Caterers & contract catering
One contract, one menu, one cost — controlled
Large caterers and contract-catering companies manage dozens — sometimes hundreds — of sites across several countries, with different contracts, diets, budgets and HACCP requirements for every client. CalcMenu centralises recipes, calculates costs per contract, plans production and ensures allergen and HACCP compliance for every site.
A solution built for your sector
CalcMenu scales to your operation, from a few dozen to several thousand covers. The goal stays the same: one source of truth for recipes, allergens, and costs.
Custom menus per client, with different allergen and cost requirements for every contract.
Institutional catering
Business restaurants, school canteens, day-care — menu planning, nutritional analysis and allergen traceability for thousands of covers.
What your teams deal with every day
Every client has its own rules
One client bans certain ingredients, another imposes a cost per meal, a third requires a specific label format. The multiplication of sheets becomes unmanageable.
Costs per contract are hard to track
The same dish is sold at different prices across contracts. Without a tool it is impossible to know if every contract is profitable.
Client audits demand proof
Every client may ask for ingredient traceability, nutrition values or allergen declarations. Gathering documents takes hours.
Sites don't cook the same way
With 90 sites in Switzerland or 60 in Poland, every kitchen has its own suppliers, staff and equipment. Standardising recipes without stifling local adaptation is a constant challenge.
One contract, multiple sites, consistent quality.
Recipes, costs and labels controlled across every client. You deliver on your commitments without drift.
What CalcMenu does for you
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Learn moreDiets & textures
Turn any menu into the diets and textures you need (puréed, minced, IDDSI) without recalculating a single recipe.
Learn moreAllergens & traceability
Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.
Learn moreLabel Connector (NiceLabel)
From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.
Learn moreOrders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
Learn moreMulti-site
Share recipes and standards from a central kitchen while each site adapts its own menus.
Learn moreHACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
Learn moreFood cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
Learn moreCompliance & audits
Bring HACCP, allergens, traceability and SOPs into one compliance file that is always up to date and inspector-ready.
Learn moreMulti-site management
Dashboards, KPIs and shared standards for group management, chains and central kitchens.
Learn morePurchasing & stewarding
From forecasted need to supplier order, through inventory and par-level control.
Learn moreProduction planning
Plan central production, cold chain and cook-chill with traceability and requirements calculation.
Learn moreCalcMenu for IT & security
Deploy CalcMenu without breaking your IT stack: outbound connections, granular roles, standard POS/NiceLabel integrations and one single source of truth for all recipe data.
Learn moreSustainability & food waste
Less waste, more visibility: plan production precisely, adjust portions and cut the errors that end up in the bin.
Learn moreNutrition & analysis
Calculate nutritional values per portion and adapt menus to specific diets.
Learn moreCold chain & cook-chill
Plan central production and cold-chain distribution with full traceability.
Nooko AI
AI assistant to enrich tech sheets, standardise recipes and accelerate documentation.
Blaze Checks
Digital SOPs, staff training and inspection-ready audits. Every check is dated, signed, photographed and traceable. Versioning, due-date reminders and corrective actions included.
Learn moreBlaze Trace
Batch traceability from raw material to plate, with targeted recall and EU system connectivity.
Learn moreBlaze Flavour Intelligence
Ingredient pairings grounded in aroma chemistry, sensory dish descriptions and recipe ideas from a desired taste.
Learn moreProduct knowledge
A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.
Learn moreSelf-service kiosk
Touchscreen kiosk for queue-free ordering: allergen-filtered menus, integrated payment, instant kitchen ticket.
Learn moreMobile pre-order
Your customers order from their smartphone before arriving: no queue, no waiting, production planned in advance.
Learn moreKey features for this sector
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Diets & textures
Turn any menu into the diets and textures you need (puréed, minced, IDDSI) without recalculating a single recipe.
Allergens & traceability
Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.
Label Connector (NiceLabel)
From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.
Orders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
Multi-site
Share recipes and standards from a central kitchen while each site adapts its own menus.
HACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
Food cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
KitchenPlan
Plan menus, calculate costs and generate supplier orders in one flow.
Compliance & audits
Bring HACCP, allergens, traceability and SOPs into one compliance file that is always up to date and inspector-ready.
Multi-site management
Dashboards, KPIs and shared standards for group management, chains and central kitchens.
Purchasing & stewarding
From forecasted need to supplier order, through inventory and par-level control.
Production planning
Plan central production, cold chain and cook-chill with traceability and requirements calculation.
CalcMenu for IT & security
Deploy CalcMenu without breaking your IT stack: outbound connections, granular roles, standard POS/NiceLabel integrations and one single source of truth for all recipe data.
Sustainability & food waste
Less waste, more visibility: plan production precisely, adjust portions and cut the errors that end up in the bin.
Nutrition & analysis
Calculate nutritional values per portion and adapt menus to specific diets.
Blaze Checks
Digital SOPs, staff training and inspection-ready audits. Every check is dated, signed, photographed and traceable. Versioning, due-date reminders and corrective actions included.
Blaze Trace
Batch traceability from raw material to plate, with targeted recall and EU system connectivity.
BlazeChef AI
Generate, adapt and standardise recipes with AI directly inside CalcMenu.
Blaze Flavour Intelligence
Ingredient pairings grounded in aroma chemistry, sensory dish descriptions and recipe ideas from a desired taste.
Product knowledge
A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.
Self-service kiosk
Touchscreen kiosk for queue-free ordering: allergen-filtered menus, integrated payment, instant kitchen ticket.
Mobile pre-order
Your customers order from their smartphone before arriving: no queue, no waiting, production planned in advance.
We manage a network of several dozen sites across Europe. CalcMenu finally gives us a per-contract, per-site and per-production view: costs, allergens, margins and compliance in one tool.
Operations director · Contract catering · Geneva
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