Practice Areas — Food Delivery
Delivery revenue arrives as a net deposit weeks after the order — minus commission, marketing, and adjustments you never see itemized. We reconcile every platform order by order, so you know which channels earn and which ones just look busy.
What we hear
These are the gaps that quietly cost you money, time, and confidence. We bring structure and accuracy to each one.
Platform payouts that never tie back to order volume
Commissions, marketing fees, and refunds landing as one lump
Chargebacks and adjustments written off without review
Packaging and third-party supply costs lost in overhead
No margin by channel: app versus direct versus walk-in
Sales tax collected and remitted across several marketplaces
The scope for you
The engagement
The first 90 days
Days 1 – 14
Platform access and order data
We connect your platform portals and pull order-level exports for every channel, then reconcile the last quarter of payouts back to the orders that produced them — deposit by deposit.
Days 15 – 45
A chart of accounts by channel
Your chart of accounts gets rebuilt around channels and brands, so commission, marketing, packaging, refunds, and adjustments each land on their own line instead of disappearing into one net deposit.
Days 46 – 90
First close and channel margins
Your first close shows revenue, fees, and contribution margin by platform, plus a per-order profitability read on the items you sell most. From there, pricing decisions have a number behind them.
The rhythm we keep
Every week
Every month
Every quarter
Every year
The result
Every deposit tied back to the orders that produced it
A real contribution margin for each platform you sell on
Packaging and fees visible instead of buried in overhead
Direct-ordering decisions made on numbers, not vibes
Systems we work in
No menu changes, no new POS, no renegotiated contracts required. When a channel cannot be reconciled to a profit, we say so and show the arithmetic behind it.
Delivery Platforms
POS & Ordering
Accounting & Payroll
Cost & Inventory
Common questions
Yes. We pull the payout statements and order-level exports from each platform, so commission, marketing, service, and adjustment fees are coded individually instead of being netted against the deposit.
We tie the deposit back to the underlying orders by period. Where a payout spans two weeks or two months, we split the revenue so it lands in the period that earned it.
No, but it helps. Most clients route each platform's payout to its own account, which makes the weekly tie-out immediate and the reconciliation cheaper to run.
That is the number we build for you — contribution margin per channel after commission, packaging, and the labor behind it. Delivery-first clients typically find their direct channel earns several times more per order.
We track what each marketplace collects and remits as a facilitator and reconcile it against your filings. Return preparation stays with your tax preparer, and the records arrive ready for them.
Yes. Each brand gets its own revenue and cost view inside the same kitchen, so you can see which brand is paying for the line and which one is only using capacity.
Food Delivery Intake
A few details about your channels and platforms so our first conversation is already grounded in your numbers.
A 30-minute discovery call. Bring your last platform payout and we'll show you where the money went.
Book an Advisory Session