Systems that stick
Clear, useful ways of working—from weekly rhythms and reporting to stock, labour and site standards.
- Operating playbooks
- Reporting & KPIs
- Process design
Hospitality performance consultancy
Better pubs.
Stronger margins.
Practical systems, sharper commercial thinking and sustainable growth for ambitious pub and hospitality businesses.
15+years in
hospitality
hospitality
Operator-ledadvice from
inside the trade
inside the trade
Built for the real world of hospitality
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Why Grain & Margin
Built in the trade.
Not in a boardroom.
Hospitality is a business of a thousand moving parts. Grain & Margin helps bring them together—so your operation runs with more control, your people know what good looks like, and more revenue reaches the bottom line.
No off-the-shelf playbooks. Just experienced, hands-on support shaped around the reality of your venues.
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What we do
From busy to
brilliantly run.
We work where operational detail meets commercial opportunity.
Revenue with intent
Find and unlock the opportunities hidden in your offer, pricing, trading patterns and customer journey.
- Revenue diagnostics
- Pricing & proposition
- Sales planning
Margins under control
Bring focus to the numbers that matter and turn insight into practical action at venue level.
- Cost-base review
- Margin improvement
- Management information
Growth that holds up
Build the operating foundations, leadership habits and commercial plan needed to grow with confidence.
- Growth planning
- Multi-site readiness
- Leadership support
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You don’t need another deck.
You need a business that runs
better on a Tuesday night.
Operator thinking, applied to your operation.
A—
15+
Experience you can put to work.
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Commercial rigour.
Talk to Alex ↗
Meet the founder
Commercial rigour.
Publican instinct.
Grain & Margin was founded by Alex, a hospitality operator with more than 15 years’ commercial director experience running a public house group.
He knows what it takes to turn strategy into something a team can actually use—because he has spent his career doing exactly that, across the competing demands of multi-site hospitality.
His approach pairs commercial focus with a deep respect for the people, pace and personality that make a great pub work.
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How we work
Clarity first.
Momentum next.
A straightforward engagement designed to get from observation to action quickly.
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Listen & diagnose
We get close to the operation, the numbers and the people to understand what is really happening.
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Focus the opportunity
We identify the few priorities with the strongest commercial and operational upside.
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Build it together
We shape practical tools and actions with your team, grounded in how your business actually runs.
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Make it last
We embed ownership, review the impact and leave your people stronger than we found them.
Let’s talk
What could your
business do better?
Tell us where you are and where you want to get to. The first conversation is informal, focused and free of jargon.