McPherson AI is operator-built support for independent restaurants and QSRs. It starts with a paid walk-through of your store — labor drift, food cost leaks, waste, handoffs, dropped follow-ups — and a written assessment you keep either way. Built by a working GM, not a software company.
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I’m Blake McPherson. Sixteen years inside restaurants — Shift Leader, Assistant Manager, General Manager — and I still run a store every week. I didn’t come from software. I came from closing Friday rushes, chasing food cost variances, and watching good follow-ups die between shifts. McPherson AI exists because the tools built for operators are mostly built by people who’ve never worked a line.
Here’s how money actually leaves a restaurant — quietly, on schedule, while everyone’s busy doing their job.
Produce arrives during prep. Two cases of avocados billed, one on the dolly. The invoice gets signed because there’s a line to set up.
The schedule was right two years ago. Nobody’s re-examined the opening pattern since, because the labor percentage still looks “close enough.”
Three things get said: carnitas pan is low, walk-in door is sticking, catering call needs a callback. One of the three lands. The other two die at shift change.
Rice, beans, proteins past hold time — estimated, never logged. Waste, portioning, and vendor shorts all blur into one unexplainable number.
The numbers always arrive. They just arrive late — after payroll closed, after the count, after the week was already spent.
The fix isn’t another dashboard. It’s catching the signal while there’s still time to act.
I spend three to five hours in your store during a real shift — watching how labor, prep, receiving, handoffs, and follow-through actually run. Within seven days you get a written assessment: where money’s leaking, roughly what it’s costing, the no-cost fixes you can start tomorrow, and an honest call on whether anything more makes sense.
Best when you already know what’s hurting and want a second set of eyes on it.
Best when something’s leaking and you’re not sure where. Recommended for most stores.
You pay up front. You keep the assessment either way. And if your store doesn’t need anything beyond the fixes in the write-up, I’ll tell you that in writing.
Thirty days of me plus a system built for your store, watching exactly the leaks the walk-through found. Set up in person, tuned to how your store actually runs.
Why founder pricing matters: after the three founder spots close, standard pricing is $2,500 to start and $500/month. Founder stores keep $250/month for good. Your walk-through fee credits in full within 30 days.
No new dashboard. No new login. Nothing for your crew to learn.
It runs privately, set up for your store only. You use it through a simple messaging app already on your phone. I do the setup with you in person, and it’s tuned to your hours, your rushes, your targets, and your pain points.
McPherson AI is early, and I’d rather tell you that than dress it up. Here’s what’s real: sixteen years in QSR operations and counting. McPherson AI LLC, formed and operating in San Diego. A restaurant operations toolkit I built and published openly — over 3,000 downloads since March. A written method, not a pitch deck: the full thinking is in the white paper if you want the deep read.
What I don’t have yet is a wall of client logos. That’s what the three founder pilots are for — and it’s why founder pricing exists.
A written read on your store from someone who’s run one for sixteen years — and you keep the assessment no matter what.