Independent Restaurant Consulting

Your restaurant should be making more money.

Menu development. Labor. Food cost. Prime cost. Practical restaurant consulting built around what actually happens on your floor, in your kitchen, and on your P&L.

◆Palmyra, Pennsylvania(717) 222-8025
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Menu profitability✦Labor control✦Food cost✦Operations

What does your restaurant really need?

Not another generic playbook.

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Do you know your menu mix and labor cost right now?

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Is your prime cost a number or just a habit?

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Do you know your food cost and prime cost now?

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Are operational problems forcing the owner to live at the restaurant?

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Does a new concept need structure before opening?

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What EBY does

Three areas that usually tell you where the money is being made — or lost.

Menu & Food Cost

Menu development, recipe costing, pricing, food-cost control, and a more profitable menu mix.

Labor & Operations

Smarter scheduling, clearer systems, and practical workflows that work for your team — not just on paper.

Restaurant Performance

Prime cost, P&L analysis, workflow, and practical solutions that improve profitability and day-to-day execution.

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Real restaurants. Real pressure.

Better numbers begin behind the plate.

The menu, the line, labor, prep, purchasing and execution all connect. EBY looks at the operation as a whole — not as isolated numbers on a spreadsheet.

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How it works

Simple enough to use. Specific enough to matter.

Talk

Start with the actual problem.

Evaluate

Look at the operation and numbers.

Build a Plan

Prioritize what will move the needle.

Improve

Put practical changes to work.

About Alex

Restaurant experience first. Consultant second.

EBY is built around hands-on restaurant experience — not theory from outside the business. Alex Eby works with independent operators who want a clearer view of what is working, what is costing them money, and what can realistically be improved.

The goal is straightforward: understand the operation, find the pressure points, build a focused plan, and make the business stronger.

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EBYMenu · Labor · Prime Cost · Operations

Start with a conversation

Let’s figure out what your restaurant needs.

No generic assessment. No complicated package selector. Start with the problem you are trying to solve.

Palmyra, Pennsylvania