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See your food cost before the invoice does.
Your food-cost % sits live on the manager's screen, and you see the last patty coming before the line does. Every plate deducts the real bun, patty, and lettuce; kitchen tickets fire to the line; 86 the fries in one tap when you run out; tips by server land on the right paycheck. Built for counter service.
$29 / store / monthMulti-store on every planWorks offline5-minute setup
What's in the Restaurant starter
- •5 categories: Burgers, Sandwiches, Sides, Drinks, Desserts.
- •15 menu items: Classic / Cheese / Bacon / Double / Veggie burgers, chicken sandwich, BLT sub, fries (small / large), onion rings, side salad, sodas, milkshake, water, cookie, brownie.
- •12 ingredients pre-loaded: brioche buns, sub rolls, beef / chicken / veggie patties, cheddar, bacon, lettuce, tomato, frozen fries, fryer oil, takeaway boxes.
- •Every burger = bun + patty + lettuce + tomato + box. Every fries portion = grams of frozen fries + ml of oil. Sells take it all off automatically.
A busy Friday night
Sell 1 Bacon Cheeseburger for $11.50 — and on stock:
- brioche bun −1
- beef patty −1
- cheddar slice −1
- bacon strip −2
- lettuce −1, tomato −2
- takeaway box −1
Out of bacon at 9pm? One tap on the kitchen tablet — every till greys out the bacon items live.
Built for counter service
- •Kitchen tickets: orders print on a kitchen printer or appear on a station tablet — bump when ready.
- •86 in one tap: out of an item? Mark it; every till greys it out live, no menu re-edit.
- •Breakfast / lunch menus: set the hours; the breakfast menu disappears at 11.
- •Food cost % live: manager screen shows what each plate cost you today vs what it sold for.
- •Tips by server: attach a server to each ticket, tips land on the right paycheck at close.
Where cheaper POS gives up — and how we close it
| If you're currently on… | What this pack closes for you |
|---|---|
| Toast (~$69/mo + 2.49% + 15¢) | Built for full-service tables; the seating + course-fire complexity bakes in fees you can't turn off. Hardware on lease; processing locked to Toast Payments. |
| Square for Restaurants ($60/mo) | Capable cashier flow, but no recipe-based ingredient depletion at any tier. You know you sold a burger; you don't know you're three patties from running out. |
| TouchBistro (~$69/mo + processing) | Heavily focused on table service. The counter-shop / quick-service flow is an afterthought; you pay full price for features the order line never uses. |
- vs Toast (~$69/mo + 2.49% + 15¢)Built for full-service tables; the seating + course-fire complexity bakes in fees you can't turn off. Hardware on lease; processing locked to Toast Payments.
- vs Square for Restaurants ($60/mo)Capable cashier flow, but no recipe-based ingredient depletion at any tier. You know you sold a burger; you don't know you're three patties from running out.
- vs TouchBistro (~$69/mo + processing)Heavily focused on table service. The counter-shop / quick-service flow is an afterthought; you pay full price for features the order line never uses.
Moving from Toast or Square for Restaurants?
- →Items, modifiers, and customer list import via CSV — Toast and Square both export.
- →Recipes (the BOM that lets you 86 the bacon properly) get set up on the first ring of each item. The starter pack ships 15 menu items already wired, including builds for burgers and sandwiches.
- →Your cash drawers and printers stay — no lease, no kick-back. A Stripe Reader replaces your Toast / Square card hardware once bring-your-own-Stripe card acceptance lands (rolling out).
- →Same plan covers offline mode, multi-location, KDS tickets to the line, and food-cost % live — none of that is an upgrade tier.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it print to a kitchen printer like Toast does?
- Yes — Star SP742ME impact printer on the line, Star TSP143 thermal up front. Tickets print on send-to-kitchen; the cook bumps when ready. No KDS subscription, no per-screen fee — included.
- How does the 86 workflow work?
- One tap on any tablet marks the item out-of-stock; every till greys it out within a second. No menu re-edit, no restart. Comes back at the next intake.
- Can we run a breakfast + lunch menu off the same till?
- Set hours per category — breakfast menu visible 7-11am, lunch 11-4pm. Tills follow automatically. Same configuration for daily soup, weekly chef's special, etc.
- Tips by server — how does that land on payroll?
- Attach a server to each ticket at open. End-of-day report shows tips by server, hours worked, gross sales rung. Export to your payroll provider as CSV; no built-in payroll today.
- What does it cost compared to Toast?
- $29/store/month Starter, $69/store/month Pro — flat, and we never take a cut of your sales. Bring your own hardware. A typical single-location counter shop saves $80-150/mo vs Toast on software alone; bring-your-own-Stripe processing (rolling out) is designed to add a few points more.
Recommended hardware
- •Front-of-house printer: Star TSP143IIIBI (Bluetooth) for guest receipts.
- •Kitchen printer: Star SP742ME (impact, heat-resistant ribbon paper) for the line cook.
- •Card terminal: Stripe Reader M2 (bring-your-own Stripe; card acceptance rolling out).
- •Cash drawer: APG Vasario 1616 — kicked by the front-of-house printer.
- •Kitchen tablet (optional): any iPad or Android tablet wall-mounted on the line.
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Put food cost on your screen tonight.
Menu loaded, kitchen ticket ready, tip pool wired up.