Customer story
OBAO Noodles & BBQ
Southeast Asian, multi-unit, NYC
The scoreboard
$80K profit swing in 6 months
From losing $40K in its worst month to clearing $40K in its best, six months apart.
- $80K
- Profit swing
- $3–5K/mo
- Overtime waste found
- 10min/wk
- Leadership review
Results vary by restaurant.
On video · New York City
Overtime checks: one click, not an hour
“I check my labor cost compared to the sales every day so that I know how I plan the next day.”
Barbie, executive chef at OBAO
- 1hr
- saved every week on Sunday overtime checks
- Daily
- labor cost checked against sales
How it happened
01 · Where they started
OBAO was losing money across multiple locations and couldn't pinpoint where. Vendor costs were creeping up unnoticed, labor was over-scheduled on slow nights, and the monthly P&L arrived weeks too late to act on.
02 · What Garde did
Garde's COGS Agent caught vendor price creep across suppliers. The Labor Agent identified $3,000 to $5,000 a month in overtime and overstaffing waste. The P&L Agent automated daily journal entries and delivery platform reconciliation, giving leadership real-time visibility for the first time.
03 · What changed
Over 6 months, OBAO went from losing $40K in their worst month to clearing $40K in their best. An $80K profit swing. Leadership now reviews AI-generated insights in a 10-minute weekly meeting instead of digging through spreadsheets.
“All leadership had to do was review insights in their weekly meetings. Garde handled the rest.”
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