Founder · Profit Kitchen Consulting

You Built Something Real.
The Business Side Should Work
Just As Hard As You Do.

I'm Lakita Spann, founder of Profit Kitchen Consulting — a business strategy and operations practice based in Jacksonville, FL, built specifically for food and beverage operators.

Lakita Spann, Founder of Profit Kitchen Consulting
Lakita Spann Founder, Profit Kitchen Consulting

Profit Kitchen helps independent restaurant owners, food truck operators, and caterers who are operating without a food cost benchmark, losing margin to delivery platform commissions they cannot see, or simply not knowing their numbers get the weekly operations support, real-time financial visibility, and one-on-one coaching to close the gap to 28% food cost, recover margin from the delivery platforms, and understand their business well enough to make profitable decisions for growth.

I started Profit Kitchen because I kept seeing the same pattern: talented operators with great food, loyal customers, and real revenue — who had no visibility into what was actually happening in their business. Not because they weren't smart. Because nobody had built the right tools and support system for them.

I know this world from the inside. I'm a former multi-location owner and operator of a fast casual restaurant, food truck, and catering company — Mr. Potato Spread. I've been in the kitchen, managed the trucks, run the events, and felt what it means when the revenue is there but the margin isn't. That experience is the foundation of everything Profit Kitchen does.

My approach brings Fortune 500 operational methodology to independent F&B operators who deserve more than generic advice. Every deliverable we produce is implementation-ready — meaning you can act on it the same week you receive it.

The Profit Kitchen Pulse is the core of that work: a weekly intelligence system that gives operators the visibility they've never had into their delivery platforms, their commission costs, and the exact actions that will move their ranking and recover their margin.

If your food is good and your revenue is there but the money isn't accumulating — that's exactly the problem we built this to solve.

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We'll look at your delivery numbers together. No pitch. Just the data.

"If your food is good and your revenue is there but the money isn't accumulating — that's exactly the problem I built this to solve."

Profit Kitchen exists because independent operators deserve the same operational visibility that enterprise chains have — without the enterprise price tag or the complexity they didn't ask for.

📍 Based in Jacksonville, FL — serving operators nationally
🎯 Specializes in delivery platform optimization and F&B operations for independent operators under $2M revenue
📊 Fortune 500 operational methodology applied to independent food and beverage businesses
Every deliverable is implementation-ready — actionable within the same week it's received
How We Work

Implementation-Ready. Every Time.

This is what it looks like when a team of experts is watching your numbers every week. Most delivery revenue problems are invisible until it's too late — rankings slip, costs compound, and revenue walks out the door before anyone notices.

You focus on running your restaurant. We monitor your delivery platforms, track every factor that affects how you rank and how much you earn, and give you clear direction on what to fix and where to grow — every single week, without exception.

Our Team of Experts Includes
Bookkeepers CPAs Chefs Restaurant General Managers Former Restaurant Operators
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We Monitor the Platforms You Don't Have Time to Watch

Your Pulse Report pulls data across DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, and EZCater into one consolidated weekly view — so you always know what's happening on your delivery platforms without logging into a single portal.

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We Track Every Factor That Affects How You Show Up

Most operators don't know that pausing a tablet, a string of long wait times, one cancelled order, or a dip in customer reviews can tank where they rank. Fewer orders means less visibility, which means even fewer orders. Your Pulse Report monitors all of it, every week, so issues get caught before they compound.

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We Tell You Exactly How to Fix It

When something is hurting your delivery performance, you won't have to figure out why or what to do next. Profit Kitchen interprets the data, identifies what's working and what isn't, and gives you clear, specific direction on how to correct issues and capture the revenue opportunities sitting right in front of you.

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Book a free 20-minute strategy call. We'll look at your delivery numbers together. No pitch. Just the data.

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