How a Restaurant Server Built a 5000 Monthly Side Hustle in Menu Engineering

Episode 49 of The Side Hustle Career Podcast: Lucas and Luna dive into menu engineering — the data-driven art of designing restaurant menus to maximize profit. They break down how a former server named Jenna turned her front-of-house knowledge into a $5,000/month consulting business, helping local restaurants rework their menus using eye-tracking heatmaps and pricing psychology. The hosts explain the concept of 'hero' and 'decoy' items, the 60-20-20 layout rule, and how even a small café can increase average check size by 10-15% without raising prices. Practical, specific, and grounded in real numbers. #MenuEngineering #SideHustle #RestaurantConsulting #PricingPsychology #JennaMendoza #Careers #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #SecondIncome #Freelancing #Hospitality #ProfitOptimization #HeatmapTesting #DecoyEffect #HeroItem #AverageCheckSize #MenuDesign #DataDriven Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo