A post by David Bloom, Executive Vice President Business Development & StrategyAs Dean Small, Founder of Synergy Restaurant Consultants, said to me earlier today, “when it rains it pours”, in response to back-to-back inquiries we received this morning from prominent Wall St. Investment and Private Equity groups that are extremely active in the restaurant space. They were both interested in engaging us to help “take a look under the hood” specifically in the areas of supply chain management and purchasing efficiency opportunities, as well as food safety and supply chain threats to their portfolio of restaurant investments. Many of the brands represented by these groups are household names.While are often engaged for our expertise and extensive experience in the areas of operational efficiency, innovation and brand development, recent high profile foodborne illness events in the news regarding issues in Chipotle’s supply chain has definitely highlighted the exposure that all restaurant operating and investment groups have in this area.As in every other area of life, the devil is in the details, and that’s where we come in. By allowing us to take a deep dive into their supply chain and purchasing programs, food safety procedures and processes, and to see how those policies are actually being executed in the field, we typically pay for our services many times over. Many of these great brands will engage us on an ongoing basis as we tackle their toughest issues, and make the seemingly impossible, possible.At any given point in time throughout the year, Synergy Restaurant Consultants is engaged by multiple high profile brands to conduct operating efficiency studies and to provide them with actionable plans and processes to substantially improve their profitability, while simultaneously dramatically improving the guest and employee experiences.We at Synergy Restaurant Consultants take great pride in providing actionable and scalable solutions to the real life problems restaurant operators, executives and investors face on a daily basis. We work hard every day to build on our 25-year reputation of working with over 250 national and international brands, investment groups and numerous highly successful restaurateurs in every niche of the industry. If you are interested in having us take a look under the hood, or simply want to find out more about our wide array of services, please contact us.