When a refit still sits inside like-for-like
A three-month scaffold over the frontage is not the same as being closed, and it is not the same as last year’s trade. Here is how we mark the weeks.
Field notes
Pages from packs we have already argued about.
These are not productivity essays. They are the questions that come up when an ops director, an area manager, and a finance assistant share a till file.
Monday flash and Friday pack are not the same document
Monday needs nine figures and a rank. Friday needs the weather, the fridge, and the manager who left. Mixing them produces a file nobody finishes.
Wage percentage and the week it rained
Weather is a real trading fact. It is not a labour policy. Separate the till from the roster before the period meeting starts.
Conversion when the queue is around the corner
Door counters see bodies. Tills see baskets. A queue that starts on the pavement is a conversion problem you will not find in either file alone.
Shrink when the delivery window slips
Estate shrink is a filing number. Shop shrink with a late cage and an open back door is a week you can still act on.