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Fast-casual

CalcMenu for fast-casual

Between fast food and traditional dining, fast-casual must deliver freshness, transparency and speed. CalcMenu secures recipes, allergens and costs while preserving the agility of your kitchens.

Adopted by a European chain with more than 120 sites
Fast-casual

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.

Fresh, customisable menus, standardised across the chain.

Hospitality & restaurants

Hotels, casinos, fine dining, cruises — manage recipe sheets, food cost and allergens for all outlets from one tool.

What your teams deal with every day

Recipes must evolve every season without breaking compliance

New ingredients, local suppliers, seasonal menus: every change calls allergen, nutritional and cost calculations into question. Without a central base, errors multiply.

The customer wants to know what they are eating — instantly

Displayed menus, kiosks, apps: the information has to be right everywhere. One outdated spec sheet and an allergen is declared incorrectly at the point of order.

Margin melts between recipe and service

Variable portions, kitchen waste, digital promotions. Without real-time tracking, food cost drifts outlet by outlet.

Local freshness, global compliance.

CalcMenu links your recipes to suppliers, labels and sales tools. Every change propagates automatically, respecting each country’s regulations.

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.

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Allergens & traceability

Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.

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Label Connector (NiceLabel)

From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.

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Multi-site

Share recipes and standards from a central kitchen while each site adapts its own menus.

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HACCP & safety

Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.

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Food cost & purchasing

Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.

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Nutrition & analysis

Calculate nutritional values per portion and adapt menus to specific diets.

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POS connector

Sync your recipes, menus and prices with your POS and ordering/delivery platforms: iiko, Square, Lunchgate, Lightspeed, Toast, Deliverect, Oracle Simphony, Shiji.

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Compliance & audits

Bring HACCP, allergens, traceability and SOPs into one compliance file that is always up to date and inspector-ready.

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Multi-site management

Dashboards, KPIs and shared standards for group management, chains and central kitchens.

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Purchasing & stewarding

From forecasted need to supplier order, through inventory and par-level control.

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Production planning

Plan central production, cold chain and cook-chill with traceability and requirements calculation.

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Scale → label

Connect a scale to print labels with actual weight, price per kg and allergens. Ideal for sandwiches, deli and bakery.

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Sustainability & food waste

Less waste, more visibility: plan production precisely, adjust portions and cut the errors that end up in the bin.

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Product knowledge

A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.

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Click & collect

Order online, pick up on site: filtered menus, pickup slots, online payment, notification when ready.

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Orders by floor / station

Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.

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Flavor Pairing

Discover the best ingredient pairings based on real aroma chemistry (1,530 ingredients, Ahn 2011 dataset). Timeless, Unexpected or Bold — with AI-generated sensory descriptions.

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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.

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Digital Signage & Multi-channel Publishing

From approved menu to screen, printed card and Evolis badge — in one click. CalcMenu publishes the daily menu to all your display channels simultaneously.

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KitchenPlan

Plan menus, calculate costs and generate supplier orders in one flow.

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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.

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Self-service kiosk

Touchscreen kiosk for queue-free ordering: allergen-filtered menus, integrated payment, instant kitchen ticket.

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Mobile pre-order

Your customers order from their smartphone before arriving: no queue, no waiting, production planned in advance.

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Delivery integration

Aggregate Uber Eats, Deliveroo orders and your own deliveries into a single production flow. One screen, zero errors.

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Key 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.

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.

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.

Nutrition & analysis

Calculate nutritional values per portion and adapt menus to specific diets.

POS connector

Sync your recipes, menus and prices with your POS and ordering/delivery platforms: iiko, Square, Lunchgate, Lightspeed, Toast, Deliverect, Oracle Simphony, Shiji.

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.

Scale → label

Connect a scale to print labels with actual weight, price per kg and allergens. Ideal for sandwiches, deli and bakery.

Sustainability & food waste

Less waste, more visibility: plan production precisely, adjust portions and cut the errors that end up in the bin.

Product knowledge

A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.

Click & collect

Order online, pick up on site: filtered menus, pickup slots, online payment, notification when ready.

Orders by floor / station

Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.

Flavor Pairing

Discover the best ingredient pairings based on real aroma chemistry (1,530 ingredients, Ahn 2011 dataset). Timeless, Unexpected or Bold — with AI-generated sensory descriptions.

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.

Digital Signage & Multi-channel Publishing

From approved menu to screen, printed card and Evolis badge — in one click. CalcMenu publishes the daily menu to all your display channels simultaneously.

KitchenPlan

Plan menus, calculate costs and generate supplier orders in one flow.

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.

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.

Delivery integration

Aggregate Uber Eats, Deliveroo orders and your own deliveries into a single production flow. One screen, zero errors.

Quality and Freshness at Scale, Without Compromise

Fast-casual dining is built on a clear promise: fresher ingredients, customisable menus, and full transparency on allergens and provenance — everything that sets it apart from traditional quick-service restaurants. Delivering on that promise consistently across dozens or hundreds of sites, each with its own local requirements and seasonal variations, is where operations get complex.

CalcMenu helps fast-casual chains strike the right balance between culinary creativity and operational control. Chefs retain the freedom to develop and test new recipes, while compliance, costing, and labelling are handled automatically.

Seasonal Menu Launches, Made Manageable

Rolling out a seasonal menu means new suppliers, new formulations, and often new nutritional claims. CalcMenu brings structure to that process: every ingredient is linked to its allergen data and nutritional values, and food costs are calculated from the very first test batch.

Once a recipe is approved, deploying it across the relevant sites takes just a few clicks. Printed menus, self-order kiosks, and digital apps all display consistent, accurate information — localised for each market and aligned with local regulatory requirements.

Giving Customers Information They Can Rely On

Today’s fast-casual guest checks allergens, calorie counts, or carbon footprint before placing an order. CalcMenu generates all of this data directly from recipes, with no manual re-entry. When an ingredient changes, every customer-facing touchpoint is updated simultaneously.

Already Trusted by a European Chain with Over 120 Sites

A fast-casual chain operating across multiple European countries relies on CalcMenu to coordinate seasonal menu launches and maintain accurate allergen declarations. The team has cut the time needed to prepare new menu rollouts and significantly improved the consistency of information communicated to customers.

We launched five seasonal menus simultaneously in three countries. Before, that was impossible without an army of consultants.

Supply chain director · Fast-casual · Europe

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