It’s not you. It’s your inventory system.
Restaurant Inventory Management Platform
Know where every food dollar goes — across every location. In real time.
5%
food cost reduction
$400M
food waste cut by R365 operators
100+
POS integrations out of the box
Trusted by 50,000+ restaurants including
The Problem
Food cost is death by a thousand cuts.
Over-portioning. Vendor price creep. Spoilage. Recipes that haven’t been recosted in months. Most operators discover margin losses weeks after they happen. By then, the money’s gone.
Weeks to Close
Without actual vs. theoretical tracking, food cost is still a guess. RLM Hospitality said most restaurant groups think they’re doing AvT, but very few actually are.
POS Talks to Nothing
Sales live in one system. Inventory lives in another. Recipes sit in spreadsheets. California Fish Grill called it “two systems that were never in sync.”
Clipboard Counts
Manual counts take hours, create unreliable data, and make variance hard to track. Before R365, HopMonk Tavern said inventory was “nearly worthless.”
Vendor Price Creep
Ingredient prices rise quietly. R365 gives teams item-level visibility to catch changes, negotiate with vendors, and protect margins before costs spiral.
Uncosted Recipes
Menus change and ingredient costs fluctuate, but recipe costs often stay frozen in outdated spreadsheets. Felipe’s had thousands of combinations and no clear way to track actual cost.
Invisible Waste
Spoilage, over-portioning, and prep waste add up fast. R365 helps operators spot waste, control variance, and protect profit before small losses become major margin leaks.
The Results
Real customers. Real numbers.
Platform Features
R365 tells you exactly where it’s going.
Actual vs. Theoretical
Know exactly where food cost is slipping
R365 automatically calculates what you should have used versus what you actually used — by item, by location, every day.
- Automated AvT calculation by item and location
- Pinpoint over-portioning, waste, and theft
- Real-time variance alerts before margin impact
- Roll-up AvT view across all locations for multi-unit operators
Recipe Management
Every ingredient & plate costed & tracked in real time
Build and manage recipes with live ingredient pricing. Vendor costs changes update your recipe costs automatically — so you always know your true margin.
- Real-time ingredient pricing from invoices
- Batch recipes that flow to sub-recipes and menu items
- Menu engineering to identify top and bottom performers
Inventory & Purchasing
Count faster, order smarter & reconcile sooner
R365’s mobile app turns hours-long inventory counts into a streamlined process — shopping lists, purchase orders, and vendor invoice reconciliation all connected to your COGS and P&L in real time.
- Mobile inventory counts via iOS and Android apps
- Automated purchasing with smart order guides
- Vendor invoice reconciliation and credit memo tracking
Platform Comparison
R365 vs. MarketMan vs. CrunchTime
Most inventory tools stop at the kitchen door. R365 connects food cost directly to your P&L.
Feature | Restaurant365 | MarketMan | CrunchTime | Spreadsheets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Actual vs. Theoretical | Automated daily | AvT tracking | AvT tracking | Manual |
Integrated GL / accounting | Native GL sync | Point solution | Integration required | |
Recipe management | Live recipe costing | Recipe costing | Recipe costing | Manual |
Multi-location roll-up | Cross-location view | Higher tiers only | ||
Mobile inventory counts | iOS & Android | Mobile app | Mobile app | |
Vendor price tracking | Auto variance flags | Price tracking | Limited | Manual |
Purchasing & POs | Smart order guides | Purchasing tools | Purchasing tools | Manual |
Payroll & labor in one platform | Fully connected | Inventory only | Inventory only |