Drive Efficiency in Restaurants & Food Service

Go beyond POS, accounting and payroll systems and get all the ingredients for a thriving  enterprise — including event coordination, menu development, marketing and more.

SmartSuite streamlines your culinary processes, from simple planning to comprehensive menu development, testing and release.

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Common Use Cases

Explore the range of use cases that we can cover for you. Click on them to see the solution templates that we have ready.

Optimize and manage your restaurant business
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Optimize And Manage
Your Restaurant Business

Everything you need to help you serve your customers and increase profitability in a single online platform. Develop menus that people will love while tracking food costs to optimize margins. Coordinate staff, schedule and manage events on a platform where information is easy to share and always available. Use native iOS and Android apps to access the system from any mobile device to keep every team member connected and up to date.


Manage menu development
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Manage
Menu Development

Streamline your culinary processes, from simple planning to comprehensive menu development, testing and release.

Track target margins and ensure sustainable economics for every menu item
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Control
Costs

Input ingredient costs on-the-fly and automatically calculate food costs, track target margins and ensure sustainable economics for every menu item.

Coordinate Events with Ease
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Planning + Execution
In One Space

We understand all the work that goes into pulling off the perfect event, and when it happens...it happens quickly. You need a single space to manage your planning, and seamlessly toggle to the event action plan. Manage your schedule, track guests, ensure the right assets are in the right places - exactly as planned.

Manage your staffing needs from onboarding to time tracking
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Unite
Your Staff

Manage your staffing needs from onboarding to time tracking. Arm them with the common tools to find everything they need to know about their roles and operating procedures.

How SmartSuite Works For Your Teams

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Enjoy Powerful Reporting

Roll up project status and key operating metrics to centralized dashboards to keep an eye on every corner of your business.

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Calculate Costs & Control Margin

Track food costs and control margin with simple calculations in the Formula field.

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Collaborate In Real-Time

Ensure everyone in the organization works together — from product team planning to capturing user feedback.

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Manage Roles & Teams

Define roles to transition work through stages of delivery, freeing your teams to focus on the most important tasks at hand.

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Get Simple Task Management

Never lose sight of priorities with integrated tasks tied to your workflow.

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Integrate With Adjacent Systems

Easily integrate with the established products your team is already using, centralize end-to-end workflow and amplify your outcomes.

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Respond In Real-Time

Be ready when that hot issue pops up and collaborate with your team in real-time to deliver quick solutions.

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Simple formulas are easy to configure

Calculate Costs & Control Margin

Track food costs and control margin with simple calculations in the Formula field.

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Restaurants & Food Service

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This solution is for sole proprietors, chefs and culinary innovation teams working R&D in the kitchen to perfect recipes and meals for customers
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Recipe Development

When is a meal menu-ready? Maybe a dash of gochujang to finish it? This solution is for sole proprietors, chefs and culinary innovation teams working R&D in the kitchen to perfect recipes and meals for customers.

This solution is for sole proprietors, chefs and culinary innovation teams working R&D in the kitchen to perfect recipes and meals for customers
https://app.smartsuite.com/shared/pb7v5n6n/shared-solution/MfEPEipkT1/
Optimize and manage your restaurant business
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Restaurant Management

This solution pulls from the Restaurant Product Catalog to plan menus by seasonality, special LTO promotions, and any strategic direction Chef wants to head. Yes Chef!

Geared for nonprofit organizations to plan and track ongoing fundraising campaigns to add fresh fuel to pursue their purpose
https://app.smartsuite.com/shared/pb7v5n6n/shared-solution/gKfU0vgToH/
Build and maintain a portfolio of marketing materials over time in a centralized location
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Restaurant Marketing

Build and maintain a portfolio of marketing materials over time in a centralized location. Based on our Marketing Asset Management solution, tailored specifically for restaurants.

Build and maintain a portfolio of marketing materials over time in a centralized location
https://app.smartsuite.com/shared/pb7v5n6n/shared-solution/825qaZK8sm/
This solution allows chefs and foodservice operators to input raw ingredient costs and enjoy automatic menu costing to develop pricing and ensure sustainable margins
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Menu Planning

This solution allows chefs and foodservice operators to input raw ingredient costs and enjoy automatic menu costing to develop pricing and ensure sustainable margins.

This solution allows chefs and foodservice operators to input raw ingredient costs and enjoy automatic menu costing to develop pricing and ensure sustainable margins
https://app.smartsuite.com/shared/pb7v5n6n/shared-solution/u2O7qeMgCd/
Built for event managers/event management companies who work with multiple venues, caterers and foodservice providers
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Event Menu Planning

Built for event managers/event management companies who work with multiple venues, caterers and foodservice providers. This solution helps dial in the perfect menu and budget.

Built for event managers/event management companies who work with multiple venues, caterers and foodservice providers
https://app.smartsuite.com/shared/pb7v5n6n/shared-solution/5mnw0Qwc9g/
Track and tweak recipes
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Recipe Tracker

Just looking for a central spot to author, track and tweak recipes? Look no further.

Track and tweak recipes
https://app.smartsuite.com/shared/pb7v5n6n/shared-solution/tNwG9OpvCO/
Track every aspect of your wine program in this central spot.
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Wine Cellar

Link this solution to the SmartSuite Restaurant Management template to add even more efficiency to your operations. Track every aspect of your wine program in this central spot.

Track every aspect of your wine program in this central spot.
https://app.smartsuite.com/shared/pb7v5n6n/shared-solution/5FBLOw2btE/
Get a plan in place to keep your taps fresh, incorporating seasonal plans, and even track customer feedback and special requests.
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Beer Tap Manager

The people love beer. So get a plan in place to keep your taps fresh, incorporating seasonal plans, and even track customer feedback and special requests.

Get a plan in place to keep your taps fresh, incorporating seasonal plans, and even track customer feedback and special requests.
https://app.smartsuite.com/shared/pb7v5n6n/shared-solution/1OU85TRP6Z/

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