psst. you’re ready.
Green-light your next unit.
The expansion partner for independent restaurants. AI does the legwork. An operator makes the call.
01 / How it works
Operations is the unlock.
AI does the research, monitoring and reporting every week. I keep my hours for the calls: which market, which site, which lease, and when to say stop.
01
Prove
Unit economics and readiness. Is what you have worth repeating?
Unit Check · Proof Diagnostic
02
Pick
Market, trade area, site and lease. Where the next unit goes, and on what terms.
Market Call · Site Signal
03
Steward
Ongoing oversight as you grow, steering where you couldn’t or wouldn’t on your own.
Brief · Build · Open
What the agents do
Pull demographics, foot traffic, rent comps and delivery density for every trade area
Track competitors: who opened, who closed and why
Screen new listings against your site scorecard
Abstract leases and flag terms outside market norms
Turn POS and labor data into a one-page weekly brief
What I do
Pick the market and rank the trade areas
Tour finalist sites and give you a go, fix first or stop
Set lease strategy and walk-away points
Set the gates in your growth roadmap
Run a monthly call on the one or two things that matter
Every deliverable ends in a call
Go.
The numbers support it. Sign.
Fix first.
Worth doing, not yet. Here’s what to fix.
Stop.
Walk away. Sometimes the best advice is stop.
02 / Case study
Single-unit fast casual. Market A or Market B?
A founder-operator with one profitable fast-casual unit wanted to build a 20+ unit brand. Both metros worked on paper. The question was which one gave the next unit the best odds. Details are anonymized.
1 unit
Fast casual
Mid-Atlantic
4–5 weeks
Fixed fee
Market comparison
Demand, competition, rent and labor economics, delivery density and brand fit, scored for both metros.
Scores belong to the client
Ranked trade areas
The winning metro’s trade areas in order, with the reasoning for each and the corridors to avoid.
Scores belong to the client
Site scorecard
Eight weighted categories the operator now uses on every listing that hits the market.
Scores belong to the client
Growth roadmap
A phased plan with go, fix first and stop gates, so expansion waits for proof.
Scores belong to the client
03 / Track record
I’ve done this from the operator’s chair.
Before advising anyone on their next unit, I opened and scaled units myself, from a founder-led launch to multi-market growth.
&pizza
President, COO & CPO
Led growth into three new markets and oversaw the &pizza operating system, an adaptive intelligence system that automated enterprise functions.
Hart House
Co-founder & CEO
Built an omni-channel plant-based concept in Los Angeles with Kevin Hart, from the first unit to four restaurants.
Cafe Rio
Chief Innovation & People Officer
Led innovation and people for a multi-unit fast-casual brand.
Burger King
Corporate roles
Learned systems, standards and unit economics at global scale.
04 / The Weekly Signal
What lands in your inbox every Monday.
A one-page brief built from your own POS, labor and review data. This one is for a fictional restaurant.
Example counter-service concept · week of Nov 2
Sample · fictional
Prime cost
61.8%
Target 60%
Labor
29.4%
+1.8 pts Tue/Wed PM
Reviews
4.6★
12 new · 2 flagged
What the agents noticed
Labor ran over on Tuesday and Wednesday after 7pm. Avocado cost rose 14% and cut the bowl’s margin from 71% to 66%. A 2,100 sq ft listing scored 74 on your site scorecard.
Andy’s call this week
Cut the second closer Tuesday and Wednesday. Make avocado an add-on. I’ll tour the 2,100 sq ft space Thursday; don’t call the broker yet.
05 / The menu
Start with a project. Stay on if it’s working.
Every price is fixed. Retainers are per restaurant; additional locations are 25% off. Three-month minimum.
Projects
Unit Check
Readiness check
Free
Proof Diagnostic
2 weeks · credited to your first 3 months
$7,500
Market Call
Which market, which trade areas · 4–5 weeks
$20,000
Site Signal
One site, one lease, a go or stop
$2,500–3,500
Monthly, per restaurant
Brief
The Weekly Signal + a monthly call
$1,500/mo
Build
Planning the next unit: site pipeline, lease reviews
$3,500/mo
Open
Actively opening the next 1–3: weekly call, unlimited site screens
$6,500/mo
Coming soon
Your restaurant’s own ops agent: catering inquiries, review replies, vendor reorders, and labor and sales alerts by text.
takes about 3 minutes
Ready for your next unit?
Get a free Unit Check: ten questions on economics, team and market, and a 20-minute call on what your signal means.
Get your Unit Check
Or email andy@provenunit.com