Confidently add the seasoned Synergy professionals to your team to increase guest satisfaction.

  • Culinary-driven, operations-focused
  • Real world culinary solutions
  • Impressive results for restaurant companies of any size from fast food to fine dining.

MENU INNOVATION

  • Product Ideation Sessions
    Culinary experience and trend expertise to support new product ideation sessions and promotional R&D.
  • New Product R&D
    Creation of “WOW” menu items to drive sales in sync with organizational goals and capabilities - culinary development, presentation, recipe and photographic documentation.
  • User-Friendly Recipe Manuals
    Concise recipe documentation catalogued for ease of use and designed to maximize operational efficiencies.

  • Synergy created an operationally sound, strategically focused menu for one 130-unit casual chain causing unprecedented (100%) franchisee support as well as a ten-point increase in guest satisfaction scores for variety, taste and flavor.

    After fully implementing the Synergy program, a $20 million, eight-unit seafood concept increased sales by 5% while reducing food cost 2% and overall labor a full 3%.
    Culinary Training and Mentoring
    On-site, back-of-the-house development programs to elevate execution and consistency through hands-on training and coaching for the culinary team to enhance skill development, develop new ideas and remain updated on culinary trends.
  • New Concept Initiatives
    Comprehensive culinary and operations support for start-up ventures.
  • Menu Maintenance
    On-going relationship to continually freshen and update the menu with new products and presentations.


MENU ENGINEERING

  • Product Review
    Comprehensive review of existing product line with "on trend" recommendations enhancing and updating products, presentations and service, while improving profitability, labor cost and guest satisfaction.
  • Recipe Re-Engineering
    Strategic recipe initiative to improve flavor, efficiency and profitability of key items by enhancement and simplification of prep and ingredients.
  • "WOW" Plate Presentations
    Upgraded presentations to maximize visual appeal, improve throughput, equipment usage, profitability, guest appeal and satisfaction.
  • Recipe Commercialization
    Establishment of benchmarks and specifications to maintain the product "gold standard" consistently while out-sourcing products to reduce food cost, labor cost, ingredient inventories and equipment requirements.
  • Profit Building Strategies
    Assistance with menu layout, placement and pricing strategies to enhance overall gross profits and improve bottom-line profitability.

"The presentation you made to us was certainly a WOW. I didn't think you could re-engineer so many menu items so dramatically without raising costs, but you did and have given new life to our Apasionado Initiative. You have exceeded my expectations by a wide margin."
– President/CEO, Hacienda Mexican Restaurants

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