Expense increase since 2019
Average restaurant expenses rose sharply through 2026, compressing what is left at the bottom.
Source: National Restaurant Association, 2026
View sourceCoordinated across delivery, marketing, menu margin, and restaurant capital — designed around how restaurants actually operate.
Restaurant Return™ shifts orders to channels you own, cuts platform and card costs, engineers menus for margin, and drives repeat visits with loyalty and catering.
Food and labor consume most of every dollar, which is why fees, discounts, and lost repeat visits hit so hard.
Average restaurant expenses rose sharply through 2026, compressing what is left at the bottom.
Source: National Restaurant Association, 2026
View sourceAt thin margins, recovered fees and repeat orders can matter more than new traffic.
Source: National Restaurant Association, 2026
View sourceRestaurant and foodservice sales are projected to reach $1.55 trillion in 2026.
Source: National Restaurant Association, 2026
View sourceEvery order routed through a marketplace carries commission and hides the guest. Moving even part of that volume to ordering you own changes both margin and relationship.

Commission range
15–30%
Typical third-party order fees
Guest data
Owned
Direct ordering keeps the contact
Menu review
Item-level
Margin, not just price
Repeat visits
Tracked
Loyalty and catering follow-up
Top-to-bottom review of revenue, cost of goods, third-party fees, and labor.
Identify recoverable commissions, marketing fees, and platform deductions.
Shift volume to lower-fee channels you control.
Engineer the menu around margin, not just popularity.
Cut underperforming and untracked marketing spend.
Convert one-time guests into repeat revenue.
Productize the brand into additional revenue streams.
Add incremental revenue inside existing operations.
Capital aligned to restaurant cash flow patterns.
Looking for restaurant marketing, loyalty and direct-ordering support on a fixed scope? Pricing is shown as a starting point; final scope is confirmed on a call.
Compare marketing packages and starting pricingCombines delivery, transaction expense, and operating-cost recovery into one monthly figure.
Estimates are illustrative only and depend on your business specifics. Revenue Return™ does not guarantee savings, revenue, financing, or results.