13-Week Restaurant Cash-Flow Forecast
Map the timing of sales deposits, payroll, vendors, rent, taxes, debt, repairs, and owner distributions so you can see a cash shortage before it reaches the bank account.
Restaurant Finance Resource Center
Practical finance tools built for restaurant operators.
Created by Matt Dybing, CPA, these free templates and guides turn restaurant accounting concepts into repeatable weekly and monthly workflows. The explanations are public, the downloads require no email address, and every sample number is illustrative.
Free tools
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Restaurant Prime-Cost Calculator and Weekly Tracker
Combine food and beverage cost with fully burdened restaurant labor, calculate prime-cost percentage, and compare the result with the prior week using consistent classifications.
Multi-Location Restaurant P&L Template
Review each restaurant beside consolidated results, budget, and prior period. The template separates store-level economics from shared overhead so a strong group total cannot hide a weak location.
About Accounting Forward
CPA-led finance support, exclusively for restaurants.
Accounting Forward is a CPA-led accounting and fractional CFO firm working exclusively with restaurants. We provide restaurant bookkeeping, financial reporting, cash-flow forecasting, and CFO advisory to single-location and multi-location restaurant operators nationwide.
Created by Matt Dybing, CPA
Matt founded Accounting Forward in 2018 after experience in public accounting and corporate finance. He and the Accounting Forward team apply these methods in restaurant bookkeeping, reporting, forecasting, and advisory work.