menu items are making money and which are eating it
Your P&L is just a number — you can't trace it back to what caused it
You work hard every week but can't confidently say whether it was profitable
The problem isn't that you don't care about the numbers. The problem is that nobody gave you the tools to see them clearly.
Most small operators are running on gut feel, spreadsheets that take hours, or nothing at all. They discover profit leaks weeks after they've happened. They reprice by feel. They order by habit. They manage by memory.
The C.O.R.E. System changes all of that. Four pillars. One platform. Complete financial visibility — every single week.
Four pillars that control your costs, protect your profits and drive your menu performance.
Food cost percentage, GP calculation, weekly profit tracking, P&L visibility, prime cost awareness, budget vs actual reporting. See your numbers clearly — every single week, not just at month end.
Know your numbers. Protect your profit.
Inventory management, weekly stock count, variance reporting, usage tracking, over-ordering alerts, supplier cost monitoring. Stop the silent losses that happen between every delivery and every service.
Control your stock. Eliminate waste.
Recipe cards with live food cost calculation, portion control, GP per dish, ingredient cost updates flowing through automatically, recipe library. Know the exact margin on every dish — and keep it there.
Standardise recipes. Maximise GP per dish.
Menu analysis — Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles and Dogs, sales mix performance, menu GP%, pricing decisions based on data not gut feel. Design your menu around profit, not just popularity.
Design your menu. Drive profitable sales mix.
Eight tools, one login, complete control over the numbers that run your operation.
Live food cost and GP calculation per dish. When ingredient costs change, every recipe updates automatically — no manual recalculation ever again.
Stock management with variance reporting and usage tracking. See exactly what's being used, what's being wasted, and where over-ordering is costing you money.
Automated variance and usage tracking highlights over and under-ordering the moment it happens — not at month end when the damage is already done.
Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles and Dogs categorisation with sales mix performance data. Know which dishes to promote, reprice, redesign, or remove.
Weekly P&L with 4-week trend tracking. See the direction of travel — not just where you are but whether you're moving toward or away from your targets.
Downloadable templates for fast, accurate data setup. Get your menu, recipes and inventory into the system quickly — without starting from scratch.
Expandable as your business grows. Each site has its own data set while ownership sees across all locations in one view.
Secure access for owners and team members. No forgotten passwords, no complicated setup — just a PIN that works on any device, desktop or mobile, with no app download required.
Choose the level of support that works for you. All three deliver the same complete platform.
Do It Yourself — Access the platform and set up independently using our guided templates and import module. Best for operators who are comfortable with technology and want to move fast.
We Do It Together — A Growth Fork consultant works through setup with you in a live session — configuring recipes, inventory and reporting together. Most popular option. You leave fully operational.
We Do It For You — We configure the entire platform on your behalf. You provide your menu, recipes and stock information — we build it. You receive a fully operational system from day one with zero setup effort from you.
Most small operators are losing money every week that they don't know about. Not because they're careless — because they don't have the tools to see it. Here's what typical profit leaks look like on a site doing £8,000 per week in food revenue.
The question isn't whether you can afford the C.O.R.E. System. The question is how much longer you can afford to operate without it.
One recovered percentage point of food cost pays for the C.O.R.E. System many times over. Every week.
One setup. One monthly fee. Everything included.
Full platform — all four pillars, all eight tools, all updates included
Setup session included — guided configuration with a Growth Fork consultant
All four C.O.R.E. pillars — Cost Control, Ordering & Stock, Recipe Management, Engineering
All eight platform tools from day one
Desktop and mobile access — no app download required
Multi-site support included as your business grows
Monthly rolling — cancel with 30 days notice, no long-term contract
The C.O.R.E. System is built for independent coffee shop owners and restaurant operators — typically single-site or small independents — who are running their numbers from memory, spreadsheets, or nothing at all.
If you're opening a new site and want to set up properly from day one, C.O.R.E. gives you the operational foundation that most operators spend years trying to build manually.
If you're already trading and feel like profit is leaking somewhere but you can't pinpoint where — C.O.R.E. makes it visible within your first week of use.
C.O.R.E. is also the starting point for Growth Fork Academy clients. All Academy programmes include full platform access — the inventory and menu engineering tools are used as live teaching instruments throughout coaching sessions, so managers learn by doing on their actual site.
The Growth Fork Academy takes everything the C.O.R.E. System reveals and builds a manager who can act on it — commercially, consistently, and without you having to be there. The F.O.R.K. programme transforms restaurant managers into Next Generation Operators across 18 modules and three progressive tiers.
Learn about the F.O.R.K. Academy →Everything you need to know before getting started.
The C.O.R.E. System is Growth Fork's operational management platform for independent restaurants and coffee shops. It covers Cost Control, Ordering & Stock, Recipe Management, and Menu Engineering — giving operators complete financial visibility and control in one platform. Most operators find their first week of use reveals profit leaks they had no idea existed.
No. The C.O.R.E. System is designed for restaurant and coffee shop operators, not technology specialists. The setup session walks you through everything. After that, the platform is built around the way hospitality businesses actually work — not around software logic. If you can use a smartphone, you can use C.O.R.E.
Most operators are fully configured in one setup session — typically two to three hours. If you choose the "We Do It For You" option, you provide your menu and recipe information and we build everything. You receive a fully operational platform without doing any of the setup yourself.
When you update an ingredient cost in the system, it flows through automatically to every recipe that uses it. Your food cost percentages and GP calculations update in real time — no manual recalculation required. This is one of the most valuable features for operators dealing with changing supplier costs.
Yes. All Growth Fork Academy clients — Bronze, Silver and Gold — have full access to the C.O.R.E. System as part of their programme. The inventory and menu engineering tools are used as live teaching instruments during coaching sessions. Academy clients do not pay the setup fee or monthly subscription separately.
Yes. The platform supports multi-site access. Each site has its own data set while the owner can view across all locations. As your business grows, the platform grows with you — no need to switch systems as you expand.
Yes. The C.O.R.E. System is accessible on both desktop and mobile devices. No app download required. Log in from any device with a browser — your data is always up to date wherever you are.
No. The C.O.R.E. System runs on a monthly rolling subscription after the one-time setup fee. Cancel with 30 days notice. No long-term commitment required. In practice, operators who use C.O.R.E. for more than a few weeks almost never leave — because the visibility it creates becomes part of how they run their business.
Menu engineering categorises every menu item by profitability and popularity — Stars (high margin, high popularity), Plowhorses (popular but low margin), Puzzles (high margin but low popularity), and Dogs (low margin, low popularity). The C.O.R.E. System does this analysis automatically. Once you can see which dishes are which, you can reprice Plowhorses, promote Puzzles, remove Dogs, and protect your Stars — turning your menu into a genuine profit tool.
Most operators identify at least one significant profit leak in their first week of use — typically in food cost percentage, over-ordering, or menu margin. The visibility is immediate. You will know more about your operation's profitability within seven days than you have ever known before.
£499 setup. £79 per month. Complete operational visibility from week one.
Get started with C.O.R.E. → No commitment. No sales pressure. Just a conversation.