For independent restaurants that need operational clarity.Restaurants don't fail overnight.They quietly drift.Spot margin, pricing, and cost drift early — before it gets expensive.Clove helps you see margin, pricing, and operational change while it is still small.
Break-even, dish costs, and weekly reality — in one place.
Calm numbers. No hype. Built for people who already run the floor.
30 days to build and test your model properly before committing.
Most restaurants don't collapse.
They drift.
Supplier prices move. Labour creeps. Menu pricing lags. Teams stay busy while margin quietly slips. Clove is built to make that drift visible — break-even, dish GP, and what changed this week — before “busy but not profitable” becomes normal.
See drift before it becomes expensive
The questions operators actually ask
Not dashboards for their own sake — practical checks on whether the numbers still hold, prices still fit, and margin is still where you think it is.
Clove was built from more than 20 years inside restaurant kitchens and operations — understanding pass pressure, labour reality, and how margin quietly moves when nobody has time to stop and look.
GP%: 72%
Contribution: €6.25
GP% Below 65%
Contribution: €12.15
From first model to weekly drift checks
Build the numbers. Lock the operating model. Cost the menu. Then see what changed — before margin quietly drifts away.
Step 1
Test the basics
Is the idea viable?
Step 2
Detailed Model
Is the idea still viable with more detailed costs and revenues?
Step 3
Lock in an operating model
Freeze assumptions so you have a baseline to compare reality against.
Step 4
Work out the margins
Cost dishes, track GP, and keep execution aligned with your plan.
Step 5
Maintain Control
A weekly read on margin drift — what moved, where attention is needed, and whether reality still matches the plan.
What operators need to know
Opening, running, or protecting margin — the same questions keep coming back.
● Do the numbers still work?
● Are your prices still right?
● What changed this week?
● Where is margin leaking?
● Are we busy — or actually profitable?
Clove is built to make drift visible before it becomes expensive.
Three ways margin usually drifts
Before a lease. During a busy season. Or when the numbers have felt “roughly right” for too long.
“I have an idea.”
Thinking about opening? Launching something new?
Changing direction?
Before leases.
Before loans.
Before hiring.
- •Test pricing assumptions
- •Stress staffing structure
- •See real break-even
- •Understand margin viability
“We’re busy… but are we profitable?”
Revenue is coming in. But cash feels tight.
Margins look fine on paper.
Are they actually?
- •Check dish margins properly
- •Break down real cost layers
- •See where assumptions hide losses
- •Understand if your targets are truly safe
“I think I know my numbers.”
Most operators believe they know their margins.
Few have tested them properly.
Ingredient by ingredient.
Labour assumption by labour assumption.
Service by service.
In today’s cost environment,
“roughly right” is no longer enough.
If none of these sound like you, Clove probably isn’t for you.
This isn’t a budgeting template. It’s operational margin visibility.
If you’re already certain your numbers are solid, you won’t need it.
One pricing mistake costs more than a year of Clove.
If a dish is underpriced by €1 and you sell 30 a day, five days a week — that’s over €7,000 a year lost. Most margin loss isn’t dramatic. It drifts — supplier moves, portion creep, labour assumptions, pricing that never quite caught up. Clove is built for that level of practical detail. €49 per month. Cancel anytime. Less than the cost of one mispriced dish per service.