We build the cost side of restaurant operations
SmartOPS Margin exists because most groups can describe their food cost problem precisely and still can't measure it. One connected ledger — counts, purchases, invoices, recipes, sales — is the only way that changes.
- Part of the SmartOPS OS suite for restaurant operations
- Built for multi-location groups, commissaries and franchises
- Opinionated about implementation, because setup decides accuracy
Airport food cost is 3.2 points above group. Beef usage explains most of the gap.
Four principles that shape the product
One cost basis
Locations can only be compared when they count the same items in the same units by the same method.
Attribution over averages
A group food-cost percentage changes nothing. The item, the store and the cause are what get fixed.
Store-first design
If counting takes a morning, the data is wrong. Every store flow is built to be finished on a phone.
Connected, not bolted on
Purchasing, recipes and reporting share one ledger, so the numbers reconcile by construction.
SmartOPS Margin is one app in SmartOPS OS
SmartOPS OS is a platform of restaurant operations apps that share one organization model, one user directory and one commercial relationship. Margin owns cost control: inventory, purchasing, invoices, recipes and variance.
- Shared locations, people and permissions across apps
- Add capability without adding another vendor relationship
- Cross-app reporting on one operational picture
- Premium Commissary and Logistics modules when production and delivery are in scope
The operators we work best with
Two to hundreds of units
Kitchens supplying their own stores
Standards down, benchmarks up
Different concepts, one cost basis
See your true food cost in a 30-minute walkthrough
We'll use your locations, your vendors and your menu — not a canned demo dataset.
Tailored to your group's structure
Configured with you, not handed over
SmartOPS Margin is part of the SmartOPS OS suite.