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Reprice your menu using competitor and cost data

Who did it: Ted Taylor, independent Schlotzsky's & Cinnabon franchisee (New Mexico)

Gives ChatGPT a categorised menu with in-store and delivery prices, target increases and optionally sales history and supplier prices; it returns a spreadsheet of recommended prices which he reviews.

⏱ Time saved: Pricing analysis from 5 days to 1-2 hours (per source)

Steps

  1. Research local competitor prices and set your pricing targets.
  2. Upload a categorised menu with current in-store and delivery prices.
  3. Say how much you want prices to rise overall and which items more or less.
  4. Review the recommended prices before changing anything.

The prompt

Example prompt written by FirstAIWin to match the documented task — not the original user's words. Replace the [brackets].

Here is my menu with current in-store and delivery prices [attach]. I want an overall increase of about [x]% while keeping [items] competitive. Recommend new prices per item in a spreadsheet and explain the reasoning per category.

Source: OpenAI customer story (Vendor case study)

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