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Expansion with a Single Trainer

A short franchise restaurant decision problem. Use the supplied facts, commit to one action, then check your reasoning. Fictional practice; no leaderboard score is recorded.

Franchise restaurant · sequencing dependencies

You plan to open four new locations this year. Your existing three locations run on undocumented processes that vary store to store, and your best general manager is the only person who can train new staff.

Given factScenario data
Planned new locations4 this year
Existing locations3
Operating processesUndocumented; vary by store
New-staff trainerOnly the best general manager
What should happen first?

Choose an action, then lock it in to reveal the reasoning. This is untimed practice.

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