Northstar AdvisoryExecutive memo3 November 2026
Open a second site, or extend hours at the first?
Prepared for the Harbour Foods managing director
Recommendation
Extend evening hours for six months before signing a lease. Only weekday evenings run at capacity, so a second site would add fixed cost ahead of proven demand.
- Evening utilisation
- 94%
- Daytime utilisation
- 61%
- Lease payback
- 31 months
What would change this
- Weekend demand above 85% for eight weeks.
- A lease offer with a break clause inside two years.