<p class="eyebrow">Field notes</p>
<h1>Writing on franchise measurement and regional comparison</h1>
<p class="lead">Practical notes from our analysts—not generic business advice. Topics reflect questions operators raise during benchmark review sessions.</p>
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<p class="card-meta">13 Jun 2025 · 7 min read</p>
<h3><a href="/blog/mall-vs-street-labour-benchmarks/" style="text-decoration:none;color:inherit;">Why mall and street units should never share one labour benchmark</a></h3>
<p>Franchise operators often merge all formats into a single KPI average. Here is why that hides the real staffing problem—and how we split cohorts instead.</p>
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<p class="card-meta">01 Apr 2025 · 5 min read</p>
<h3><a href="/blog/quartile-boundary-units/" style="text-decoration:none;color:inherit;">Reading quartile charts when your units sit on the boundary</a></h3>
<p>A unit at the 24.9% labour line between Q3 and Q4 looks precise on paper. Here is how we annotate boundary cases so executives do not over-react.</p>
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<p class="card-meta">19 Feb 2025 · 6 min read</p>
<h3><a href="/blog/anonymised-pl-intake/" style="text-decoration:none;color:inherit;">Preparing P&amp;L summaries for benchmark intake without exposing unit identities</a></h3>
<p>Operators worry about sharing financial detail with a third party. Our intake process anonymises at submission—here is the minimum data we need and how it is handled.</p>
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<p class="card-meta">07 Nov 2024 · 8 min read</p>
<h3><a href="/blog/gyeongbuk-seasonal-adjustments/" style="text-decoration:none;color:inherit;">Seasonal adjustment notes we attach to Gyeongbuk food service cohorts</a></h3>
<p>Chuseok and summer travel shift labour and COGS patterns in Gyeongsangbuk-do. Our seasonal footnotes explain when a Q4 labour band is expected, not alarming.</p>
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