Case studies
The restaurants we worked with. The numbers they moved.
Every story below comes from a recorded interview with the owner. Quotes are verbatim. Numbers are the ones stated on camera, with the date, because they keep changing.
$2.9M → $9.7M
Bowls of Rice
annual revenue, ten months apart
4 months
Sunny's All Day Brunch and Bar
from opening day to a signed second lease
3
Temakasi
locations, the newest opened two months before the interview
$1M+
Pizza Pizzazz
what Pizza Pizzazz later sold for
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- Multi-LocationChicago, Milwaukee, and Dallas
$2.9M → $9.7M
annual revenue, ten months apart
Bowls of Rice
Wesley Li
- Revenue at start$2.9M
- Revenue at 10 months$9.7M
- Locations at start1
- New ConceptUnited States
4 months
from opening day to a signed second lease
Sunny's All Day Brunch and Bar
Albi
- Sunny's openedJun 2025
- Second lease signed4 months later
- Previous concept, same step3 years
- Multi-LocationNew York
3
locations, the newest opened two months before the interview
Temakasi
Liron Michaeli
- Founded2019
- Locations3
- Newest openingWilliamsburg
- ExitUnited States
$1M+
what Pizza Pizzazz later sold for
Pizza Pizzazz
Bernard
- Time in program90 days
- Management beforeTrust
- Management afterKPIs per P&L line
Results vary. Client outcomes shown on this site are real but not typical, and depend on each owner's business, market, team, and effort. The Scaling Engine provides education and coaching and does not guarantee revenue, profit, or growth.
In their words
What owners say once the system is in.
“It's easier to do the work when you know what to do. That's like 10% of the effort. The crazy part is the 90% is doing the work without knowing where you can get to.”
“Going from the first Italian restaurant to the second Italian restaurant took me three years. And now, in four months, I signed my second Sunny's.”
“In the past, my role as an owner was every role in the restaurant. Whereas now, almost never. I never have to be there. I'm there if and when I want to be.”
Hear it from them
The interviews these pages are built from.
Recorded on location with the owners. The transcripts are the source for every quote on this site.
Bowls of Rice
Wesley Li · Interview recorded about ten months after joining. Location count updated July 2026.
Pizza Pizzazz
Bernard · Interview recorded ninety days in. Sale of the business reported by The Scaling Engine in 2026.
About these results
How we report them.
Are these real clients?
Yes. Every case study on this page comes from a recorded interview with the owner. Quotes are verbatim. Numbers are the ones the owner stated on camera, with the date noted, because they change.
Why are the numbers dated?
Because a restaurant group's revenue and location count move every quarter. A figure that was true in a November interview may be different by the following summer. Where we have a later update from the owner, we say so.
Did The Scaling Engine do this for them?
No. Each owner did the work. Wesley says it directly in his interview: knowing what to do is 10 percent, doing it is 90 percent. We provided the system, the coaching, and the board. They built the businesses.
The Founders Board
Every one of these owners started with an application.
Five minutes. If it looks like a fit, we book a call to walk through the operation and decide together.
Results vary. Client outcomes shown on this site are real but not typical, and depend on each owner's business, market, team, and effort. The Scaling Engine provides education and coaching and does not guarantee revenue, profit, or growth.