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Food retail
Retainer
6 months
The month-end close that fit in one week
A bakery group with twelve shops cut its monthly close in half by fixing the inputs, not the finance team.
Client
Cobble and Rye
Sector
Food retail
Duration
6 months
Result
Close: 11 working days to 5
The situation
The finance team worked hard, but each close started with chasing shop managers for numbers. Eleven working days passed before the owners saw a result.
What we did
Moved the shop cut-off to the second morning of the month, with a checklist.
Replaced three spreadsheets with one template.
Agreed a short monthly review so surprises surfaced early.
The numbers
By month four the close took five working days. The owners now see margins by shop in the first week, which changed which products they promote.
Package used: Retainer, 6 months, one add-on. In the calculator that scope lands around €19,800. Prices on this site are placeholders and every client in this case note is fictional.
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