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- 🍸 You’re probably missing out on $200K+ a year (here’s why)
🍸 You’re probably missing out on $200K+ a year (here’s why)
Quick math that might change how you see your business.

Let’s talk about what average service is really costing you.
Because for most restaurants, it’s not just a bad guest experience…
It’s tens of thousands of dollars left on the table.
Every month.
📍 Let’s start with check averages.
Let’s say your average sale is $35 per guest.
If your staff increases that by just $5 — which we regularly help restaurants do in under 12 weeks — that’s an extra $5 per head.
If you serve 3,000 guests/month…
That’s $15,000/month…
Or $180,000/year in added revenue. 🤯
And that’s:
❌ Without raising your prices.
❌ Without needing more traffic.
❌ Without adding a single new seat.
Just better performance from the team you already have.
But that’s just one lever.
📍 Now let’s talk about return guests.
The average return rate in most restaurants is 20–25%.
But when service is consistently personal, proactive, and polished, that number jumps to 30–35%.
That difference?
Hundreds more regulars…
…each spending anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000 a year.
Let’s break that down:
100 more regulars = $100K to $500K/year
250 more regulars = $250K to $1.25M/year
500 more regulars = $500K to $2.5M/year
Even on the low end, this adds up fast.
So even if you don’t grow your new traffic at all — you still grow.
📍 Let’s add one more: table turns.
Most teams turn tables slowly because they were never trained to:
control pacing through better communication.
or set up the next guest without delay
time the check drop properly
read the table’s rhythm
clear with purpose
Even a 15-minute improvement in turn time — without rushing guests — can mean 1–2 extra tables per shift.
If those are $50 tables, and you add just 2 per day…
That’s another $3,000/month, or $36,000/year.
Bottom line:
If your sales are flat, it’s probably not a traffic problem.
It’s a coaching problem.
Ready to build a restaurant your guests rave about?
Just a heads-up: we only work with a limited number of restaurants at a time to stay hands-on with every team.
If you're serious about leveling up your service — and your sales — now’s the time.
See you inside,

Brandon Romaine
Co-Founder of The Restaurant Launch (TRL)