Tools
Almost every free tool in hospitality is a vendor tool with a conclusion already decided. Channel managers prove OTAs cost too much. Loyalty vendors prove loyalty pays. AI consultants never once tell you to skip it.
These are built to return the unwelcome answer. They are free, they need no account, and they run entirely in your browser, so nothing you type reaches me. Your costs and your rates are your business.
The opening plan
LiveHow much cash you actually need to open, if the ramp runs late.
Returns peak cash rather than break-even, stress-tests a delay, and outputs a complete business plan as a PDF.
The board test
LiveWhich of your items has earned a place on the board.
Everyone says cut the menu. The evidence says that does almost nothing, and that structure is what moves money. This works out what to make impossible to miss.
Interview kits
LiveSix questions, the follow-ups underneath them, and a scorecard with anchors.
Every published rubric is a list of things to notice, and not one has anchors. Standardising the scoring is the cheapest thing you will do this week. Three printable kits, plus the four questions to ask about any market you hire into.
Recipe and menu costing
SoonTrue plate cost, with trim and cook yields kept separate.
A single waste percentage prices mushrooms at half their real cost. This keeps the two yields apart, because they compound.
Menu consolidation
SoonFind the ingredients earning their place, and the ones that are not.
Component count is what hurts an operation, not the number of dishes. This counts components.
Direct versus OTA
SoonWhat a direct booking is genuinely worth to you.
Compares net retained positions rather than pretending direct is free, and returns the honest ceiling on acquisition cost.
Shift coverage
SoonHow many people you need, against how many you think you need.
Counts shifts, not heads. Eight people who each need a day off is seven on the floor.
Loyalty break-even
SoonThe visit lift a programme needs before it washes its face.
Most calculators take the uplift as an input, which assumes the answer. This one outputs the lift you would need.
Building these in the open. If one of them would be more useful shaped differently, tell me at hello@eshloks.com.