Built by restaurant operators
Restaurant Procurement Software That slashes food Costs
Compare prices. Track inventory. Cost recipes. Capture rebates. Automatically.
Genius is the restaurant procurement software that stops overpaying on every invoice — comparing vendor prices from Sysco, US Foods, PFG, Gordon Food Service, and 60+ regional distributors in real time, tracking inventory, costing every recipe, and surfacing rebates you didn’t know existed. No new vendors, staff, or workflows.
Independent operators save an average of 10%+ in month one
10%+
Average food-spend cut
$5,400
Kept per month, one location
3–5 days
Setup, then it runs in the background
Live vendor pricing
Best price on every item
Real Time Price Comparisons
Know cost & profit instantly
Hidden rebates, recovered
Works with the vendors you already use
OUR SERVICES
Six ways Genius quietly protects your margin.
Most restaurants overpay because tracking prices by hand is impossible. Genius does the work item by item, so the best decision is the default one.
Real-Time Price Comparison
We compare vendor prices line by line, every order, so you always buy at the best price, automatically.
Smarter Procurement
Every vendor in one login. Genius builds the smartest possible purchase order for you, every single time.
Live Recipe Costing
Vendor prices linked straight to your recipes, so cost and profit on every dish stay accurate as markets move.
Automatic Rebates
Plug into a national rebate program that sends cash back to you, not your distributor. Set it and forget it.
Effortless Inventory
Real-time inventory insight with no painful counting. Spot waste, over-portioning and theft the moment they happen.
Restaurant Payroll
Tip pooling, variable hours and IRS-compliant tracking: payroll built for the realities of restaurant life.
What could you keep this year?
Drag to your monthly food spend. This is the kind of money our clients keep, every single month.
- Estimated savings rate
- 10%
- Saved every month
- $4,000
- Kept per year
- $48,000
WHAT WE DO
One Platform For Every Dollar You Spend On Food
Genius connects the four things that actually determine your food cost: what you pay vendors, what’s on your shelves, what each recipe costs to make, and which rebates you’re owed. It pulls all four into one live system instead of four disconnected spreadsheets, so the number on your dashboard is always today’s number, not last month’s.
This food purchasing software layers on top of how you already order — same vendors, same staff, same workflow — and simply makes sure you’re never leaving money on the table.
- Compare vendor prices in real time.
- Track inventory automatically, no manual counts.
- Cost every recipe as ingredient prices change.
- Capture rebates you’re already owed.
- Save 10% or more on food spend with the same staff and suppliers.
Why Choose Us
Why Restaurant Owners Choose Genius.
Restaurants on Genius save 10% or more with the same food, the same vendors, and less time. No complicated systems, just smarter purchasing, done automatically in the background.
- No expensive integrations — Genius works with the vendors and systems you already use.
- No training headaches — your team keeps the same ordering workflow, just smarter.
- No long-term contracts — you stay because it works, not because you’re locked in.
- Full price transparency — see every vendor’s price for every item, side by side, in real time.
- Built for restaurants, not adapted from generic retail software — setup takes days, not months.
Process
How Genius Works
Here’s how our food cost management software works:
- Connect your vendors — Genius plugs into your existing ordering process, no new vendor relationships needed
- We monitor pricing continuously — every item, every vendor, every order
- You see savings and insights in one dashboard — price gaps, food cost %, rebates, inventory
- Costs stay down, automatically — no ongoing manual work required
Perfect for
From scratch kitchens to multi-unit groups.
Independent Restaurants
Multi-Unit Operators
Busy Owner-Operators
Franchise Locations
We were getting retailed by the wholesalers, until Genius gave us control over prices we never had. We cut our food spend by over 10%.
Marcus L.
Co-Owner, Five Forks Tavern
Genius vs. Manual Spreadsheets vs. Generic Software
| Genius | Manual Spreadsheets | Generic Software | |
| Real-time price comparison | Yes | No | Rarely |
| No vendor switching required | Yes | Manual only | Sometimes |
| Live recipe costing | Yes | No | Rarely |
| Automatic rebate capture | Yes | No | No |
| Built specifically for restaurants | Yes | Manual only | No |
| Setup time | Days | N/A | Weeks–Months |
Questions
Frequently Asked Questions.
What is restaurant procurement software?
Restaurant procurement software centralizes vendor ordering, price comparison, and purchase history in one system, replacing the mix of emails, phone calls, and spreadsheets most restaurants use to buy food today. Genius adds real-time price checks and rebate tracking on top of that core.
What should food cost be in a restaurant?
Most full-service restaurants target a food cost percentage between 28-35%, though the right number varies by concept, menu mix, and region. Genius removes the guesswork by pulling live vendor pricing and live recipe data into one ongoing calculation instead of a monthly estimate.
How much does restaurant procurement software cost?
Pricing depends on order volume, number of locations, and which modules you use. Most operators see the platform pay for itself within the first month through price-comparison and rebate savings alone. Book a demo for a quote based on your operation.
How long does it take to set up food purchasing software?
Genius connects to your existing vendors and ordering process, so most restaurants are live within days, not weeks. There’s no new vendor onboarding and no change to how your team places orders.
Does Genius integrate with my POS system?
Genius works alongside the POS systems restaurants already run, including Toast, Square for Restaurants, and Aloha, so sales data and food cost data can be reviewed together without a separate integration project.
Can I use Genius with Sysco and US Foods together?
Yes. Genius pulls live pricing from Sysco, US Foods, PFG, Gordon Food Service, and 60+ regional distributors, so you can compare prices across all your current vendors side by side without switching any of them.
What’s the difference between food cost software and inventory software?
Inventory software tracks what’s on your shelves; food cost software ties that inventory to recipe costs and vendor pricing to show your actual margin. Genius does both in one system, so counts, recipe costs, and vendor prices update together.
Is there a free restaurant inventory management software option?
Some free tools exist, but most require manual counts and don’t connect to live vendor pricing or recipe costs, which limits how much they can actually save you. Genius automates the full loop between purchasing, inventory, and recipe costing.
Proof before you commit
See what you would save before you commit.
We run Genius against your real orders and show you every dollar it finds, in writing, before you decide anything.