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.
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 One outdated spec sheet and an allergen is declared incorrectly at the point of order.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.
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 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 moreNutrition & analysis
Calculate nutritional values per portion and adapt menus to specific diets.
Learn morePOS connector
Sync your recipes, menus and prices with your POS and ordering/delivery platforms: iiko, Square, Lunchgate, Lightspeed, Toast, Deliverect, Oracle Simphony, Shiji.
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 moreScale → label
Connect a scale to print labels with actual weight, price per kg and allergens. Ideal for sandwiches, deli and bakery.
Learn moreSustainability & food waste
Less waste, more visibility: plan production precisely, adjust portions and cut the errors that end up in the bin.
Learn moreProduct knowledge
A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.
Learn moreClick & collect
Order online, pick up on site: filtered menus, pickup slots, online payment, notification when ready.
Learn moreOrders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
Learn moreFlavor 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.
Learn moreBlaze 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 moreDigital 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.
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 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 moreDelivery integration
Aggregate Uber Eats, Deliveroo orders and your own deliveries into a single production flow. One screen, zero errors.
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.
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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