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EPISODE · Jun 13, 2026 · 9 MIN

Menu Engineering 101: Kill Your Darlings (Before They Kill Your Margins)

from Culinary Hustlers

That signature dish you perfected over three months might be killing your profit. John and Maya show you how to run a menu audit using real POS data, identify the dishes bleeding your margins, and cut them without customers noticing. Includes the four-quadrant menu engineering framework and a weekly action plan.

That signature dish you perfected over three months might be killing your profit. John and Maya show you how to run a menu audit using real POS data, identify the dishes bleeding your margins, and cut them without customers noticing. Includes the four-quadrant menu engineering framework and a weekly action plan.

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