From Chaos to Clarity: Minh's Restaurant Chain
When Minh contacted us in early 2024, his three Ho Chi Minh City restaurants were struggling with inconsistent cash flow tracking. Each location used different methods for recording expenses, and he never had a clear picture of which restaurant was actually profitable.
The Challenge: Multiple locations, scattered financial records, and no unified budgeting system meant Minh was making business decisions based on incomplete information.
We started with basic budget structure training, then helped implement a simple daily tracking system that worked across all three locations. The real breakthrough came when we introduced weekly financial reviews — something that seemed impossible before.
By late 2024, Minh had identified that one location was consistently underperforming due to high ingredient waste. With better visibility into expenses, he made targeted improvements that turned that restaurant around. Now he's planning a fourth location for 2025, armed with the financial confidence he didn't have before.
What made the difference wasn't complex software or expensive consultants — it was learning to organize financial information in a way that actually made sense for his business. Sometimes the simplest approaches create the biggest changes.