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Restaurant Management Software

Cut Food Costs,Not Food Waste.Rising Costs.Stockouts.Manual Counts.Guesswork.

We sync your POS sales, keep ingredient inventory tied to buying activity, and tell you what to order before you run out or waste money on food that expires.

Real-Time Food Cost Tracking
  • POS-synced ingredient depletion with every sale
  • Recipe costing that updates when supplier prices change
  • Instant visibility into your most and least profitable dishes
Automated Ordering
  • Auto-generate POs when ingredients hit par levels
  • Order from all your suppliers in one place
  • Price comparison across vendors to find the best deal
Waste & Variance Tracking
  • Track theoretical vs actual usage to spot waste and theft
  • Receiving verification so invoices match what arrived
  • COGS reports that update automatically, no spreadsheets
Restaurants·Bars & Breweries·Catering·Cafes
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Customer-loved Ordering and Inventory Platform for Cafes, Cloud Kitchens, and Restaurants

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Recognized for going above and beyond to get your team onboarded and running smoothly.
<1 hravg response time
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The LineNow team is extremely pro-active about your success. They want this to be the only PO and inventory app you'll ever need. We researched many PO and inventory apps, and most were cookie cutter. They limited the features we could access. Not this one. You will not be disappointed!
This is a great app. It does exactly what we need it to do and the team has been incredibly supportive in helping us getting it up and running for our business. Highly recommend.
I have saved thousands of dollars a month on my own time and ordering strategy. It's a relief to know you're doing the right thing, and incredibly quickly.

Sound familiar?

These problems cost restaurants thousands every month.

Food Waste

Ingredients expire, prep gets tossed, and over-ordering bleeds cash. Without real-time tracking, you won’t know how much you’re losing until it’s already in the bin.

Rising Food Costs

Supplier prices change weekly. Without automated tracking, your menu margins erode quietly. By the time you notice, you’ve been losing money for months.

Supplier Chaos

Juggling phone calls, texts, and emails with a dozen vendors. Orders get lost, deliveries get missed, and nobody knows who ordered what.

Manual Inventory Counts

Walking the cooler with a clipboard at midnight. Counts are wrong by the time you finish, and nobody trusts the numbers anyway.
FREE

See your real food costs in 10 minutes

Connect your POS, and we’ll show you exactly where money is leaking — food waste, over-ordering, and supplier price creep.
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Food cost calculator

Every dollar you don't waste is margin.
See what tighter ordering saves.

Spoilage kills margins. Over-ordering kills cash flow. LineNow tightens both — here's what that means for your restaurant.

4-10%of food purchases lost to wasteNational Restaurant Association
28-35%typical food cost percentage for restaurantsRestaurant365
Monthly revenue$80K
Food cost %32%
You save~$2,099/mo$25,190 / yr
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Ours: $50/mo — 90-day free trial included.

Everything you need to run your kitchen

Five tools that replace clipboards, spreadsheets, and guesswork.

Inventory View

Know what’s in every cooler, walk-in, and shelf.

Live ingredient usage, low-stock context, and days-of-stock visibility for the items that matter most. See what is running low and what is approaching expiry without rebuilding the order from a clipboard.

  • Smart low-stock, expiry, and reorder alerts
  • Recipe usage tied to POS and sales-channel data
  • Filter by supplier, category, or days of stock remaining
Price Tracking
Consistent Ordering
Supplier Portal Access
Weekly Digest
LineNow restaurant inventory view with current stock levels

Ask your kitchen anything

Our AI assistant analyzes your sales, food costs, and supplier data — then takes action.
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AI
Know your real food cost — down to the dish. Ask about your actual vs theoretical food cost, find the menu items dragging your margins down, and get actionable recommendations.
You
What’s my actual food cost this week vs target?
AI
Your actual food cost is 33.2% this week, 1.8% above your 31.4% target. Here’s the breakdown by category:
AI
Proteins
38%
Produce
28%
Dairy
34%
Dry Goods
22%
You
Which dishes are hurting me the most?
AI
DishMenu PriceFood CostMargin
Ribeye Steak$38$16.4256.8%
Lobster Pasta$32$13.1259.0%
Wagyu Burger$24$9.8459.0%
AI
Your ribeye cost jumped 12% this month due to a supplier price increase. Consider switching to your alternate supplier (Pacific Meats) who’s $2.40/lb cheaper, or raising the menu price by $3.
AI
Find where food is going to waste. Compare what you should have used (based on sales) vs what you actually used. The gap tells you exactly where waste, theft, or over-portioning is happening.
You
Show me my biggest waste variances this month.
AI
Your theoretical vs actual usage variance is $1,847 this month. Top offenders:
AI
ItemExpectedActualVariance
Atlantic Salmon42 lbs58 lbs+$384
Avocados120 ct168 ct+$216
Heavy Cream18 gal26 gal+$192
Chicken Breast85 lbs104 lbs+$171
You
What’s causing the salmon variance?
AI
Salmon variance is 38% above theoretical. Likely causes: portion sizes are running heavy (your recipe calls for 6oz, but actual yield suggests closer to 7.5oz per plate), or prep waste during portioning. I’d recommend a portion audit during the next dinner service.
AI
Build purchase orders from AI recommendations. Ask what you need to order, and the AI builds carts by supplier based on your par levels, upcoming bookings, and current stock.
You
What do I need to order for this weekend? We have 180 covers booked.
AI
Based on 180 covers and your current stock, you need to order from 3 suppliers. I’ve prepared carts:
AI
SupplierItemsTotalStatus
Pacific Meats6$1,240Ready
Harbor Seafood4$890Ready
Valley Produce8$445Ready
AI
You
Send all three.
AI
3 purchase orders sent ($2,575 total). Delivery scheduled for Friday AM. I’ll track confirmations and notify you if anything changes.
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Where LineNow helps

LineNow fits when food cost control depends on supplier execution: what to buy, who to buy it from, what changed in the confirmation, what arrived, and how that changes inventory and cost.

Recipe costing tools

Good for menu margin and theoretical food cost. LineNow adds supplier ordering, price-change capture, receiving variance, and purchase context.

Restaurant POS inventory

Good for sales sync and item movement. LineNow connects inventory signals to purchase orders and supplier follow-up.

Accounting and COGS reports

Good for period-close review. LineNow keeps accounting out of the ordering work by handing off cleaner purchase state after receiving.

Common questions

Everything you need to know about restaurant management with LineNow