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Before
Counting the walk-in after close, tired, with a clipboard.
After
Staff tap what they use. The count keeps itself.
For restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and catering kitchens
Food and supplies ordered for you, so you can run the floor.
Byte Works learns what your kitchen and front counter go through, prices every item across 5+ vendors, and sends the order to your phone. One tap to approve.
Free for a month. If you do not love it, you do not pay.
Now onboarding
Now onboarding restaurants, cafes and coffee shops.
Byte Works started in child care and now runs in more than one kind of business. The same app that keeps a center stocked now handles the walk-in, the pastry case and the supply closet.
45+ hours
of staff time back every month
5+ vendors
connected, all priced in one place
1 minute
a week reviewing and ordering
Before and after
What changes in your week.
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Before
Out of oat milk in the middle of the morning rush.
After
The order goes out before you run low.
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Before
Prices checked on three supplier websites, when anyone has time.
After
Every item priced across 5+ vendors, with the best price picked.
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Before
A new hire needs a week before they can place an order.
After
Nothing to train. Usable on their first shift.
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Before
Reading labels to make sure a swap is still gluten free.
After
Your menu rules are checked on every order.
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Before
Receipts in a folder when you need to see what you spent.
After
Every order recorded, and your spending laid out for you.
How it works
From the shelf to your phone, in four steps.
01
Connect
We link the supplier accounts your restaurant already buys from and load what is in your kitchen and stockroom.
We do this02
It learns
Staff mark what they take off the shelf. Byte Works picks up the pattern of your week.
Two taps a week03
It orders
Before you run low it builds the order, prices every item across your vendors and takes the lowest total it can find.
App does this04
You approve
The order arrives on your phone. Nothing is placed until you say yes.
You do thisMon
Staff tap what they use
Tue
Wed
Prices compared across your vendors
Thu
Order built before you run low
Fri
Ready on your phone. One tap to approve.
Sat
Sun
Built for restaurants
Built for how a restaurant runs.
It lives on a phone.
The manager is on the line, not at a desk.
Nothing to train.
Restaurants run on high turnover. A new hire can use it on day one.
Kitchen and counter in one order.
Produce and proteins sit next to to-go cups, napkins, cleaning supplies and office paper.
Your menu rules built in.
Set rules like gluten free, nut free, halal or organic once. Byte Works will not swap in a cheaper item that breaks one.
5+ vendors, one order.
Buy across every connected vendor without a separate account or premium membership at each one.
One app across every location.
Each staff member gets their own login, by role and location.
Nothing placed without your yes.
Every order waits for your approval.
Reporting
See where every dollar goes.
Every order you approve becomes a record. Reporting turns those records into a clear picture of your spending, without a spreadsheet.
Top items by spend
The items that take the biggest share of your budget, ranked.
Month to date
- 01Chicken thighs$1,240
- 02Coffee beans$980
- 03Oat milk$760
- 04To-go cups, 16 oz$540
- 05Cleaning supplies$310
Spend by supplier
How much goes to each supplier, and how that split shifts over time.
Month to date
- Wk 1
- Wk 2
- Wk 3
- Brightfield Provisions
- Juniper Row Foods
- Tall Oak Supply
- Mesa & Main Paper
Trends over time
Compare this month to last month, or this quarter to last quarter, and see what is climbing.
Month to date
Wk 1Wk 2Wk 3Wk 4
- This month
- Last month
Multi Location Ownership
For owners with more than one site, each location's spending in one view.
Month to date
- $5,4006th St., Austin
- $4,20051st St., Dallas
- $6,30019th St., Los Angeles
- Food
- Supplies
Included for every Byte Works customer, restaurants and child care centers alike.
Item performanceWith your point of sale
See which items earn their keep.
Connect your point of sale and Byte Works puts what each item sells next to what it costs you to make. Check the return on every item by the week or the month, and spot your five best and five slowest sellers at a glance. Run more than one location? See each one on its own, or all of them side by side.
Return on every item
What each item brought in against what its ingredients cost you.
| Item | Sold | Sales | Cost | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold brew | 1,203 | $5,414 | $1,023 | 429% |
| Blueberry muffin | 388 | $1,455 | $369 | 295% |
| Oat milk latte | 1,219 | $6,400 | $1,646 | 289% |
| Breakfast burrito | 617 | $6,016 | $1,604 | 275% |
| Chicken sandwich | 586 | $6,739 | $2,285 | 195% |
| Veggie wrap | 92 | $943 | $340 | 177% |
| Fruit cup | 80 | $396 | $168 | 136% |
| Matcha latte | 128 | $736 | $250 | 195% |
| Soup of the day | 56 | $420 | $134 | 213% |
| Quinoa bowl | 68 | $881 | $347 | 154% |
Return = (sales − ingredient cost) ÷ ingredient cost
Top 5 sellers
Your most ordered items this week.
- 01Oat milk latte1,219
- 02Cold brew1,203
- 03Breakfast burrito617
- 04Chicken sandwich586
- 05Blueberry muffin388
Bottom 5 sellers
The slowest movers, so you can rethink them or order less.
- 01Soup of the day56
- 02Quinoa bowl68
- 03Fruit cup80
- 04Veggie wrap92
- 05Matcha latte128
Compare your locations
Sales, return and best seller for each location, side by side. Tap a location to see its items above.
For restaurants with a connected point of sale. We set up the connection with you.
What it costs
Priced per location. Free to try.
01
One flat fee per location.
Buy across every connected vendor without a separate account or premium membership at each one.
02
Your first month is free.
If you do not love it, you do not pay.
03
Quoted on a short call.
Tell us how many locations you run and we will quote you on the call.
Questions
Before you get in touch.
Yes. Most of the value is at one location, and it grows with each location you add.
No. Every order waits on your phone until you approve it.
Yes. Set them once and every order respects them.
Five and growing, including the national suppliers restaurants already buy from. Tell us yours on a short call and we will confirm.
We do the setup with you. Your staff need a couple of taps a week.
One flat fee per location, and your first month is free. We quote you on a short call.
Never run out of oat milk at the morning rush again.
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First month is free
1 minute
a week reviewing and ordering
$1,000+
saved monthly at one location
25+ hours
of staff time back every month