Tacotle: BCG-Style Profitability Case Interview
Tacotle is a medium-difficulty BCG-style profitability case interview with 8 interviewer questions and 5 exhibits; candidates finish it in a median 28 minutes. Your first full case is free with an account: run it out loud with an AI interviewer or step by step.
| Case type | Profitability |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food & Beverage |
| Firm style | BCG |
| Difficulty | Medium |
| Interviewer questions | 8: context, clarifying, structure, 3 analysis, math, synthesis |
| Math questions | 1 |
| Exhibits | 5 |
| Modes | Voice and guided |
| Completed runs | 16 |
| Median time | 28 minutes |
| Source | Adapted from an MBA consulting club casebook |
Runs, times and ratings are from Road to Offer practice data as of 6 November 2026.
The case
Your client is Tacotle, a leading national fast casual restaurant chain with $420m in revenue in 2019. Over the five years preceding 2019 Tacotle delivered steady revenue growth and industry leading profitability, but for the first time in its 15 year history it has just posted three straight quarters of EBITDA erosion. Tacotle's CEO has hired you to find out what is causing profits to drop and what can be done to reverse the tide.
Tacotle is a leading national fast casual restaurant chain. It ended 2019 with $420m in revenue. For the five years preceding 2019 it grew revenue steadily and earned industry leading profitability, but it has now recorded three straight quarters of EBITDA erosion, the first such run in its 15 year history. The CEO wants to know what is driving the decline and how to return Tacotle to profit growth.
Exhibits you will read
- Exhibit A - Quarterly revenue and EBITDA
- Exhibit B - Average revenue per order
- Exhibit C - Income statement
- Exhibit D - Customer survey (2018)
- Exhibit E - Customer survey (2019)
What this case tests
One math step, five exhibits and three analysis questions: this case is mostly about reading data under time pressure.