Case Study: Wasabi achieves break-even during the pandemic with MarginEdge

Wasabi - Customer Case Study

Wasabi, a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Tysons, Virginia, faced steep pandemic pressures — sales down 67%, mall traffic about 50%, limited hours and no delivery or outdoor seating — making breaking even a major challenge. To gain control of costs and margins they implemented the MarginEdge platform, using features like Price Alerts, rolling controllable P&L, invoice photo capture and Bill Pay for real‑time visibility.

With MarginEdge, Wasabi scaled back its menu, reduced waste, and monitored ingredient price swings (for example, an Unagi eel price jump from $250 to $300/case) so they could swap vendors or adjust offerings quickly; invoices processed into a rolling P&L within 24–48 hours enabled weekly controllable‑profit checkpoints. The result: despite a 67% sales decline they squeezed out a few hundred dollars last period, saved an estimated $150+ per month from Bill Pay time savings, and gained faster, actionable cost control thanks to MarginEdge.

Wasabi

Alex Le

General Manager