Restaurant Profit Lab
Log in

Get Paid to Eliminate Food Waste

Build and sell AI-powered inventory forecasting systems to restaurants — starting with a $1,000 audit that opens the door, and closing into implementation and retainer deals anchored to real, measurable profit gains your clients can see on their P&L.

25 lessonsAI-adaptiveCancel anytimeLearn anywhere
Restaurant Profit Lab

The only pitch that works in a restaurant is one that opens with their number, not your technology — and this program teaches you to do exactly that.Sky Hacker

What you'll learn

What you'll be able to do

  • Conduct a professional food cost and inventory audit for any restaurant and identify the exact sources of variance driving waste
  • Integrate a POS system with an AI forecasting pipeline that ingests daily sales data, reservation volume, and seasonal patterns
  • Build a weekly order recommendation engine that outputs per-ingredient order quantities with current stock, projected usage, and supplier quantities
  • Deliver a compelling sales pitch that opens with the operator's pain and closes with a specific ROI projection tied to their annual revenue
  • Package and price your system as a three-tier offer — audit, implementation, and ongoing retainer — with clear scope and defensible fees
  • Track actual vs. projected usage over time and use variance data to continuously improve forecast accuracy and client retention

How it works

A school that adapts to you

This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.

We learn your level

A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.

Lessons adapt as you go

Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.

Your AI coach keeps you moving

Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.

The curriculum

What's inside your school

6 modules · 25 lessons

1

The Restaurant Inventory Problem & Your Opportunity

Frames the food cost crisis, the manual ordering failure loop, and why AI forecasting is a high-value, repeatable consulting opportunity.

  • 1.1Why Restaurants Lose Money at the Stockroom DoorIncluded
  • 1.2The AI Forecasting Opportunity for ConsultantsIncluded
  • 1.3How the Full Engagement Works End-to-EndIncluded
2

Running the Food Cost & Inventory Audit

Teaches you to conduct a professional entry audit that identifies the exact sources of food cost variance and waste — and converts to a paid build.

  • 2.1Audit Scope & the $1,000 Entry OfferIncluded
  • 2.2Collecting the Right Data from Day OneIncluded
  • 2.3Identifying Variance Sources & Waste DriversIncluded
  • 2.4Delivering the Audit Report & Seeding the UpsellIncluded
3

Building the POS Integration & Data Pipeline

Covers connecting to the restaurant's POS, pulling clean daily sales data, and wiring in reservation volume and seasonal context for the forecasting engine.

  • 3.1POS Systems Landscape & Integration ApproachesIncluded
  • 3.2Pulling & Cleaning Daily Sales DataIncluded
  • 3.3Ingesting Reservation Volume & Event ContextIncluded
  • 3.4Adding Seasonal & Historical Pattern LayersIncluded
4

Building the AI Order Recommendation Engine

Guides you through constructing the forecasting logic and the weekly order report that tells managers exactly what to order and how much.

  • 4.1Forecasting Logic — From Sales Data to Projected UsageIncluded
  • 4.2Calculating Order Quantities with Current StockIncluded
  • 4.3Generating the Weekly Order Recommendation ReportIncluded
  • 4.4One-Click Approval & Automated Order DispatchIncluded
  • 4.5Tracking Actual vs. Projected Usage & Improving AccuracyIncluded
5

Pitching & Closing the Restaurant Client

Equips you with the exact language, ROI math, and objection responses needed to open with the operator's pain and close a high-value engagement.

  • 5.1Opening with the Operator's PainIncluded
  • 5.2Building the ROI Case with Their Own NumbersIncluded
  • 5.3Presenting the System & What It Looks Like in PracticeIncluded
  • 5.4Handling Objections & Closing the AuditIncluded
6

Packaging, Pricing & Growing Your Practice

Covers how to structure your three-tier offer with defensible fees, deliver the ongoing retainer profitably, and build a repeatable client pipeline.

  • 6.1Structuring the Three-Tier OfferIncluded
  • 6.2Scoping & Pricing the Implementation EngagementIncluded
  • 6.3Running the Ongoing Retainer ProfitablyIncluded
  • 6.4Using Variance Reports to Retain & Expand ClientsIncluded
  • 6.5Building a Repeatable Restaurant Client PipelineIncluded

Who it's for

Is this you?

Freelance Tech Consultants

You have the technical chops to build automation systems — now you want a specific, high-value niche where your work ties directly to measurable client ROI.

Agency Owners Expanding Services

You run a digital or automation agency and want to add a productized, retainer-based restaurant tech offer that generates predictable recurring revenue.

No-Code & AI Builders

You build workflows and AI pipelines and want a real-world application — and a real-world client base — that puts your skills to commercially meaningful use.

Restaurant Industry Insiders

You've worked in food service or hospitality and want to leverage your operator knowledge by crossing into the consulting side with a system that solves a problem you've lived firsthand.

B2B Sales Professionals

You're experienced at closing deals and want a technical product with a concrete ROI story — one you can pitch to restaurant and hospitality operators with confidence.

Entrepreneurial Operators

You've managed or owned a restaurant and want to turn your operational expertise into a consulting practice built around AI systems that solve the inventory problem you know intimately.

Questions

Frequently asked

Your teacher

A note from your teacher

Sky Hacker

Sky Hacker

If you're a tech consultant or agency owner who's been circling the restaurant space, you already know the opportunity is real. Restaurants are everywhere, they're chronically under-automated, and their #1 operational problem — food cost and inventory — is exactly the kind of structured, data-rich problem that AI systems are built to solve. But knowing the opportunity exists and knowing how to walk into an operator's back office, pull the right numbers, build the right system, and close the deal at a defensible price? That's a different thing entirely.

I built this program because that gap is costing consultants real money. Not because they lack technical ability — most of you can build the integration and the forecasting logic. The gap is knowing what to build, how to price it, and how to sell it to someone who's never bought anything like it before. Restaurant operators are smart, cash-conscious, and deeply skeptical of technology vendors who show up with demos and no grasp of their actual business. The only way to earn the room is to walk in speaking their language: food cost percentage, cover counts, ordering variance, and the specific dollar amount they're losing every week to waste and over-purchasing.

That's the framing I use for everything in this program. The audit isn't just a data collection exercise — it's a paid sales tool that generates your client's own evidence for why they need the system. The forecasting pipeline isn't impressive because it uses AI — it's impressive because it replaces a Thursday afternoon of manual ordering math with a one-click report that's more accurate than anything they've done before. The pitch doesn't lead with technology; it leads with the number on their P&L that shouldn't be there. Every piece of this is designed to close deals and deliver results, in that order.

I want to be direct with you about what this program is and isn't. It's not a passive course you watch and feel good about. It's a working curriculum: you'll build the data pipeline, you'll structure the audit report, you'll construct the ROI model, and you'll rehearse the pitch before you ever sit across from an operator. By the time you finish, you should be ready to close your first audit engagement — and have a clear path to the implementation and retainer that follow.

If you're ready to stop selling generic automation and start building a focused, high-margin practice in a space where your system directly impacts your client's bottom line — this is the program. Let's get to work.

Sky Hacker

Start your journey today

Join get instant access — learn at your own pace with an AI coach in your corner.

$197/mo

Recurring billing · cancel anytime

Secure checkout · Instant access

  • 6 modules, 25 lessons
  • AI-adaptive lessons tuned to your level
  • Quizzes & checkpoints to lock in progress
  • Your own AI learning coach
  • Learn on any device, at your pace
  • Full access for as long as you're subscribed