Who we help
Different businesses share the same underlying job: making food consistently, safely and at a profit. Here is where we usually fit in.
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USDA and FDA plants that need better efficiency, productivity, sanitation or margins.
Relevant experienceA $9.4M turnaround at Del Real Foods; 12% plant EBITDA at Real Mex Foods.
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Brands taking a product from concept to commercial production, or moving into their own plant.
Relevant experienceEverytable scaled from 5,000 to 38,000 meals a day in seven weeks.
03
Multi-unit and independent operators working on menus, food cost and labor.
Relevant experienceMenu development for 735 Sizzler restaurants; a 1.5-point food-cost reduction at Lemonade.
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Operations that feed many locations from one kitchen and need it to scale.
Relevant experienceA commissary built to support 120–130 restaurants, with COGS on every item.
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Retailers with prepared foods, commissary or manufacturing programs.
Relevant experienceVP of Operations at Del Real Foods, a division of Cardenas Markets.
06
Owners, boards and investors who need an operator's view of a plant or a turnaround.
Relevant experience$186MM plant profitability responsibility at Tomatek, with capital projects delivered on budget.
A specialty
Much of Nacho's career has been in Mexican and Latin food, on both sides of the business: developing menus in restaurant R&D kitchens, then designing and running the plants that make the food at scale.
That matters in a category where authenticity and production efficiency often pull in opposite directions, and where what works in a restaurant kitchen rarely works unchanged at production volume.
Real Mex Foods
Designed, opened and ran the plant for 11 years; $80K → $128M in outside sales
Del Real Foods
USDA plant turnaround, $9.4M net income in 12 months
El Torito & Acapulco
Executive chef and R&D for Mexican restaurant chains
Ninfa's
Menu development for 28 Mexican restaurants
Mex Tamal & Sonora Corp.
Facilities Practical Solutions helped design and jump-start
Since 2015, Practical Solutions has helped conceptualize, lay out, equip and start up USDA and FDA food manufacturing facilities.
Most operations don't fit neatly in one box. Tell us what you're working on and we'll tell you how we can help.
